Hitting is a foundational skill that most children master by age 7 or 8. However, the ability to hit a baseball going 85 miles per hour or more is something that will likely never be mastered. In the big leagues hitting over .300 is a good season, but in school or most things in life a 30% is a failure. Bad. So how can you teach an athlete how to hit a ball when a great job fails 70% of the time. The decision-making process must be made quickly, to be precise the person must react in about four tenths of a second (Carlson 2013). If a coach can understand simple concepts like automatic processing, understand what movements are needed, know what level their athletes are at, and how to narrow their focus. Furthermore, knowing which signals athletes need to focus on and which signals they can ignore, as well as helping each athlete find their Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning (IZOF), are all very important steps in becoming a better hitter. Teaching context I am taking this course because I plan to become a physical education teacher as well as a coach. For this activity I will look at it from a coaching perspective with high school student athletes because baseball is a bad PE game and because I want to coach baseball. I will teach this skill as if it were in a game situation because as coaches this is our main goal. Task Characteristics The skill I will be teaching is hitting, but more specifically it is hitting a baseball otherwise known as batting. Batting is a discrete skill within a very complex and continuous movement pattern. This skill is known as a gross skill because it requires a lot of hip rotation, wrist rotation, ... middle of paper ... and tips for the student. The most critical element of this whole learning experience comes down to practice. If I create an environment that encourages mental and physical repetition, the building blocks of practice have been established. To complete this metaphorical house I will give students ideas that will help them develop their swing. As students practice, I need to provide feedback that is helpful to them to help them become the best hitter they can be. With the right coach and ballplayer you can be successful and I think Bull Durham's Crash Davis said it best: “This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, catch the ball, hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”Works CitedCarlson, C. (2013). Baseball Science. Retrieved November 4, 2013, from Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/biobaseball.html