Mental Baseball Hitting Slump


I was commenting on a baseball forum and the question came up of how to get out of a baseball hitting slump. I mentioned that there are three kinds of slumps and so it depended on which one he was in.

There are mechanical, mental and tough-luck slumps. I made a point about the mental aspect of hitting and another guy commented right after me talking about the same thing.

Sometimes with a mental slump it’s all about confidence. You need to maintain a safe level of confidence at all times during the season. When you begin to doubt yourself, you’ll start to slip into a slump.

You need to avoid that as much as possible. When I say safe level of confidence I mean that you don’t want to be a boasting fool walking around saying how great you are and that you’ll hit every single pitch. That is setting yourself up for disaster because even the best hitters only get a hit three out of 10 times.

Be confident that you are going to go up there and do your best. Be confident that you have the capabilities to get the job done. Be confident that if you don’t get a hit that you will get another try and get the job done. Be confident that all of your hard work during practice will pay off.

Getting a hit three out of 10 times is considered very good even to Major League Baseball players. Don’t get discouraged if you haven’t had a clean hit in three or four at-bats because you could quite possibly get a hit the next five times up to the plate. Block out any negativity whether it’s from your own mind or someone else’s. You don’t have to enter and stay in a mental baseball hitting slump.

My years of experience playing and teaching baseball hitting will help you with the challenge of learning how to hit a baseball correctly.  Articles such as the one you just read will inform and motivate you to a better understanding of proper baseball hitting whether you are a coach, parent or ballplayer.  Check back here for upcoming
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Jeff Wise

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