#whos ready for ap psych exam

[weakinthekneez]

i love taking psych classes bc you know you're getting objectivity from an outside source, which kind of forces self reflection

like the emphasis on hierarchy of needs, how cognitive dissonance is something we actively work against, also just clinical and developmental psych as a whole has been really eye opening to me bc ive always just been like "yeah this is normal enough"

[baileyboo2016]

GIRL I HAVE AP EXAMS IN A MONTH AND IM NOT READY 💀😭

but then another month and i graduate!!

LIKE I’LL BE DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL. FOREVER.

I WONT EVER HAVE TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN.

HECK YEAH.

[burnedbyshoto]

I just signed up for my classes next semester and im really really nervous about taking anatomy and intro to organic chemistry :( do you have any tips on surviving those classes? If not its okay! Hopefully we both have a good next semester!!!

I meant to respond to this so long ago, i’m so sorry for my lack of response until now!!!!

okay anatomy and organic chemistry, to put it lightly, are not easy classes. not because they’re hard, it’s just that they have so much out of class commitment to it.

as you may or may not recall, I am a chemistry major in the pre-med pathway. so those are two classes that are sorta musts. (anatomy maybe not that much, but still it’s good to know!)

I have yet to actually take anatomy, but I definitely have friends in nursing who have and I have helped them study. ochem I am in rn, and im thriving. in order to obtain optimal results I suggest the following:

1. tutoring - obvious. more specific, student run tutoring. seek out students who have had the same professors and are tutors. they will tell you how to prepare best!!!!! I was super scared about ochem, and I go to tutoring sessions with a past student and she tells me what to focus on, and let me tell you, i’m thriving.

2. flashcards/memorization tricks - whether on paper or on quizlet, anatomy is ALL MEMORIZATION. figure out what makes you memorize things fast, correctly, and retain it. my ap psych teacher told me during highschool she had a colored bodysuit where she would put sticky notes on every muscle and bone to help her memorize it! find what works. ochem you have to memorize functional groups and different reaction mechanisms so flashcards are super helpful

3. office hours - go and make friends with your damn professors. they’re the ones makes the tests, they’ll give you so much free shit if you figure out how to ask them the right questions.

4. schedule - don’t be a whore (like me) and save studying for the two nights before an exam or midterm. I literally cant function afterwards. dedicate an hour every day for studying and you’ll find yourself to be ready to kick some ass

besides that, it’s just practice practice!!!! they’re not hard classes really!!!! it’s just... you need to study and memorize!!! good luck next semester though!!! super excited for you!!!!! 💕

[mysdrymmumbles]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck Today

So I went in for a TA job today and I’m figuring I’ll have one or two actual teacher classes because fuck me.

So I look at my sheet that says where I’m supposed to go and

Me: Wtf? How do I cover two teachers at once?

Well.

I figure I’ll see whatever bullshit is at play when I get up there, thinking I’ll have to jump between one room and the other while they have meetings or some shit.

But no.

No.

For first period, they took the English class and sent them over to the math class’s room, with a turned off computer and instructions to do a kahoot.

Me: Wtf is a kahoot?

The real kicker, though, is that this was explained to me by the math teacher, WHO WAS THERE.

But she went in the English teacher’s room so that she wouldn’t have to deal with any students while she typed away on her laptop.

And so she turned on a Quizzizz review game for her math kids.

That had a 30 second clip of instrumental Christmas music playing.

On loop.

She assured me her kids would play the Quizzizz over and over because they like it so much.

They did not.

Some of them had to be threatened with 0s to even log into the game.

Oh and let’s not forget Jacob who made me say his name six times and kept up the bullshit like, “Are you saying Jacara?” 

No you fucker, I’m not.

So they’re listening to Christmas from Hell while they solve math problems.

And the English class is like, “wtf are we supposed to do?” 

And I’m like, “A...kazoo?” 

Girl: “Kahoot?” 

Me: “Yeah, that.” 

Girl: “What’s the code?” 

I go next door to get clarification from the math teacher, she makes it clear she doesn’t want me bothering her. So I text the English teacher. 

She tells me not to worry about the Kahoot and to have them check their emails for a different review assignment.

