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2026-07-20 23:50:26 UTC

One of the hardest things for hitters to learn isn't a mechanic. It's consistently being on time.
When you're late, your mechanics break down — and then you think you have a swing problem when really you have a timing problem.
Instead of immediately looking for a mechanical fix, ask yourself: Was I on time?
Start earlier, create more time, and watch your swing free up naturally.
Want to learn how to build a consistent timing approach? Check out my book "Be On Time"

2026-07-06 22:49:08 UTC

Having a low time preference is crucial for success in hitting. It means being willing to put in the work and trust the process, even when you don't see immediate results. It means being patient and focused on the long-term goal, rather than getting distracted by short-term setbacks or failures.
When you have a low time preference, you're able to stay motivated and driven, even when the going gets tough. And that's what separates the great hitters from the good ones.

2026-07-04 17:50:32 UTC

Group Seminars - Booking Now! I'm excited to offer group seminars at your facility, where I'll work with your hitters for two hours to help them develop a consistent and effective approach to hitting.
My goal is to help your hitters understand the importance of timing and how to trust their load, allowing them to simplify their thoughts and focus on making solid contact. Learn more about group seminars and how to book one for your team at mindfulhitting.com.

2026-07-03 18:24:38 UTC

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2026-07-03 18:24:02 UTC

I enjoy working with hitters who are struggling to find their timing. It's amazing to see the light bulb go off when they finally understand how to trust their load and let their body swing naturally.
If you're struggling with your timing, check out my book "Be On Time" for tips and techniques.

2026-07-03 00:08:20 UTC

A hitter who is overthinking is easy to spot. The swing is tight, rigid, and unsure. If you are thinking about too many things in the box, the swing is indecisive and slow. In the cage, it can be a fun fix.
I have told hitters to only focus on hitting home runs to center field (so they don't try to pull everything), but it has to come completely from your back hip. All your focus is on getting loaded on time and releasing your back hip to center field. Nothing else matters, not your hands, not your front foot, not if you swing and miss, just the back hip driving to center.
The swing usually frees itself up with the more aggressive and simple thought, and the results are fun to watch. Learn more about how to simplify your swing and improve your hitting performance at mindfulhitting.com.

2026-07-01 23:29:49 UTC

One of the hardest things for hitters to learn isn't a mechanic. It's consistently being on time. Mechanics break down when you are late and then we think we have to "fix" our mechanics. It is difficult to teach yourself to ask about timing first before addressing mechanics because the mechanics are easier to see in video, but majority of the time the timing is what creates the breakdown of mechanics. Start earlier, create more time and eventually this leads to thinking less and not worrying so much about a mechanical flaw - ultimately freeing up your swing. Check out my website to learn more about how to develop a consistent timing approach and improve your hitting performance.

2026-07-01 00:31:15 UTC

Being on time is the foundation of a successful hitting approach. When you're on time, you're able to see the pitch longer, make adjustments mid flight and allow your body to swing how you trained it, instead of rushing your mechanics to catch up.
Check out mindfulhitting.com for resources to improve your timing.

2026-06-19 20:42:38 UTC

Whip vs. The 2x4
A tense upper half swings like a 2x4. Rigid. Slow.
A loose upper half swings like a whip. The lower half holds the tension and drives; the upper half follows.
That gunshot sound you hear when big leaguers make contact? That's a loose upper half and a fired-up lower half.
If you want to hit the ball harder, relax more. Counterintuitive, but true.

2026-06-17 15:37:23 UTC

I hated slide-step pitchers. I had a longer load and I felt rushed.
There are two ways to beat them:
Anticipation: Start building your load slowly in the set position before he moves. Cano did this.
Pre-set: Start with 70/30 weight already back. Shortens the load.
Gary Sanchez (was a player I watcher when in the Yankee org) had a huge leg kick, but against slide-steppers his body automatically shortened it to a stride. Backside control made the adjustment for him.
If your front foot is timing the pitcher, you can't adjust. If your back hip is in control, you can.

