06/27/2024
This!!!! Just had this conversations at lessons last night. A lot of people take lessons as their practice time… but that’s not the point!
🚨Lessons are for learning!
🚨Practice is for mastery.
How much time are you putting into practice between lessons? You don’t need to throw 100+ reps with a catcher at full distance for it to be considered practice! Drills with no ball or a sock ball are just as effective, if not more effective when you know what mechanics you need to focus on. How are you applying what you learn in lessons to your practices??
If you are taking private (or group) lessons, understand that hard work must be put in, and is expected to be put in, OUTSIDE of the weekly lesson.
You go to a lesson to learn what you need to work on. SOMETIMES you will fix things inside of a lesson, but more times than not, the things that need work will be fixed OUTSIDE of the lesson in your own practice time.
Make sure once you leave the lesson, you are aware of what those 2-3 key things are that you need to work on. That week at practice, focus on those things, and make the corrections so that when you show up at lesson the following week, you get to work on NEW things. It takes effort on your part and it helps you learn on your own how to fix things and how to work through problems rather than someone hovering over you and telling you exactly what to do.
It does no good to attend weekly lessons and be working on the exact same problem week in and week out. Go to lessons because you want to learn and get better. Don't go to lessons because you want a scheduled weekly practice time and someone to show you how to throw new pitches.
Learning and throwing new pitches should be EARNED with good mechanics and accuracy, not just expected because you show up every week.
