As most of the country embarks on the college and high school seasons, it is important that we switch our focus in practice from mechanics to live, situational hitting. During the winter, we fine tune the mechanics of our swing with a goal of making our swing repeatable and habitual, so that we don't have to think about our bodies when a pitch is thrown at us. Everyone swings great in practice. So the question becomes, how do we get our practice swing to look the same as our game swing? I hear it all the time. Each week, a student of mine will walk in and I will ask them "how did your games go this week?" They respond "good" with no detail and then their parent chimes in "she isn't finis