Quality At Bats. Baseball/Softball.

To get a quality at-bat you need to create your own hitting routine. 

1. Visualize. Visualize the ball hitting the bat perfectly.

2. Tap the plate a few times or point out to the OF and bring it in to your stance. 

3. Say something positive to yourself out loud. "See the ball, hit the ball." Pete Rose would say this to himself every at-bat.

4. Slow, deep breath, exhaling for about 5 seconds.  

It's important to use the same routine every at-bat. 

8 keys to a quality at bat.

1. Staying in control

2. Trusting your swing 

3. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses 

4. Knowing the strike zone 

5. Proper practice and preparation

6. Use of your hitting routine - whatever that may be

7.  Ability to avoid distractions 

8. Aggressive approach - think  HIT, HIT, HIT!

Also think of the strike zone as 7 balls wide and 11 balls high. That's the Ted Williams strike zone. You can also write this out on paper and keep a log of your at bats. And then mark where you prefer the ball to be at in certain situations such as 0 strikes, 1 strike, 2 strikes. 

Don't forget to use your 2 strike plan.  

   Choke up.

   Move up.

   Shorten up.