Texas Hurricanes: Canes Ball Player?
THE BATTERS RESPONSIBILITIESA full mind is an empty bat
When a player becomes a batter (aka hitter), he is now the focal part of the game. An at bat demands the players FULL attention and imposes very clear responsibilities to the team and its mission. Each player must build their own approach to hitting with a strong commitment to getting the job done.
1. You must want to hit and be confident that you WILL get a hit.
2. Have a distinctive purpose with each at bat.
3. Listen to and watch your base coach(es).
4. Be alert and responsive to signs and EXECUTE.
5. Focus on the ball and visualize a hit: A full head equals an empty bat.
6. Control your bat and avoid lazy and stupid mistakes.
7. Do NOT argue with the umpire (includes a no smirk attitude). Adjust to his strike zone
he will NOT change.
8. Get on for the next guy.
9. SCORE
10. Have good eyes! SEE it, HIT it!
11. Be adaptable with each at bat and adjust on the fly!
12. On a wild pitch or passed ball, signal the runner on third base as to action.
13. ON DECK (as the next batter): Remove the bat after the batter hits; coach the runner coming home (slide, up, etc.); time the pitcher and his delivery and focus on his release points. PREPARE TO HIT!
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1."Always follow your dreams, don't let anyone tell you, you can't be something."
2."Hard work does not guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance."
3."There is a difference between image and reputation. Image is nice. Reputation is developed over an entire career. Reputation is what I'm searching for."
4."I need to make more contact. I struck out more than 100 times. I can cut down my errors and I'd like to steal 30-40 bags. I made a lot of dumb baserunning mistakes this year."
5."I'd rather have the Gold Glove than a silver bat. Defense is so much more of a team game and one my goals this year was to make fewer than 25 errors."
6."We have a responsibility not just as athletes but as members of society to treat people well, to do things the right way."
7."Stay away from drugs and alcohol and all that. Make school a priority. Don't overlook academics."
8."I was one of those guys who really enjoyed homework. Sometimes I got kidded by my teammates. But I think kids should really participate in school and always have their homework done."
9."Fielding is 100 percent concentration. You really have to concentrate from the time the pitcher releases the ball to when contact is made. Always be aggressive."
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See If you can find the common thread in these quotes...
Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.
-Charlie Finley
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
-Tommy Lasorda
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary
-Unknown
It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.
-Eric Lindros
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.
-Thomas Jefferson
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Vince Lombardi
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime.
-Babe Ruth
"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them---a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have lasting minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."
-Muhammad Ali-
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