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Agree machines are limited but I also use a 2 wheel atec that can throw drops, curves, screws so we can practice seeing the movement - but I use that sparingly.
There is another element to hitting - confidence. Reading a book now that talks about how people will blame failures on external things - front toss pitcher is terrible, machine is not working right, coach is dumb, etc but think of successes as internal reasons - IE I am really good! So, people generally do not learn from failures, but learn from successes.
I am not a big tee work or drill proponent - so I do use a machine a lot and will incrementally increase the speed as our lessons move along looking to build off the confidence of the hitter.
Over the years - this success/failure idea is more true than I had realized.
There is another element to hitting - confidence. Reading a book now that talks about how people will blame failures on external things - front toss pitcher is terrible, machine is not working right, coach is dumb, etc but think of successes as internal reasons - IE I am really good! So, people generally do not learn from failures, but learn from successes.
I am not a big tee work or drill proponent - so I do use a machine a lot and will incrementally increase the speed as our lessons move along looking to build off the confidence of the hitter.
Over the years - this success/failure idea is more true than I had realized.