COACH LESSON 8 OF 16 • PLAN THE AT-BAT
Lesson 8: Teaching Hitters to Be Ready Early and Hard to Fool
From the Mental Approach Masterclass — Coach Edition with BK, for baseball and fastpitch softball coaches. Lines up with Player Lesson 8: Ready Early, Hard to Fool.
Learning Objective
By the end of this lesson your hitters are ready to swing at release on the first pitch, can predict a pitcher’s pattern from video, take the chase pitch as an offensive action, and you can see it in a 20-pitch Force Better Pitches round.
About 30 minutes, plus the practice plan with your hitters.
What to Teach
“A take can win the pitch. Make the pitcher earn expansion.” The first pitch can be the best pitch of the at-bat. Being patient should never mean being unprepared…
Coach Lesson 8 is part of the full Coach Edition
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