EBT Elite Baseball Talk: Episode Six- Sit Down with Big League Hitting Coach Andy Haines
Professional Big League Hitting Coach, and longtime friend, Andy Haines sits down with the fellas this week to cover a wide variety of topics including:
- Does Andy still believe that the most important aspect to hitting was getting a pitch to hit (pitch selection)?
- What do pro hitters go to mechanics first when things don’t get well, but is the last thing to discuss when things are going well?
- Mental issues of dealing with failure and the vulnerability of hitters
- Does he think that right now, hitting has never been harder?
- Following the trends of pitchers and how to make adjustments
- How hard is it to be a pitcher these days?
- When to hold back, interact, and push as a coach
- What does success look like?
- Dealing with “keyboard warriors” on social media
- How to get hitters mindset right and take advantage of the situation
- Big league hitters and their incorporation of exit velocity
- What is takes to be a great competitor
- Epidemic of competing too much, too soon
Some really good stuff here with some very good baseball minds this week with Justin, Travis and special guest Andy Haines (with a guest appearance by Willie Mays Haines)
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