Larry Cicchiello

Baseball Tips On Hitting--How To Work The Count Is Very Important!



Posted: Wednesday, February 10, 2010

by Larry Cicchiello
Larwenty Online Enterprises Inc

There is a direct connection between baseball hitters who have the ability to get the count in their favor and baseball hitters who are very successful. When a baseball hitter is ahead in the count at 2-0 or 3-1, there isn't any such thing as a mediocre swing, late swing, weak swing or check swing during these hitter's counts. He should have the buttons on his uniform shirt popping off because his swing should be aggressive or he should not be swinging at all and should take the pitch! You will definitely see many better pitches to hit when ahead in the count.

You can be much more selective and decide if it's the type of pitch that you want to hit and it's located where you want it to be located or simply take the pitch. If a hitter's favorite pitch to hit is a fastball that's belt high and out over the plate and the count is 2-0 or 3-1, if he doesn't get the fastball out over the plate and belt high he simply takes the pitch. If you are a pull hitter, you can look for a certain pitch that's over the middle of the plate or middle in, where you like it. If you are an opposite field hitter, you can look for a pitch that's over the middle of the plate or middle away, where you like it. You can also position yourself in the batters box to hit a ball in a certain part of the strike zone, because that's the only pitch you are going to swing at anyway.

Most people agree that on average, you get one real good pitch per at bat to hit. There is a much better chance that you will see that one real good pitch if you are ahead in the count and not even or behind in the count.

One of the more important baseball tips on hitting is that when you are ahead in the count you should only swing at one type of pitch that's located where you like it located. You can afford the luxury of being very selective and you are in the driver's seat and not the pitcher!

Although 2-0 and 3-1 are both very good hitter's counts, the best of the two is the 2-0 count. At 3-1, if a hitter takes strike two, he's one pitch away from a walk but is also one pitch away from strike three. At 2-0, even if the hitter takes strike one, the count is still favorable for the hitter at 2-1 and he still has plenty of breathing room.

Always remember one of the more important baseball tips on hitting...There is no such thing as a mediocre or check swing when ahead in the count. The buttons on your shirt should be popping off because of the aggressiveness of your swing or you should not be swinging at the pitch at all!

Larry Cicchiello is the successful author of "Excellent Baseball Coaching: 30 Seconds Away." His VERY user friendly eBooks and CD's cover 320 topics on playing very good baseball. ANY baseball player, coach or parent who wants to help their child will be fully equipped! Some FREE baseball tips on hitting and FREE baseball pitching tips are available at LarryBaseball.com



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