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Posted by: Chas (ctheos@bellsouth.net) on Tue Apr 13 16:40:54 2004

I would like to share with the group a few things that made me a great hitter in all the years I played ball. The first thing is the absolute love for the game. Period! When I was a kid, (from 6 years old and up), I ate, slept, and drank baseball. By the way, when I was six it was 1978 and we didn't know what Nintendo was. I played ball every day. With regards to hitting, I hit, hit, and hit some more. When I was finished hitting I kept hitting. I think you all get the point. When I wasn't physically hitting I was hitting in my mind. Over and over again I would see the pitches. All this repitiion developed not only my mechanics but my concentration which to me should never be underestimated. It's like the whole world slows down a bit when I step in the box. I love the one on one challenge. There is nothing like the feel of the sweet spot on a baseball. A good hitter must be fearless and agressive. Let your kids see the heat at the batting cages at a young age. My dad took me to the 70 mph cages when I was 8 or 9 and let me fan swing after swing. Pretty soon I lost the fear of getting hit. I mean I still don't like it but I don't really ever think about it. Also, I always hit with a wood bat. Even today I go to the cages with a wood bat and people look at me like I'm crazy. I tape it up with duct tape and then athletic tape over that and they rarely break. Its so much easier on game day to swing the aluminum and find the sweet spot after hitting with wood all week. People say that its impossible to hit for an hour at a time at the cages. I do it by not swinging hard every time and/or playing games like trying to hit a pole up the center or hitting slaps to the opposite field. By the way, when I found this web-site it caught my eye because Jack is right on the money with this rotational stuff. It's pretty much the way I always swing the bat.Thanks Jack, I've since used your teachings to improve and refine my swing. In closing let me say this. I can hit because I love it so much, I concentrate in the box, and I do it over and over, and over again. Not to mention I don't play Nintendo. The real game is so much more fun.

Regards,
Chas

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> I would like to share with the group a few things that made me a great hitter in all the years I played ball. The first thing is the absolute love for the game. Period! When I was a kid, (from 6 years old and up), I ate, slept, and drank baseball. By the way, when I was six it was 1978 and we didn't know what Nintendo was. I played ball every day. With regards to hitting, I hit, hit, and hit some more. When I was finished hitting I kept hitting. I think you all get the point. When I wasn't physically hitting I was hitting in my mind. Over and over again I would see the pitches. All this repitiion developed not only my mechanics but my concentration which to me should never be underestimated. It's like the whole world slows down a bit when I step in the box. I love the one on one challenge. There is nothing like the feel of the sweet spot on a baseball. A good hitter must be fearless and agressive. Let your kids see the heat at the batting cages at a young age. My dad took me to the 70 mph cages when I was 8 or 9 and let me fan swing after swing. Pretty soon I lost the fear of getting hit. I mean I still don't like it but I don't really ever think about it. Also, I always hit with a wood bat. Even today I go to the cages with a wood bat and people look at me like I'm crazy. I tape it up with duct tape and then athletic tape over that and they rarely break. Its so much easier on game day to swing the aluminum and find the sweet spot after hitting with wood all week. People say that its impossible to hit for an hour at a time at the cages. I do it by not swinging hard every time and/or playing games like trying to hit a pole up the center or hitting slaps to the opposite field. By the way, when I found this web-site it caught my eye because Jack is right on the money with this rotational stuff. It's pretty much the way I always swing the bat.Thanks Jack, I've since used your teachings to improve and refine my swing. In closing let me say this. I can hit because I love it so much, I concentrate in the box, and I do it over and over, and over again. Not to mention I don't play Nintendo. The real game is so much more fun.
> 
> Regards,
> Chas

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