How to turn a hesitant hitter into a decisive hitter

I recently spoke at The National Softball Coaches Hitting Clinic in Kansas City along with Sue Enquist from UCLA, Deb Hartwig from Just Softball and Brett Swip from Take2. It was a great 2–day clinic packed with tons of good information and this article is about a hitting tip that helped the Bruins dominate at the plate.

While I learned a lot of things, Sue Enquist shared something that she used to help make her UCLA hitters more aggressive and attack pitches instead of being indecisive at the plate.

She simply told them they were swinging at every pitch, and that their only decision was NOT to swing. This concept results in more swing commitment and an attacking mindset at the plate, instead of standing in the batters box waiting until the last second to decide to swing.

Help create more aggressive and decisive hitters by having them ready to swing at every pitch until they see a reason NOT to swing. You only want your hitters to make one decision at the plate – and that's NO! Otherwise it's a swing and a Rip! (coaches – don't confuse "attack" the pitch with "swing early". I'm saying your players should attack the pitch but I'm not saying they should swing early. Your hitters still need to wait long enough to see if they need to say NO on their swing!)

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