Or a lot of the times , you know , 95% of the time , it's either your timing or what pitch you're swinging at . And that just kind of comes down to your approach , your plan when you get into the box , um , how sold out or committed you are to it . Um , and if it aligns with , you know , what you're actually gonna get at the plate .
Yeah , I think at the plate , I , I touched on it a little bit , but I think . Your mentality and your approach definitely has to grow . I think in high school , it's easy to have a simple , like , hey , I'm just gonna , you know , hit fastballs , low and away because that's 95% of the time what you're gonna get .
Um , the other thing kind of more baseball specific . I think is , uh , the mental side or like the approach , um , when , when hitting . Um , I think a lot of times , you know , people quickly go to like their mechanics or what's wrong with their swing or small things that they're trying to , um , improve on or work on .
But , um , you know , I was December of my senior year , uncommitted , and I was like , is this , like , am I not even get an opportunity or , you know , a , a position to , to play at a school I want to play at . Um , so I would say like , A challenge I faced was , you know , showing up every day , having the belief that like things are gonna work out . I'm going to , you know , going to find a place to play in in college and continuing to work hard every single day to prepare myself to be in a position where once I got to college , I was ready to go , even though , you know , for , you know , most of my high school career , like it was a lot of uncertainty regarding playing at that next level .
Um , and then I think I was super excited too about being able to , to move to the Midwest , experience seasons , and live really close to Chicago , which is a city that I've grown to love in my four years here . Yeah , I think at the plate , I , I touched on it a little bit , but I think . Your mentality and your approach definitely has to grow .
