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Alabama HC Rob Vaughn on college baseball recruiting and the type of player you truly want in your program, no matter the level.
“Our job in college baseball, yes, it's to win games. Yes, it's to develop big leaguers, and yes, it's all the things that we all talk about in recruiting, but more than anything, it's to prepare these kids to be successful for whatever comes next. And man, as good as the talent is in this league, as good as the talent is on this team, not all of them are going to be career big leaguers, you know. And I think what makes Tyler Fay’s journey so awesome, is in a world that is inundated with particularly moms and dads that want your kid to cut and run when when they're not starting every day or they're not playing every day. You see at one end of the equation, you either get the parents are like, ‘Hey man, put your head down to work. We got to get better.’ And you get the parents that feed into the narrative, ‘man, they're not giving you a chance. You got to go. You got to leave.’ the thing about him that makes him so special is regardless of whether Tyler's a 20-year big league or not, that guy's going to be a smashing success in life because when things get hard, he doesn't cut and run. He's not sticking his hand out looking for the next easy way and who's going to pay me more. He’s the I'm going to put my head down. I'm going to work and I'm going to get better.”
Guys like him are the exact reason you believe in what you recruit. You believe in makeup, you better hunt makeup because that guy has that in spades. And that's why he deserves every ounce of what he's getting right now.”
Congratulations to @MaxKeicher on signing to play college baseball at Missouri State University-West Plains! Hard work paying off - can’t wait to see what’s next!
Keep Blazing that Trail, Max! 🐴🔥⚾️
Aaron Judge was the best hitter in baseball last year.
He still had bad at bats.
Chases.
Strikeouts looking.
Whiffs on fastballs right down the middle.
The difference?
He doesn’t let one bad at-bat become two.
Elite hitters don’t avoid failure, they recover from it faster than everyone else.
Here are some tips that have worked for our hitters:
1️⃣ Reset Step out. Breathe. Slow the game down. One breath in. One breath out. Flush it.
2️⃣ Refocus Pick a focal point. The logo on your bat. The foul pole. Focus on it. Take a deep breath. Get back to the present.
3️⃣ Visualize See your best swing. Drive a double in to the gap in your mind. Everything happens twice. Once in your mind, once on the field.
4️⃣ Prepare Confidence isn’t magic. It’s built in practice. Trust your training.
5️⃣ Believe You have to believe you’re one swing away, because you are. Do the work. Have a system for when you aren’t feeling your best. Prepare relentlessly.
Baseball is a game of failure. The players who go the furthest aren’t the ones who never struggle. They’re the ones who bounce back the fastest.