From Red and Black (University of Georgia newspaper)

Former University baseball player Jasha Balcom may not be in professional baseball anymore, but it is possible in the near future you may see a player he groomed playing in the MLB.

Balcom founded HittersBox Baseball Inc. a little over a year ago.

“I just decided to start my own baseball training company because I got tired of working my 9-to-5 job and I just wasn’t happy,” Balcom said. “When I founded the company, I was still contracting lessons at other facilities, and so I decided I needed to start my own place. I came over here to Competitive Edge Sports [facility], because this is where I used to train when I played for the Cubs, partnered with them to get space…and here we are.”

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Here are a few photos from the USSSA 60 Team tournament on Saturday Feb 20, 2010.  Thanks to our partners Elite Sporting Events and USSSA director Bubba Smith for having us that the first major tournament of the year.  All the kids had a blast hitting off the Pro Batting Simulator.

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• Be PATIENT and Selective.  Do not be afraid to wait on the ball.

• Have a PLAN at the plate.  Think about what you are trying to do, but try not to force anything.

• POSITIVE Frame of Mind.  You have to create in your own mind positive self talk all the time.  Say Things like "I'm about to drive this ball in the gap. or " I CAN hit anything this guy throws."

• L.I.G. Attitude.  LET IT GO!  If you have a bad at-bat or boot a ball in the field It's very important to forget about it and say something positive to yourself immediately like "I'm going make that play next time" or " Next time he throws ME that pitch I'm going to drive it back through the middle."

• VISUALIZATION.  You have to know what success looks like in your mind first.  You know how they say Seeing is believing. Well how about seeing and constructing in your mind vivid scenes of you doing AWESOME things on the field and replaying them over and over. Its almost like you know exactly whats about to happen when you find yourself in a real situation. Your success won't come as a surprise to you. Because you've seen that movie before.