- Nov 29, 2009
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Turtle, not every player is a candidate for being turned around. They need to be quick from home to 1st. They need to be fluid and above all they need to be intelligent at the plate and understand game situations, defenses and pitches.
What I tell my slappers when they are stepping up to the plate is to "Pick a victim." See which defender looks to be the weakest, slowest or out of position and use the appropriate tool to attack them. They need to be able run through the option progressions as they step into the box and see what the defense is doing as well as what's happening with the base runners.
There are a lot of coaches who have a "grip-it-and-rip-it" mentality for all of their hitters. That's fine if you have a team built for it. Usually teams are mixtures of power, speed and finesse. A good coach needs to understand how to use the pluses of all three instead of trying to mold all of the players into one type.
What I tell my slappers when they are stepping up to the plate is to "Pick a victim." See which defender looks to be the weakest, slowest or out of position and use the appropriate tool to attack them. They need to be able run through the option progressions as they step into the box and see what the defense is doing as well as what's happening with the base runners.
There are a lot of coaches who have a "grip-it-and-rip-it" mentality for all of their hitters. That's fine if you have a team built for it. Usually teams are mixtures of power, speed and finesse. A good coach needs to understand how to use the pluses of all three instead of trying to mold all of the players into one type.