[tcarilli]

I had the wonderful opportunity of being at a Gerry Davis clinic early in my career. At that clinic, during cage work, he used the phrase you "you don't have bad judgement you're using your judgement at the wrong time" with those with bad timing.

I have also been fortunate enough to have attended Evans. There, Evans said "timing is proper use of eyes."

Putting these together I have come up with this "timing is not a function of time." If you are tracking the ball all the way into the catcher's mitt, timing will take care of itself. Physiologically it takes time to respond to a stimulus. So, if you are tracking the ball all the way to the mitt and making your decision then, I don't think you can have bad "timing."

If your "timing" is quick it is because you are not seeing the ball all the way into the mitt. This may be because you have tunnel vision, that is, you are not tracking the ball. Or it may be because you can't see the ball all the way into the mitt. This may because you are working too low or not far enough into the slot.

Either way bad timing is because you are not tracking the ball. So if your "timing" is inconsistent go back to the basics: slot position, head height, and tracking.