A girl throws up, two boys skip class, another boy calls another a f****, the custodian takes forever to come clean the throw up, the other kids are making fun of it, the ISS coordinator calls me about a student and doesn’t believe me when I say he’s not here, the principle comes in to find said missing student and doesn’t find him and sees the throw up and gets someone to finally come clean it up.

I am ready to throw myself out a window because of that goddamn music loop, so in the last 7-8 minutes of class, while telling the kids to go plug in their laptops (which only half of them did), I went up and muted the fucking music for my sanity.

2nd period rolls around and rather than stay in one room, the math teacher tells me to go to the English teacher’s room and she’s taking her room back.

Not her students though.

At least this class didn’t have the game with the Christmas music loop, so I only listened to it 78 minutes straight instead of longer.

The kids sit spread out so that neither class is grouped up. Half of them won’t stay in seats. Five of them want things while I am trying to take attendance, and one of the kids sits in my chair.

I pass out some stuff for math, and half the kids won’t say anything, so I have to say, “Where’s Timmy?” and have their classmates point them out so that I can hand them their fucking work. So I get to Jonathan and try to give him his work.

Him: I’m not Jonathan.

Girl next to him, who pointed him out: *tired look*

Me: Take the packet.

Him: I’m Tyrone.

Me: I don’t have a Tyrone on the roster, so if your name is Tyrone, get out.

He started to stand up, thought better of it, and took the fucking packet. 

Because his name was fucking Jonathan.

Half of the English class wouldn’t sign up for the Kahoot that’s actually been set up for them.

The math class got review packets that they don’t do and that I can’t help with because I have to click the game screen for the English class every 15 seconds so they can go to their next question.

And they all kept bugging me for laptops so that they can join the Kahoot game, so I told them, “Just go across the hall and knock. She’s in there.” 

So it was fun knowing I sent about four different groups of students across the hall to interrupt her computer time.

One student came back and told me she was sleeping.

I assumed that was a lie because otherwise I’d have to throw some desks around in utter rage.

At some point, my period starts during double classes.

Then things mellow out a bit.

I get A lunch, so I finally have a break from children.

B and C lunch aren’t bad, even though I have to hound some of the kids to sign in, but that’s an everyday thing.

3rd period is nice.

In 4th period, a girl says that she just learned that English isn’t derived from latin like Spanish and French, and for the first time today I’m actually psyched because I love linguistics and stuff.

So I say, “English is this fantastic frankenstein language--”

Girl who told me to press print to print things they other day: Actually it’s just a combination of Germanic and Latin.

Me: *trying really hard not to just start screaming*

Girl who told me to press print to print things the other day: *goes over to another girl and starts making fun of some cards people made to send to military families with deployed people*

Me: Don’t make fun of stuff other people have made.

Her: *smirks and ignores me*

Me: *kill bill sirens sounding*

So I managed not to bitch her out--which took every last ounce of restraint that I had.

This one girl had just come in for a short time and when she left I wished her luck on her exams and to have a good weekend, like I have done with every single class I’ve subbed for the last three days. 

When the bell rang for the end of 4th, I did not wish them luck or a happy weekend.

So then I went to the office to check out and demand I get paid how I should get paid for today and the bookkeeper is not there. 

And neither is the AP in charge of subs.

So I head out and this fucker won’t get out of my way so that I can wade through the miserable rain to go home.

So.

Fuck today with a rusty goddamn spoon because it fucked me over pretty good already.

[whatjeon]

high school student!jungkook

genre(s): headcanons/bullet points, high school!au, (low-key) fuckboy!au, (a smidge of) badboy!au, friends to lovers, slow burn (??), a lil bit of angst, kinda crack-y, basically an emotional rollercoaster

warning(s): strong language

A/N: hello friends i am back not with an imagine but a bunch of bullet points i’ll try and pass off as mini-paragraphs!! anyway, i’ve been thinking about this a lot so i figured that i might as well publish something if i want to keep calling myself a “writer”... enjoy!! p.s. sorry not sorry for all the cliches and shitty humour LOL

high school student!jungkook au 

jungkook’s the new kid at your high school and moved into your neighbourhood during the summer of your sophomore year

