A few months ago, I was working with a struggling batter and ICould not figure out what was the problem with her. Nothingseemed to be wrong with her.. good swing, great work ethic,coach able, strong and powerful, motivated and confident, etc. So I decided to spend some time investigating her thought process byasking her questions. What I found out is that she often tried to guess pitches. Inother words, she was picturing in her mind a certain pitch, thuspreparing her body for something specific and most of the time,something else shows (a different pitch). That obviously creates a problem. Guessing is NOT effective. If you are guessing, you have to guess what the pitcher willthrow and where. The odds are against you. And once you guess something, you make-up your mind about itand if you are thrown something else, you are left totallyunprepared. Guess pitches is NOT effective. Instead, you must learn how to read and react quickly and adequately to whatever is thrown your way. Basically, you must read what pitch it is, its location andreact automatically by either letting go or swinging the rightway adjusting to speed, movement and location. How do you do that? It takes experience - at bats in games and live pitchingin practices. You have to train your eyes and your brain to recognize pitches. So, stop guessing, start reading and reacting instead. Guessing kills your ability to react appropriately to whatever is thrown to you. Marc Dagenais"Your Personal Softball Peak Performance Coach" For more tips, go to my website: [http://www.softballperformance.com|http://www.softballperformance.com/]