Mike Easler's Conditioned To Hit

Hello Hitters,

I hope you all are hitting ropes!

This blog site is dedicated to making you a better hitter, and I’ve been going through my 5 essentials to being a better hitter.

Here is the complete list. You can read more about hitting and conditioning for baseball HERE

The last essential to hitting is Commitment. If you are not 100% committed to your craft you will not be as good as you can be. You have to commit to practice, drill work, conditioning, mental prep and nutrition and recovery.

It’s easy to do all those things when you are playing well, but you have to spend extra time and effort when things are not going so well. Make these 5 essentials something that you review everyday and make part of your regular routine. You can just lift weights for 2 weeks, then take 5 weeks off. You can’t just review tape when you’re in a slump. Review it when you are hitting well. Don’t wait for the wheels to fall off before you take action.

If you can follow my 5 essentials, you will become a better hitter.

How to become a dangerous hitter

In my book, “Conditioned to Hit” strength coach, Brandon Smith and I go through the essentials to make you a dangerous hitter. Also inside are hitting drills and exercises that will help you become a better hitter.

Remember, follow these steps, and you will have success.

Stay Focused

Mike “The HitMan” Easler

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Hello hitter’s,

I hope you’re hitting ropes and training hard!

If you have been reading this blog, you know that I have 5 essentials to hitting. So far I have covered the first two, Confidence  and Concentration.

My 3rd essential to becoming a dangerous hitter is Conditioning. Proper conditioning allows you to play and practice at your highest levels everyday. This is the fastest way to becoming a great player. Also, a good conditioning program will keep you on the field. After all, you can’t hit when you sit, and if your too tired or always injured, you’re going to sit!

With a good conditioning program YOU DO NOT need “extra help” like steroids or HGH. If you believe in yourself and are mentally and emotionally strong, your conditioning program will be enough. I consider great nutrition a part of your overall conditioning as well. I do not mind guys having protein shakes or pre/post workout drinks (as long as they are legal).

A player with a conditioned mind and conditioned body is a very, very dangerous player. The guy who comes to mind when I think about conditioning is Derek Jeter. To me, this guy is the perfect baseball player. Jeter seems to miss very few games because of injury (some times injury is unavoidable) and is emotionally and mentally one of the toughest players I have ever seen. To play in New York and to play at the level he does takes a special player.

I have never meet Derek Jeter, but if I get the chance, I would love to ask him about his routine and what he thinks about.

Conditioning can set you apart from the rest. Being faster and stronger is an advantage, as long as it’s done correctly.

As my strength and conditioning coach, Brandon Smith says “Move Better. Feel Better. Play Better”

I suggest to everyone, find yourself a great strength coach and improve your conditioning. It’s just another factor that will make you a great hitter and keep you on the field longer.

Concentration is the 2nd of my 5 essentials to hitting. Without the ability to concentrate and focus, no athlete can compete on a daily basis.

Hello Hitters,

Now that the post season is here, a question I get all the time comes to mind.

I have been coaching professionally for the last 20 years and one of the questions I get all the time is “How can I get my son to relax in pressure situations?” 

Normally my response is this:  You must believe in yourself, your God given ability and your conditioning and preparation, to perform well under pressure.  You must tell yourself you were born for this and remember why you work so hard in every practice and every off season.  Nothing will stop you from performing to the best of your ability.

I feel this way about pressure.  Lack of knowledge causes fear and apprehension.  When you have prepared yourself properly and when you have trained and conditioned your body properly, then you are ready to perform under any circumstance.  You train and practice just to be ready for these tough situations that come up during the ballgame. 

If you have trained your properly and practiced your skills to perform, then all you can do is give it your best shot, and let the chips fall where they may.  No one is successful all the time.  Baseball is a game of failure.  But it is how you respond and deal with failure. You learn from failure and bounce back fighting.  Just like the Rocky movies, you come back fighting, refusing to be defeated.

My favorite saying to all my students is, “Relaxed Hitters are Dangerous Hitters”

The better prepared you are, the more relaxed you can be. You WILL come through in the clutch!