2026-06-15 20:35:09 UTC

The Junk Baller
Why do slow pitchers give teams fits at every level?
Because you have too much time to think. And if you have no backside control, you bounce off your load and lunge.
Then you start later to compensate, get stuck, and get jammed by 75 mph.
The answer isn't starting later. It's holding your back hip longer. Ride it out. You'll have more time to see the pitch without getting weak.
Stay in your backside. Let the ball come to you.

2026-06-12 15:05:36 UTC

Know Your Strengths
Not everyone needs to hit 30 home runs. Derek Jeter and Aaron Judge are completely different hitters. Both captains. Both great.
If you can make a ton of contact and have speed, be the guy who starts rallies. If you have power, drive the ball out of the yard.
Know your strengths. Work on your weaknesses, but don't lose sight of what makes you the player you are.
Trying to be someone else is a fast way to lose confidence in who you actually are.

2026-06-10 18:35:32 UTC

Late to Be Early
How can you be late and still lunge at an off-speed pitch in the dirt?
You start your load too late. Your body rushes to catch the fastball. Your eyes race forward. You anticipate heat.
Then the pitcher throws a curveball. You lunge because you never gave yourself time to recognize it.
You weren't early. You were so late that you had to rush.
Start earlier. Settle. Now you can see the pitch and decide.

2026-06-08 20:34:01 UTC

"Pulling your head" is not a habit hitters practice. It's a shortcut the body takes when it's late.
When the pitch gets too deep, the body panics. The shoulder flies open to create space for the barrel. The head goes with it.
You can yell "keep your head in" all day. The real fix is starting the load earlier so the barrel has time to get to the spot without the body cheating.
Fix the timing. The head stays put.

2026-06-05 00:25:33 UTC

People ask what books changed how I coach.
The Inner Game of Tennis — quiet the voice in your head.
The Art of Learning — turn failure into data.
Relentless — understand what top 1% work ethic actually looks like.
I put my full list up on the Mindful Hitting website under resources, along with the book I wrote on timing.
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2026-05-30 18:34:11 UTC

The ball takes about four-tenths of a second to get to the plate. That’s roughly 7 milliseconds per foot.
Let the ball travel two inches deeper than it should, and you’re a fraction of a fraction late. Your brain can’t process that. But your swing can feel it.
That’s why diagnosing timing is hard. The body compensates in ways we don’t train — rolled wrists, flared shoulders, weak contact. By the time you see the result, the pitch is already gone.
Start earlier. Give yourself more time. Let the swing work.

2026-05-29 04:04:06 UTC

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Amazing what we always wish we knew after playing haha. I was the same way

2026-05-22 23:18:08 UTC

Check Swings Tell the Truth
Watch how a hitter takes a pitch when they’re on time.
Effortless. Hands never commit. Backside fires, then checks off.
Now watch a late hitter. Hands come forward. Body tenses. They aggressively check-swing — sometimes into the ball.
Juan Soto’s takes are aggressive, but his backside is in control. When you’re late, your upper half panics.
Your takes are a timing report card.

2026-05-18 20:26:37 UTC

Tempo Starts on the Tee
If your tempo is rushed on the tee, it’ll be faster during front toss, even faster in BP, and completely unraveled in the game.
The tee is the only place where a moving ball doesn’t dictate your timing. Slow down.
Feel your weight gather. Find your strongest position. Then move.
Most hitters use the tee to warm up. Great hitters use it to set the rhythm for the day.

2026-05-15 17:13:15 UTC

STUDY GOOD SWINGS, NOT BAD ONES
Most hitters analyze every mishit.
They video their mistakes. They think about what went wrong.
Here's what actually works:
Pause after a GREAT swing.
Ask:
"What did I feel?"
"Where was my weight?"
"How did the barrel move?"
LOCK THAT IN.
Good swings = blueprint to repeat.
Bad swings = just noise.
The great hitters don't over-analyze mistakes. They identify good swings and repeat them.
Bad swing video teaches your brain WHAT NOT TO DO.
Good swing video teaches your brain WHAT TO DO.
Which is more valuable?

