Collins Schluer

Teams that don’t strike out at a high clip win more games. Simple as that. This is amplified at the college level and 10 fold at HS level and below. Once you get two strikes, it becomes 100% a team at-bat. Grind it out. Compete your tail off. Choke-up, shorten up, widen up, get closer to plate and implement your two strike mental approach. Some call this their “B Swing.” Make the pitcher work! Always liked “look fastball away and adjust.” But there are other 2 strike approaches that are just as effective. Need to experiment and find out what works best for your style of hitting. Often a quality two strike approach leads to hard hit balls. But even when they don’t, the opposition still has to field it, throw it, and catch it. That’s called pressure. Much more difficult to defend than a right turn back to the dugout.

When you choose to play baseball, you choose to play the most difficult, self esteem destroying sport on the planet. It will reveal much about your makeup and will also help develop stronger personal qualities over time. Champions know we grow more in adversity than comfort. It’s an honor to play a game that tests and teaches, both at the same time. Don’t let the game define you or convince you that you are somehow less of a person when things don’t work out. It’s a game, play it. Learn from it…grow from it.