Quality Over Quantity

When my dad was a youth baseball coach, parents would come up to him and say, “My kid took 500 swings in the batting cage last night,” to which my dad would reply, “He probably did the same wrong thing 500 times.” My dad understood that mindless repetition isn’t productive. In fact, it’s often harmful. That’s because of muscle memory — It takes 1,500 repetitions to correct a bad habit, and so if you’re simply swinging over and over without taking the time to think about and analyze what you’re doing, then most likely you’re actually searing those bad habits further and further into your muscle memory banks. Simply put, it’s better to do 100 correct swings at half-speed than 1,000 incorrect swings at full speed. Take your time, figure out what you’re trying to accomplish, and #MakeItHappen.