Have you been struggling with staying consistent during your baseball/softball season? Full seasons can end up seeming like a grind, especially if you don’t put in the work to keep your mechanics consistent. Based on a number of reasons your mechanics can end up changing during a season. You can get injured and wind up compensating, you can receive coaching that changes your mechanics in an unwanted way, or you can even unknowingly be trying to imitate other athletes that you are playing with. Whatever the reason is, unwanted mechanic changes during a season will rarely end up helping you.
This is where In-Season Lessons come into play.
In-season lessons will allow you to keep your mechanics the same, no matter what caused them to change. These lessons are not structured the same as out of season lessons. Out of season lessons are based upon the premise of restructuring mechanics, and improving them in a way that will benefit you the most come time for your actual season. In-season lessons are entirely different. Trying to make huge mechanic changes during the season is rarely a good idea. In-season lessons are mainly for maintenance, and to watch out for those pesky unwanted mechanic changes. Now if unwanted mechanic changes do happen to creep in during the season, changes may be necessary, but they will be done in a way that will not disrupt your season. But don’t take our word for it. See what some of our athletes think about in-season lessons down below.
Athlete Interviews:
Do you enjoy doing lessons at Kinetic Drive? If so, why?
Devin Phillips – “Yes, I like it because they can spot my flaws and help me to improve them. This makes me a better player and a better person”
Christina Ramsey – “Yeah, because the people there are amazing and they help you get better”
Brody Thomas – “Yes, because I have gotten better with my instructor Troy and HitTrax is fun”
Chase Goard – “Yes, Zach, my instructor, is tough in a good way and makes it fun so that I can stay focused. I play on two teams and a variety of positions; Kinetic helps with all of them, including batting”
How do you feel in-season lessons differ from off-season lessons?
Devin Phillips – “In-season lessons are more directed towards baseball related things, such as hitting and fielding. Off-season lessons are more directed towards becoming a better athlete”
Christina Ramsey – With in-season lessons you can know what you need to work on because of the mistakes you make in games”
Brody Thomas – In-season lessons are better to work on specific parts of your swing and off-season lessons you can use to get reps”
Chase Goard – “I feel in-season lessons lets me prepare for upcoming games and they give me the opportunity to work on any weaknesses afterwards”
Would you recommend in-season lessons to other athletes? If so, why?
Devin Phillips – “I would, because if you aren’t working on anything you aren’t getting any better. There will always be a flaw in your game that you could improve. Finding and mastering those things is what makes you a better player”
Christina Ramsey – “Yeah, because in-season you can tell what you need to work on from the mistakes you make in games”
Brody Thomas – Yes, because you can work on parts of your game that need improvement”
Chase Goard – “Yes, I would recommend in-season lessons to other athletes since it makes a difference with building mechanics and certainty so that players can have more fun during games”
In-season lessons give an athlete the opportunity to work on what they feel like they need to improve on. Without being at the games, instructors don’t know what type of success and failure a player is going through. The player being able to relay that information to his or her instructor not only helps the instructor to work on exactly what the player needs, but also allows the player to understand his or her game on a deeper level. A great instructor can only do so much with limited information, and these in-season lessons allow the athlete to be the one to fill in those missing pieces.
