This is probably the second most used statement I make when giving lessons.
The first is push and turn. "Do it again, do it again,do it again, and finally do it again. Because once you are able to do it once then one of the keys to success is the ability to repeat the right move. This is part of the "Mastery Process". It's just like in Karate Kid when Mr. Miyagi says, "Wax on wax off, sand the floor, paint the fence." Young Daniel Russo waxes on and off so much he can't even lift his arms. He becomes angry because he wants to learn something new so he can fight. He gets bored with this work. Then Mr. Miyagi shows him the method behind the madness. There is karate in everything in life. Life is karate and karate is life. Well in my world baseball is life and life is baseball. I find life and learning in both. My purpose is to get my hitters to the point where when a strike crosses the meaty part of home plate that the reaction that happens is pure perfection and pure intention to hit the ball as hard as possible. My purpose is to get my hitters to be able to hit 50, 100, 200, 1000 balls in a row hard. Not just hit the ball but hit the ball hard. I have been playing baseball for over 30 years now and I still do not hit every ball hard in game situations. This is an impossibility, but when I practice with full intention to strike the ball hard every time that is exactly what happens. I repeat the same move over and over with the same result over and over. Do it again, do it again, do it again. Do it again so that it become natural and second nature it becomes my mantra.
Master is truly a life time process. Refinement through repetition. It has to be the right repetition also.
I want to acknowledge Alex Tisminezski for all his hard work, repetition and patience.
Well done.
Alex has also been working with John Birds on pitching and threw his first no hitter and few weeks ago. He flirted with perfection until he walked one hitter. Watch out for this future star.
