Situational Hitting Program

Situational Hitting

Game Strategy, Approach & Competitive Hitting Program

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Program Focus

• Situational Awareness

• Hitter Approach

• Count Management

• Pitch Selection

• Pitch Recognition

• Two-Strike Hitting

• Hitting With Runners On

• Advancing Runners

• Bunt & Execution Skills

• Hit-and-Run Situations

• Sacrifice Situations

• Two-Out Hitting

• Late-Inning & High-Leverage At-Bats

• Adjusting to Pitchers

• Competitive At-Bats

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Learn to Think Like a Hitter

The program teaches athletes to ask:

• What is the situation?

• What is the pitcher trying to do?

• What is my job in this at-bat?

• What pitch can I handle?

• Where is the defense positioned?

• What is the count?

 

The goal is to turn every at-bat into a planned competitive opportunity rather than simply reacting to pitches.

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Count Management

The count changes the hitter's approach.

Athletes develop strategies for:

• 0–0 counts

• Hitter's counts

• Pitcher's counts

• 0–2 and 1–2 counts

• Full counts

• Two-out situations

• First-pitch approaches

• Protect situations

 

Players learn how to recognize when to attack and when to expand their approach to protect the plate.

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Two-Strike Hitting

Two strikes require a different mindset.

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Situational Hitting teaches athletes how to:

• Expand their coverage

• Protect the plate

• Shorten appropriately when needed

• Recognize breaking balls

• Battle with two strikes

• Spoil quality pitches

• Put the ball in play

• Compete rather than panic

 

The objective is to become a hitter who is difficult to strike out.

 

Hitting With Runners On Base

Athletes learn how to adjust their approach based on the baserunners.

 

Training can include:

• Runner on first

• Runner on second

• Runner on third

• Runners at the corners

• First-and-third situations

• Runner advancement

• Productive outs

• Situational ground balls

• Sacrifice opportunities

• Hit-and-run execution

 

Players learn that sometimes the best at-bat isn't measured by a base hit.

It is measured by executing the team's objective.

 

Two-Out Hitting

Two outs create a different offensive mindset.

 

Athletes learn how to:

• Extend innings

• Control the strike zone

• Move runners

• Attack scoring opportunities

• Compete with two strikes

• Handle pressure

 

The goal is to develop hitters who understand the importance of keeping an inning alive.

 

Bunting & Execution

Situational Hitting™ can incorporate offensive execution skills including:

• Sacrifice bunting

• Bunting for a base hit

• Drag bunts

• Push bunts

• Bunt defense recognition

• Bunt decision-making

 

The emphasis is on execution and understanding when a particular strategy creates an advantage.

 

Adjusting to the Pitcher

Great hitters adjust throughout a game.

 

Athletes learn to recognize:

• Pitch velocity

• Pitch movement

• Pitch location

• Pitch sequencing

• Pitcher tendencies

• Release points

• Breaking-ball patterns

• Changes in approach

 

Players learn to make adjustments from:

At-Bat → At-Bat → Inning → Game

 

This develops a more intelligent and adaptable hitter.

 

Defensive Alignment & Game Awareness

Modern baseball and softball require hitters to understand how defensive positioning affects their approach.

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Athletes can learn to recognize:

• Infield positioning

• Outfield positioning

• Shifts and defensive tendencies

• Open areas of the field

• Baserunner positioning

• Defensive strengths and weaknesses

 

The objective is to help hitters understand where the advantage exists before the pitch is delivered.

 

High-Leverage At-Bats

Situational Hitting prepares athletes for the moments when the game is on the line.

 

Training can simulate:

• Late-inning situations

• Tie-game situations

• Go-ahead runs

• Runners in scoring position

• Bases-loaded situations

• Two-out situations

• Full-count situations

• Championship-level pressure

 

Athletes learn how to maintain their approach and execute when the pressure increases.

 

Technology & Performance Analysis

JMISS can incorporate video and performance technology to help athletes evaluate their decision-making and execution.

 

Athletes may analyze:

• Swing mechanics

• Pitch selection

• Contact quality

• Exit velocity

• Launch angle

• Spray direction

• Strike-zone decisions

• At-bat outcomes

This allows athletes to connect decision-making with measurable performance.

 

College & Professional Preparation

As athletes advance to college and professional baseball or softball, pitchers become more skilled, scouting becomes more detailed, and mistakes become more costly.

 

Higher-level hitters must be able to:

• Recognize.

• Prepare.

• Adjust.

• Compete.

• Execute.

 

Situational Hitting helps athletes develop the baseball IQ and competitive approach required to handle increasingly sophisticated pitching and game situations.

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The Situational Hitting Advantage

The goal isn't simply to produce hitters who can hit.

It is to develop hitters who understand how to win an at-bat.

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Situational Hitting helps athletes become:

• SMARTER HITTERS.

• BETTER DECISION-MAKERS.

• MORE DISCIPLINED AT THE PLATE.

• MORE ADAPTABLE.

• MORE COMPETITIVE.

• MORE PREPARED FOR PRESSURE.

 

Built for the Next Level

College and professional coaches value hitters who can do more than produce statistics.

They want players who understand the game, execute assignments, compete with two strikes, make adjustments, and consistently put their team in better situations.

 

Situational Hitting develops those qualities by bringing game strategy into the training environment.

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JMISS Situational Hitting

Know the Situation. Own the At-Bat. Execute the Plan.