2026-05-12 23:49:26 UTC

MECHANICAL THOUGHTS VS TIMING THOUGHTS
Great hitters don't think about mechanics during the game.
They think about theirplans and their TIMING.
"Am I on time?"
"Can I be calmer?"
"Can I get loaded earlier?"
That's it.
When you overthink mechanics in the box:
- You get tight
- You lose trust
- You fail
When you simplify to timing:
- You stay loose
- You stay free
- You swing like you trained
Your team's biggest hitting problem isn't mechanics.
It's that they're thinking TOO MUCH during the game.
Simplify to timing. Let the swing happen

2026-05-07 00:14:53 UTC

Why Your Mechanics Break Down in Games
I used to leave the cage feeling great, then get in the game and my swing fell apart.
I thought my mechanics were broken. So I’d change my stance, my hands, my load — and make it worse.
What I finally realized: my mechanics didn’t randomly fail. I was late.
Being even slightly late causes your body to cheat. Once I stopped fixing my hands and started starting my load earlier, the mechanical thoughts disappeared.
Before you overhaul your swing, ask: Was I on time?

2026-05-04 22:21:01 UTC

Effort vs. Contact
A coach in pro ball told me hitting is two sliding scales:
Effort and Contact.
When contact drops, your brain wants to crank up the effort.
Wrong move.
You have to lower effort to bring contact back up. Once the contact returns, you can ramp up again.
Go 100% effort and your timing, mechanics, and thoughts go out the window.

2026-04-28 19:43:10 UTC

THE DIAGNOSTIC CONVERSATION
Your hitter goes 0-2. What do you say?
Most coaches: "Your swing looks bad. Let's fix your mechanics."
Better approach (the diagnostic conversation):
"Why did you roll over that last swing?"
→ "I pulled my shoulder"
"Why did you pull your shoulder?"
→ "I felt late"
"Why did you feel late?"
→ "I didn't load early enough"
Bingo. Not mechanics. TIMING.
"Let's get back earlier and calmer next at-bat."
One thought. One adjustment. No mechanics changed.
This approach builds SELF-AWARENESS. The hitter learns to diagnose themselves.
Self-sufficient hitters who diagnose their own swings > hitters who need constant coaching.
Work backwards. Find the root cause. Fix timing, not symptoms

2026-04-22 23:30:13 UTC

ROLLING OVER
Your hitter keeps rolling over?
Coaches say: "Keep your shoulder in!"
Wrong approach.
What's ACTUALLY happening?
They're LATE.
When you're late, your backside hasn't finished firing. Your hands come out, shoulder pulls, barrel rolls over. Weak contact.
The fix isn't "keep your shoulder in."
The fix is: "Get your load earlier and calmer."
One thought. Everything else adjusts naturally.
When you load early and settle, you have TIME for your backside to fully fire. Shoulder stays in. Barrel extends. Backspin.
Stop working on one body part.
Work on TIMING. Everything follows

2026-04-20 22:51:23 UTC

THE SETTLE: THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCEPT
Load early. Get to backside with TIME TO SPARE. Not rushed. Not bouncing.
Just coiled, loaded, and READY.
That's the settle.
You can see it in great hitters:
- Calm demeanor
- Stacked backside
- Patient eyes
- Loose shoulders
They look relaxed. That's because the work is DONE. The column is built. They're just waiting to attack.
Every hitter can learn this.
It's not a body type. It's a TIMING thing.

