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The Rule of the Ten Thousand to a Better Swing!

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Hitters! Are you willing and are you able to put in the work to improve?  Yes?  Well then.  Do you know what kind of work is required?  I have said, for years.  It takes 10,000 reps to change something in the swing for a hitter.  The objective is to get your swing to the point it becomes organic....natural.  Without thinking.  The ball takes around 4 tenths* of a second to get to the plate from the pitchers' release point.  Then, it takes a little less than 2 tenths* of a second for you to swing.  This does not include your load.  It is just your approach forward with your bat.  This isn't a lot of time and certainly is too fast for you to actually think about what your body is doing.  It has to become organic! To become organic, it has to be done without thinking about it, and to accomplish this you must repeat the skill so frequently that it becomes boring.  This is when we are changing our muscle memory.   Our muscle memory works exactly like our actual memory.  So, if I wou