re: Do college softball players do any conditioning at all?

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You are an idiot.

The whiff rate in baseball is about 20%.
On average, a player hits the ball 80% of the time.

There is some 100 year old delusion that hitting a pitch is the hardest thing to do in sports.
Watch Pro's versus Joe's. It was actually one of the easier tasks.

I have no doubt that softball players can look good up at the plate against big league pitchers (making contact)

Man to man coverage on a former wide receiver? Near impossible.

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Don't know why you're getting downvoted. This is 100% truth. For years I've heard the argument that hitting a MLB pitcher is the hardest thing in sports and they cite batting average, which is dumb. The overwhelming majority of at bats have contact with the ball at least once. The difficult part is hitting the ball where there isn't a defender close enough to make a play. The rules of the game (number of defenders on the field) is what drives the lack of success in getting a "hit", not inability to make contact with the ball.