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Rony asked in SportsBaseball · 7 years ago

have not been producing at the plate?

I am High School Senior and I have been playing Varsity since Freshman year. I have been having kind of a slow start this year and its frustrating to be honest. I have power...tons of it but whats the point if I'm not making consistent contact. I spend my Saturday's hitting off a Tee at the park by myself, while doing so I hit as if I were lifting weights...by breaking it down into reps/swings per set. I do middle, outside, inside, low etc. Long story short I take a little over 350 swings not including the reps I take at the school batting cage. I do everything I can, I take the extra bp, I look at video's, how I bat and yet whenever I step on the plate I either hit the ball really hard or strikeout. Like today I went 0-4 and in my first AB I hit an MLB pop up I'm talking about I was on 2nd when it dropped. In my 2nd AB I hit a hard groundout and when I asked my friend on the team "what I'm doing wrong?" He said "nothing... you're hitting the ball fine" then I struck out in my last two AB which is when I got frustrated and had to take a little walk by myself to cool down. Please help me out I really want to improve my hand eye coordination because just like my coach said "you have power you just got to make contact" plus I'm going to a D2 College next year and I want to be somewhat prepared. Thanks for reading this and I appreciate any advice or tipps given...thanks again

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    I had the same problem in the beginning of the year. I got over it by just simply going up to bat and trying to make contact just remember your training and don't forget your mechanics. BUT when in the batters box clear your head of everything. If you are making contact consistently the hits will come. Just remember to keep your head down on the ball during your swing and don't get too frustrated when you strike out because if a coach is watching you play he will be instantly turned off because easy frustration shows that you have a hard time dealing with failure. And if you really have as much power as you say you'll definitely get hits !

    Source(s): ball player
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