Feedback is ball flight, exit velo, the crack (or ping) of the bat, the feeling of impacting (or not impacting) the ball and resulting vibrations (or lack thereof) in the hands. Feedback is also the cheers and boos of the crowd, the “atta boy” and “get em next time”‘s from coaches and teammates and of course, the numbers we can all see on the scoreboard. The environment provides the feedback for us to interpret the effectiveness of the result.
The result is the swing taken, the connected movements of the body as well as the actual shape of the bat path created. The result is a product of the meeting of the internal process and the external environment.
The process is everything under our control in terms of preparation and information gathering, setting sights and intent (approach) according to an understanding of self and situation. The process is responsible for interpreting feedback, implementing new information. The process is also responsible for creating and maintaining separation and space between pitches for the hitter to remain present.
Separation not only between pitches but between at-bats, between games. There also needs to be a certain separation between the cage/BP and the game itself.
When we mistake the feedback for the result we also tend to mistake the result for the process – losing touch with the actual process altogether. This is a very dangerous mistake to make.
The idea is to maintain autonomy over the process. To maintain perspective on the feedback. To learn to cultivate the result through the process, allowing it to be the result separate from that same process.
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