Work Ethic and the Quick Fix

     The generation we live in always wants a quick fix to get better at something, and it happens all the time in baseball. Players believe that one lesson or a quick drill will help them perform better but in reality, it takes time and a lot of repetition to get better at whatever you want to improve at. The saying I always go back to is Tiger Woods when talking about how he got better is that you have to "dig it out of the dirt". This means he took rep after rep in golf to improve while also having a great mental game and this is why Tiger became one of the best golfers of all time. Tiger never looked for a quick fix because as most of the greats do he earned his improvements every day through trial and error. 

    In baseball to improve at times you have to be willing to try things that may not work initially but once you find out what works for you personally the biggest skill that you need to improve is consistency. The player that hits 5-6 days a week is going to have a better chance to improve than the player that goes to see a coach for one lesson in the offseason and then doesn't pick up a bat until the season starts. The same goes for throwing as the player who puts more time into throwing in the offseason will be more prepared than the players who don't pick up a ball until the first day of practice. The same goes for athletes when it comes to weight training as the player who consistently works out 3-4 times a week will always be in a better position than the player who waits until the last week of the offseason and goes every day that last week. 

    This subject is pretty simple because anybody who wants to get better at something should work on that skill as much as they can without getting burnt out. The problem is the quick fix is a lot easier and people want to be as comfortable as possible in their lives so they don't think that most things take time to improve. There will be a lot of hard times in the journey to get better as you might plateau a lot but to me, this path is always worth it and leaves a lot of satisfaction when you accomplish a goal or see improvements in a game environment. Next time you see a video or a post telling you about a quick fix just know that most of that is garbage and the best athletes put in the time over a long period of time to see the results that they get now.  If you're consistently doing the basics things as an athlete you will look up a year from now and see how much progress you made. 

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