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1Quick & Quiet

• The ability to wait and jump on a pitch, not swing too early
  
• Holding the bat lightly, not all tensed up, not twitching
  
• Have a nice short stroke, no wasted movement
  
• Explosiveness when the pitch is a good one
  

2 Physicality

• Power, strength and grace (some players just look like hitters)
• Refined sense of athleticism - balanced while in mid-swing
• Flexibility & Torque - ability to create upper/lower body separation
• Propioception - a big word basically meaning the body's sense of space
• Speed on the base paths, too

3 Eyesight

• The hard truth: it takes good eyes to have good hand-eye coordination
  
• Player's own knowledge of dominant eye and what it means (the earlier this is known the better)
• Sight angle - keeping the head towards pitcher and pitch path as the body turns
• Tracking - ability to read pitch early and track it as deep as possible
  

4Mental Acuity

• Intelligent, willing learner
• Baseball sense - awareness of the game situation beyond the batter's box
  
• Ready on every pitch, wants to hit, gets into load position confidently
  
• Knows the pitch he is looking for
  
• Presence and communications skills - understand the signs, what's expected
• Ability to 'model' (meaning learn) from previous pitch movement and location

5Emotional Approach

• High self esteem - believes in his ability to get a hit
  
• Positive attitude - not discouraged from bad results, learns from them
  
• Decisiveness - willing to jump on every good pitch
  
• HIgh level of self motivation = early to practice, ready for each pitch (and everything in between)