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To be proficient at both sides of the box would double the amount of training time needed.
Would never split time to only put 50% to either.
Would never split time to only put 50% to either.
To be proficient at both sides of the box would double the amount of training time needed.
Would never split time to only put 50% to either.
I think you are also learning that many "baseball guys" get big mad about slapping because it doesn't exist in baseball so should not be a part of softball.what I’m learning from posters on here, a switch hitter is a rarity in SB and they don’t think a lefty slapper can hit well from the right side.
I think you are also learning that many "baseball guys" get big mad about slapping because it doesn't exist in baseball so should not be a part of softball.
Ohhhh BAZZZINGA... and there's that!I think you are also learning that many "baseball guys" get big mad about slapping because it doesn't exist in baseball so should not be a part of softball.
( to be clear I was talking about a batter who started splitting their time if they were to be a switch hitter. Say taking 2 hours a week they used to apply to being a right-handed hitter and splitting that in half and only training each side for one hour. That would be splitting the same time)What about pitchers who hit? They have to split time or put in a lot of work on their own. Some players have the desire and drive to do it.
*I would not split the time.To be proficient at both sides of the box will double the amount of training time needed.
Would never split time to only put 50% to either.
( to be clear I was talking about a batter who started splitting their time if they were to be a switch hitter. Say taking 2 hours they used to apply to being a right-handed hitter and splitting that in half and only training each side for one hour. That would be splitting the same time)
Sure there are those that don't put in as much time as others. Do you think 50% time will produce equal results as to if they put in 100% time?
Example~ Do one hitting workout a week & do one pitching workout a week.
Vs Doing two of both each week.
Would training twice as much produce a different result?
*I would not split the time.
my example,
Being a catcher with the Technical Training needed to be a catcher, Specifically Defensive Mechanics and throwing from behind the plate
definitely dedicated time for catching. Also dedicated time for hitting.
Two technical sets of mechanics.
*Going to practices alone to get the training I needed/wanted would never have been enough to reach my goals.
(Sigh)……I know you were talking about batters splitting their time. The point of my post was that many pitchers (especially in college) go PO to only work on that aspect of their game. Some start being a PO at a young age. However, there are the pitchers who are also still successful hitters, even at the collegiate level. They find and make the time for it to work. Why limit their game if they are successful at both? Same goes for switch hitters. You, yourself, even said you’ve seen switch-hitters in SB.
Just because one person can’t do it doesn’t mean another shouldn’t do it.