Posted by: Coach Rau (coachrau@playballacademy.com) on Tue Apr 1 18:47:28 2008

> My Little League team bats great during practice but is struggling badly during a game. At each practice we do T work, soft toss, live pitching and sometimes a pitching machine. I am at a loss as to how to help improve their batting during games.

Coach, I would suggest stepping up the live pitching with situational hitting. Have them hit in a live scenario with 2 strikes on them or a 1-1 count. If kids aren't mentally prepared for the game, they won't perform in the game.