Patrick Jones Baseball

In today’s episode, a newly recruited hitting coach, Rachel Huggins, shares her experiences in coaching at Eastern Illinois University. Rachel shares how she was recruited during her high school years. She also talks about her recruiting process today as a hitting coach and how she helps hitters build their own approach and in individualizing the different pitches and parts of the zone.She shares her and the team’s philosophy when it comes to hitting. She also talks about how she builds relationships with the team and points out what they need to improve on.SHOW NOTES:[2:25] What is your recruiting process as a high school player?[3:48] Is there anything you would have worked on or focused more on as a player in high school to get ready for college?[4:46] What other sports did you play?[5:19] In the recruiting process, do you look for players who have played multiple sports?[6:01] What are you looking for when you are recruiting players?[7:08] Do you look for defense first type players or offense first type p