Baseball's Busy Season

As odd as it may seem, this is the busy season for baseball. This time of year is when we put the work in to be better players. We PLAY during the season! Winter workouts will determine how well we do in the spring and summer. One of the issues I am having at this point is watching players put in the time, but they are not quite understanding how to get a smart workout in. I work with players of all ages and experience levels. What I keep seeing is players doing the same things they were doing the previous season over and over again. They are not making adjustments or actually improving at all. They should be slowing themselves down, watching video, or watching themselves in the mirror to see what they may be doing wrong. What they are doing is trying to hit and throw harder and harder with the same mechanical flaws they had last season. The only players that I've seen workout that should be doing the same thing they were doing the previous season, are MLB guys who had a good season in 09'. Marlon Byrd is one of those players. I have had the opportunity of speaking with him over the past few off seasons about his workouts and I personally get to watch him work on his hitting. Now, even though I say that it would be fine if he did the same thing this year that he did last year, I know better than that. Marlon will change his workout to be more challenging and he will probably put in more time getting ready this off season then he did last year. If there were more hours in the day I know he would be using them to improve himself. So either way my point is this...If you are going to spent time and money this off season to improve as a player, understand that you are trying create good habits and break bad habits. To do that you must consistently practice good baseball habits. Hence, the name of my company and all my Internet sites PRACTICING GOOD BASEBALL HABITS.