Pro hitters clear their heads and gear up for the next pitch by practicing something called recycling. During this process, which takes about a twenty second cycle to complete and helps the hitter forget the previous pitch and focus on the next pitch, is accomplished by using his or her (for pro fast pitch softball hitters) own personal hitting mantra.
Caveat: The "Hitting Mantra" must be practiced in the off season and repeated often to take root in the subconscious mind. The mental work required for hitting takes just as much hard work as the physical and visual training work to become a good hitter...even more to become a great hitter. From my experience, there are no short cuts.
An improved Hitting Mantra (HM) contains metaphysical, spiritual, and epigenetic thoughts along with powerful hitting affirmations. For those that want or need more details or definitions of the aspects that make up an amped up Hitting Mantra, feel free to email me.
Each HM begins with giving thanks to a HIGHER BEING which inferences your ultimate goal of playing for something greater than yourself. As long as you believe in a Higher Power, doors seem to open with this approach from my experience.
Consequently, if you love GOD, then you should also love yourself. The love yourself message in the Hitting Mantra can make you into a new, confident hitter and more. The more relates to the internal changes that begin happening from advanced recycling. Epigenetics is proving that an 'I love me' belief has a genetic re-engineering effect. Therefore, you can re-wire yourself to a better hitting career with love yourself thoughts included in your recycling process.
Just as important in the recycling Hitting Mantra are powerful affirmations to develop yourself into a better hitter by consciously thinking that you ARE a better hitter than you are and a “gear up”, aggressive belief that every pitch is your pitch to hit.
An example of a personalized HM for a recently traded major leaguer now playing for the Baltimore Orioles in the American League would be:
Praise GOD. I love power hitting American League All-Star first baseman that is bettering mankind and baseball ME. Every pitch is MY pitch (to hit). (I) Expect fastball and adjust to the curve.
A California HS player’s HM might be: Praise GOD. I love line drive hitting California HS All-State second baseman bettering mankind and baseball ME. Every pitch is MY pitch. Expect fastball and adjust to the curve.
In conclusion, the HM can be amended and structured for each hitter’s level and league that he/she plays in, and remember, it is recommended to be used in practice at hitting stations, etc., and during a game where it is repeated each at bat... before the first pitch in an at bat and following each sequential pitch as part of the recycling process.
If you choose to work at being the best hitter that you can be, I highly recommend that you mentally prep yourself by recycling as the pro hitters do.
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