Hal McRae was an outstanding hitter and great hitting coach for many years. He made a really great point that I thought that I would share with my coaches. Hal was speaking about using key phrases and points when talking to hitters. He said that he only uses a few of them so he doesn't as he says "go all over the map". He goes on to say "the time to educate the hitter and break things down are during soft toss drills or in the cage. Give them one thing to work on and not five or six things to do because they will become counterproductive."
What a great point for all of us. Sometimes we throw things at our players that is not the right time or contains too much information to process and eventually it becomes counterproductive.
Work on one point at a time and once the player masters it and builds confidence, throw another thing at them. That way they can attack the ball without self doubt or hesitation.
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