Hitting Approaches

HITTING APPROACH & mINDSET

@qualityatbats

Steve Springer

Let's get your approach Right!

If you love your abilities but your abilites aren't showing up, it's not your abilities fault, it's your approach, the mind and then the mechanics. Get your approach and mindset on point, and everything else will take care of itself.

Believe it.

Choose any approach video below that resonates with a skill you'd like to develop or a problem at the plate you'd like to solve.

Achieving true perspective

Achieving true perspective

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Advice to hitters who want to play pro ball

Advice to hitters who want to play pro ball

Want to play pro ball one day? Keep this in mind as a hitter.

Afraid of getting hit by the pitch & overcoming the fear factor.

Afraid of getting hit by the pitch & overcoming the fear factor.

The fear factor is REAL!

How To Hit The High-Fastball

How To Hit The High-Fastball

Learning how to hit the high fastball starts with looking for it and gearing up.

Balance, Tall Back-Side and Batspeed.

Balance, Tall Back-Side and Batspeed.

Avoid the early collapase to add more backspin.

Dealing with negative emotions as a hitter.

Dealing with negative emotions as a hitter.

Negative emotions are a given. How you deal with them will dictate how far you make it in this game.

Hitting High Fastballs.

Hitting High Fastballs.

Spring shares his philosohies and strategies on hitting the high heat.

Hitting the inside fastball. Strategy & mindset.

Hitting the inside fastball. Strategy & mindset.

Trouble hitting the inside fastball. There's a rhyme and reason to do it effectively.

How to Breathe For More Power

How to Breathe For More Power

To play with calmness, toughness and focus, learn to control your breathing.

How To Hit The Change Up.

How To Hit The Change Up.

How good you get at posting up, loading late & using the whole field to drive the ball will dictate how good you get at adjusting to a good change up.

How to hit the outside pitch with power

How to hit the outside pitch with power

Move the plate back in your mind. Let it travel a tick. Drive it oppo!

How to Sit on Offspeed.

How to Sit on Offspeed.

Load late. See it up. Drive it oppo.

Bunting For a Hit

Bunting For a Hit

If you need to put pressure on the defense or make the pitcher work - BUNT

Knowing the Count & Hitting the FastBall.

Knowing the Count & Hitting the FastBall.

Baseball is the biggest self-esteem destroying sport in the world and a game of failure. Keeping the right perspective is key.

Launch angles vs attacking the inner half Part 1

Launch angles vs attacking the inner half Part 1

Spring shares is take on achieving the right launch angle as well as pitfalls to avoid while refining your launch angle.

Launch angle VS attack angle Part 2

Launch angle VS attack angle Part 2

Spring breaks down his views on the launch angle, and what you should truly be thinking about to increase hard hit contact percentages.

Loading the hands above the ball.

Loading the hands above the ball.

How you load your hands will dictate how far you hit the ball. Where you load your hands will dictate how consistent you hit the ball.

Looking hitterish and attacking the inside fastball

Looking hitterish and attacking the inside fastball

Looking hitterish is important too. Here's how to do it.

Making the Adjustment from Metal to Wood

Making the Adjustment from Metal to Wood

The pros and cons of hitting with wood and metal.

Posting up & The middle in fastball.

Posting up & The middle in fastball.

What to do when a pitcher tries to bust you in and how to hit behind in the count and w/ two strikes.

Opposite Field Hitting Approach and Plate Coverage

Opposite Field Hitting Approach and Plate Coverage

Baseball is the biggest self-esteem destroying sport in the world and a game of failure. Keeping the right perspective is key.

Picking Up The Pitch

Picking Up The Pitch

To see the ball better, slow the feet and quiet the head.

Quick Swing Drill Short and Compact

Quick Swing Drill Short and Compact

Short, quick and explisve will get you to a repeatable and sound swing.

Sitting On Pitches Part ll Understanding pitchers

Sitting On Pitches Part ll Understanding pitchers

Is it easier to hit one pitch when you know it's coming or three when you don't?

Sitting on the off-speed

Sitting on the off-speed

Spring touches on the power of being aggressive with the off-speed, when to do it and what are the key advantages.

Slow Feet, Fast Hands, Quiet Head.

Slow Feet, Fast Hands, Quiet Head.

Slow feet, fast hands, quiet head. Thats my take on hitting mechanics!

Slowing the Game Down & Relaxing At The Plate.

Slowing the Game Down & Relaxing At The Plate.

Baseball is the biggest self-esteem destroying sport in the world and a game of failure. Keeping the right perspective is key.

Transfering practice feel to game feel.

Transfering practice feel to game feel.

Learning how to hit with calmness, toughness and focus begins with have a plan and process that reflects your ole in the lineup.

The stride and the eyes.

The stride and the eyes.

Rehearse success with a focus on the result you want.

The Art of Bunting Deadening the Ball.

The Art of Bunting Deadening the Ball.

Bunting when neccessary is a huge part of executing at the plate in key situations.

The Bad Tee Drill & The Correction

The Bad Tee Drill & The Correction

If you can't see the pitcher with tee work, you won't see it with live pitching.

The Importance of Sound Mechanics

The Importance of Sound Mechanics

Mechanics are overrated if your approach isn’t locked in. Start with the approach!

The Line Drive Machine Philosophy

The Line Drive Machine Philosophy

When someone asks what you do for a living you tell them you hit balls hard for a living.

The Perfect Weight Transfer

The Perfect Weight Transfer

A good swing starts from  the ground up.

The Power Position Green, Yellow, Red.

The Power Position Green, Yellow, Red.

Get to the inner half of the ball to increase your hard-contact %.

How to Slow Down The Pitch With The Stride and the Head.

How to Slow Down The Pitch With The Stride and the Head.

To slow the ball down, slow down the feet.

The Truth About Mechanics Avoiding Paralysis.

The Truth About Mechanics Avoiding Paralysis.

Negative emotions are a given. How you deal with them will dictate how far you make it in this game.

Understanding the Hit and Run.

Understanding the Hit and Run.

Putting the ball in play is a non-negotiable. Let's get it done!

What to do if your mechanics break down

What to do if your mechanics break down

The right approach will fix most mechanical issues.

Arm Bar

Arm Bar

With The Arm Bar Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn how to shorten your swing and lengthen your time to adjust to the ball.

Diving into the plate

Diving into the plate

With The Diving into the plate Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn how to stride without handcuffing yourself on pitches middle in.

Bailing Out

Bailing Out

With The Bailing Out Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn how to see the ball longer while staying closed to hit the ball to all fields.

Lunging

Lunging

With The Lunging Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn how to incorporate your lower half to drive the ball consistently and with more pop!

Chronically Late

Chronically Late

With The Chronically Late Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn why you're late on the fast-ball and how to be on time more consistently!

The Upper Cut (Early Collapse)

The Upper Cut (Early Collapse)

With The Upper Cut Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn how to master staying tall on your back side with a good bat path!

Flared Feet

Flared Feet

With The Flared Feet Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to learn how to incorporate your lower half to drive the ball consistently and with more pop.

Bat Wrap

Bat Wrap

With The Bat Wrap Hitting Fault & Fixes, you're going to avoid being late through the zone with weak contact.

Using the Whole Field With a Fast Ball Swing

Using the Whole Field With a Fast Ball Swing

Great hitters use the whole field.

Visualizing before the pitch.

Visualizing before the pitch.

The mind doesn't know the body is not doing it.