2026-04-16 21:44:43 UTC

UPPER/LOWER TENSION SPLIT
Here's what separates loose swings from tight ones:
**Upper half:** Should be LOOSE, relaxed, asleep
**Lower half:** Should hold the TENSION, aggressive, firing
This is THE tension split.
A whip moves faster than a wooden board because one end is fixed and the other is free.
Apply this to hitting:
- Tight upper body = slow barrel
- Loose upper body = fast barrel
The gunshot sound you hear at contact? That's a loose upper half, tight lower half.
When you see tension in shoulders, wrists, and hands? That's NOT good tension. That's a sign the hitter is LATE.
Being late creates unwanted upper body tension.
Being early creates the perfect tension split.
→ mindfulhitting.com

2026-04-14 16:32:54 UTC

THE COLUMN ANALOGY
Think of the back leg as a structural column.
You wouldn't build a house by putting weight on the structure before the column is built, right?
Same with hitting.
Build the column FIRST (70% weight to backside) BEFORE the stride.
If you try to move forward BEFORE the backside column is built:
- You bounce
- You fall forward
- You lose power
- You get late
The hitter who builds their column early has TIME TO SPARE. They can afford to adjust, see pitches and do damage.
→ mindfulhitting.com
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2026-04-13 20:00:29 UTC

CHECKPOINT #4: Contact
What all the other checkpoints lead to is contact. Good contact typically being front knee to 18 inches out in front of the front foot. This window varies based on size of the hitter.
While contact depends on the timing of the other checkpoints, this spot is the easiest to assess as a hitter. If you are not finding contact in this window and you are not squaring up baseball consistently, start looking back at Checkpoint #1: the start if the load and adjust from there.
#mindfulhitting #baseball
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2026-04-08 22:00:25 UTC

CHECKPOINT #3: Foot Strike
When does the stride foot actually land for a hitter that is on time?
This tends to surprise of a lot of young hitters but the stride foot will land when the ball is about half way to the plate.
While there is a window here, meaning you can be a little earlier or a little later and still have success, most young hitters will answer the question above with "The ball will be right around the plate of cut of the grass in front of home plate."
Our brains have a hard time understanding how fast this game is and how much time our bodies need to take a full swing.
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2026-04-05 20:32:00 UTC

CHECKPOINT #2: Top of Load
This is the invisible checkpoint that separates great hitters from average ones.
**The hitter:** Complete negative movement, body is settled in back hip, ready to attack
**The pitcher:** Ball at release point (leaving fingertips)
Why this is CRITICAL:
- Body and eyes move ONE direction while ball is in flight
- Best chance to see the pitch and react
- Most coaches skip this checkpoint entirely
- This is where "the settle" happens
If your hitter is loaded and READY at this moment, the game slows down.
If they're still loading? They're already late.
The settle is the most important move nobody talks about.
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2026-04-02 21:30:00 UTC

CHECKPOINT #1: START OF LOAD
This is where everything begins.
**The hitter:** Load begins (hands start moving, weight shifts to backside)
**The pitcher:** Hand separation (hands break from glove)
Why this matters:
- It's the SAME moment regardless of pitch type
- It's the ONLY thing the hitter can control
- Everything else flows from this moment
The best hitters in the world start their load at this moment or slightly before.
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2026-04-01 00:10:55 UTC

TIMING IS EVERYTHING
Most coaches say "you're late" or "be earlier."
But what does that actually MEAN?
Here's the problem: Hitters don't know what it truly means to be early because the term is so vague. So they guess, get tense, and chase pitches out of the zone.
There is a framework to see if you are on time as a hitter and knowing these checkpoints changed how I viewed hitting.
Checkpoint 1: Load when the pitcher's hands separate
Checkpoint 2: Top of load when the pitcher is releasing the pitch
Checkpoint 3: Stride foot lands when the ball is half way to the plate
Checkpoint 4: Contact is out front (front knee to 18 inches out in front of stride foot)
#mindfulhitting #baseball

2026-03-31 19:38:53 UTC

I'm a professional baseball coach with 12 years of experience working with teams across Kitsap, Pierce, and King County. I spent 2013-2015 with the New York Yankees organization, where I learned from some of the best coaches and hitters the game has ever seen.
But here's what I learned from all that: hitting isn't just about mechanics. It's about timing and feel. Body awareness. Being present in the moment.
That's Mindful Hitting.
Whether you're a coach, a parent, or a player—you're in the right place.
Let's develop hitters who feel their swing, adjust on the fly, and compete at the next level.
Questions? Send me a message or visit mindfulhitting.com 🔗
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