Baseball Tips on Hitting - Being Ahead in the Count is Where You Want to Be!

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By Larry Cicchiello

The ability of a hitter to get the count in his favor will very often determine how much success he has as a hitter.

There isn't any such thing as a mediocre swing, late swing, weak swing or check swing at a pitch when the count is in the hitter's favor.

He should have the buttons on his uniform shirt popping off because the swing should be aggressive or he should not be swinging at all and should take the pitch!

You will definitely see many better pitches to hit when ahead in the count.

You can be much more selective and decide if it's the type of pitch that YOU want to hit and it's located where YOU want it to be located or simply take the pitch.

If a hitter's favorite pitch to hit is a fastball that's belt high and out over the plate and the count is 2-0 or 3-1, if he doesn't get the fastball out over the plate and belt high he simply takes the pitch.

If you are a "pull hitter," you can look for a certain pitch that's over the middle of the plate or a little bit inside, where you like it.

If you are an opposite field hitter, you can look for a pitch that's over the middle of the plate or slightly away, where you like it.

You can also position yourself in the batters box to hit a ball in a certain part of the strike zone, because that's the only pitch you are going to swing at anyway.

Most people agree that on average, you get one real good pitch per at bat to hit.

There is a MUCH BETTER chance that you will see that one real good pitch if you are ahead in the count and not even or behind in the count.

The main point here is that when you are ahead in the count you should only swing at one type of pitch that's located where you like it located.

You can afford to be very selective and you are in the driver's seat and not the pitcher!

Although 2-0 and 3-1 are both very good hitter's counts, the best of the two is the 2-0 count.

At 3-1, if a hitter take strike two, he's one pitch away from a walk but is also one pitch away from strike three.

At 2-0, even if the hitter takes strike two, the count is still favorable for the hitter at 2-1 and he still has plenty of breathing room.

Larry Cicchiello is the author of "Excellent Baseball Coaching: 30 Seconds Away." His site offers many FREE baseball tips on hitting, baseball pitching tips, baseball coaching drills, etc. You will be FULLY EQUIPPED!

You can visit his website at http://www.larrybaseball.com/

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