Goal Setting for High School Baseball

I was taking a look at our search logs and I found it interesting that many people were searching for “Goal setting for high school baseball.”

When I didn’t make the high school baseball team for Royal High School in Simi Valley, Ca, in 9th grade, I began to set quantifiable goals that would allow me to track my progress and improve.

Here were the goals I set:

1. Gain 10 lbs of muscle
2. Run the 40 yard dash in less than 4.5 seconds
3. Soft toss popcorn kernels and hit 50 in a row 3 times per day
4. Long toss 4 times per week
5. Run the mile in under 7 minutes
6. Take 50 ground balls each day
7. Visit batting cage 3 times per week
8. Go to all of the Jr and Varsity baseball games
9. Get to know the players
10. Play in games – Little League – etc.
11. Swing a heavy bat 50 times per day to work on bat speed
12. Complete heavy core body workout – abs – Gain a 6-pak

My sophomore year I made the team and two years later made All Marmonte League and received a baseball scholarship to play college ball.

I no longer have the 6-pak but setting these goals, visualizing playing competitively, and having passion, allowed me to reach these high school baseball goals.