It is still too early to play. Try as I might I do not think I can get anyone to play us right now, nor could I find a field to play on. We are still stuck in the preparation phase of the upcoming season.
One of the tools we can use now is visualization. Start thinking about the season. Start thinking about what you will be doing. And go one step further.....start thinking about how and why you will be doing these tasks. As you visualize yourself making plays, making pitches and pounding the ball into the gap....think about how that is going to happen.
This just might inspire you to resume that exercise program, go for that run, do those sit-ups, those push-ups etc. It might inspire you to call that buddy to play catch, or find that brick wall to throw a ball against. It might inspire you to get in front of that mirror, or that reflective sliding glass door and look at your swing. It might inspire you to do the weight shift drills (they can be done without striking a ball). Pitchers - Now is a good time to work on your wind-up and your stretch. Use a small towel to simulate throwing a ball. Work on your slide step, work on your moves to first and second. Baserunners - Working on your jumps is something that can be done with vision and hard work. See the pitcher in his stretch... look for your jump and practice your starts.
For my favorite baseball "movie" of all time click below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vheY65Y8Kmc
Now a word about Bugs Bunny and the whole Loony Tune bunch. Forget about the current day lame cartoons. Go to U-Tube and check these old timers out. They blew each other up, poked out eyes and chased each other around with knives, shotguns and dropped anvils on each other...you know, good clean fun.
And they were educational, too. I have told my lovely wife many times that all I know about Opera, Shakespeare and old time culture I owe to Loony Tunes and comic books. And she can tell you what a cultured man of the world I am.
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