Timing comes in waves. Every hitter knows this.
You remember those days when you walked to the plate knowing you were going to barrel the baseball. You didn’t care about pitch type, velocity, or location — your timing was perfect. You were riding the wave at its crest.
And you remember those at-bats where you felt like you had never played the game before. No timing. Nothing felt right.
That’s why hitters spend countless hours in cages — trying to control something that is incredibly hard to control: timing.
Here’s the truth about this game:
Every hitter will suck at times.
The great ones just suck less.
For the devoted followers of Richard — be careful with video breakdowns. Video can be a slippery slope. He grabs one clip thinking he’s proved a point, when in reality he understands very little about hitting and nothing about timing.
And one more truth about this game:
Everyone who plays it will suck.
The great ones just suck less.
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Golden Spikes' Peyton Oliver crushes this ball over the left field fence for a solo home run at the @FiveToolCA NorCal West WS Qualifier. #FiveToolPower
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Had a good day at the plate Yesterday in a 10-6 win for the Marysville Giants! Went 2-4 with an RBI, here are some swings. Excited for the rest of the summer and the upcoming season at American River College. @lmff24@butchbaccala@The_Hitters_Lab
HOLY SH*T 🚨 The leader of Columbia University’s Protests was Arrested at his Citizenship interview
He’s now getting DEPORTED out of America
THIS IS SUCH AN EPIC MIC DROP 🔥
🤙🏼 Old school or new school @ProVelocityBat
First swing is widely considered an “old school feel” while the second swing is considered a more modern feel.
Personally, I believe different feels and movements work for different hitters. Therefore, it depends on the hitter. Which feel do you prefer?
🤙🏼 How did the hitter adjust? He took off his shoes. This allowed him to physically feel his feet connect with the ground, and allowed him to automatically feel the difference between a balanced and unbalanced load.
So, the next time you’re hitting with your son in the cages and he’s rushing, or off balance, have him ditch the shoes and see if it helps with his body control 💯
🤙🏼 Net Drill
❇️ In the standard version of this drill, we are trying to keep the bat from hitting the net. I have found this feel to be just as beneficial, if not more so.
❇️ Keeping the end cap of the bat on the net for as long as possible keeps the bat head in the zone for a long period of time. This increase our contact rate, adjustability, and over all hit-ability.