lives in the big-ass house with a pool and indoor theatre bc his dad’s some music producer or something

honestly you had no idea he had moved in until the first day of school and even then, you had no clue what the fuss was about (but that was partially due to the fact that you hadn’t seen him yet lol)

he’s hot af and he knows it too which makes him hella cocky

he strolls into every single class with one hand in his jean pocket and the other either: a) running through his perfectly-gelled black hair or b) loosely holding onto his backpack strap

you’re sitting in AP psych with your five thousand pencils and highlighters out on your desk ready to clutch that A for the semester when he saunters in whistling

as soon as you see him walk in you know that he’s a fuckboy™

timberlands? check

light-washed jeans? check

plain white tee? checkcheckcheck

when he catches you looking at him (not that he could blame you like tbh everyone was checking him out) he winks at you and flashes you a smirk before sitting a couple seats behind you

by the end of the day you learn that you have AP psych and AP econ with jungkook

he’s quiet in class but you know he’s smart because the first thing your AP econ teacher has you guys do is participate in a game of kahoot as a diagnostic test. you sit behind jungkook so you’re able to see his laptop screen as he clicks on the right answers. he actually places first in the entire class and surprise surprise !! you end up placing second thanks to jeon jungkook the econ god

the next day at school you’re at your locker taking out your textbook for your math course when jungkook stops by and leans against the one next to yours and goes like “i believe you owe me a thank you, hmm?”

and you’re like “for what?” bc you genuinely forgot all about the kahoot test

jungkook laughs, tilts his head to the side, and as he’s glancing at your eyes he says “econ?”

in that moment you realise jungkook is not only attractive but also really really observant

“oh,” you say, shrugging and closing your locker. “thanks, i guess. see you around... jungkook, right?”

his finely-chiselled jaw drops and he’s like who does this girl think she is omf i’m literally the talk of the school AND WE HAVE TWO CLASSES TOGETHER

all he can do is smile (not as smugly, though, since you just ended the conversation) and push himself off of the locker he was leaning against

as he turns to go to his next class he can’t help but wonder who you really are because he’s a masochist you don’t take shit and you’re... kinda cute actually

the next day in psych jungkook’s hardcore flirting with you because he is determined to prove that there’s no way any girl on earth can resist jeon jungkook 

from behind you hear a pencil tip snapping followed by jungkook’s smooth voice cursing “oh my god i don’t have a spare” and being a nice person you turn around and hand him one of yours

as he takes the pencil his fingers brush against yours (ON PURPOSE!!!) and he winks at you before saying “life without you is like a broken pencil... pointless”

you send him an unamused smile and retort “your efforts are like a broken pencil. nice try, jeon”

the nickname sticks and you proceed to call him jeon for the next four months of school

jungkook likes how you’re not madly in love with him like the majority of the school so he makes even more of an effort to talk to you and get to know you during your classes and you become pretty good friends (??) if you can call it that

it’s really more like close acquaintances who can flirt joke around with each other

sometime in october jungkook asks you why you keep calling him jeon instead of jungkook and you tell him that he’s not worth two syllables (but in reality it’s because you think his last name sounds really cool... also the corner of his mouth always twitches upwards when you do but you aren’t ever mentioning that to him) and all he does is laugh because it’s refreshing to have a girl roast him instead of fawn over him, especially since he accidentally flashed his abs at basketball try-outs whoops

time skip ! it’s november and exams are coming up in a week so you’re studying for hours on end almost every day, sleeping late and waking early until one day you sleep through your alarm

you’re rushing out the front door and getting on your bike when you hear a “y/n!” behind you

surprise!!! it’s jungkook on his motorcycle (ofc he has a motorcycle lmao)

he’s like “wow, little miss honour student late for school?” and you leave your bike on your front porch before putting on the helmet and retorting with “can you just stick with an aesthetic?? you’re clearly a fuckboy–– only bad boys own motorcycles”

jungkook bites his lip to hide his grin but the urge to smile is so strong that he has to look down at his vans so that you can’t see just how happy you make him

you’re five minutes away from school when you realise that he isn’t wearing a helmet because he gave you his and your arms instinctively tighten around his waist

jungkook almost chokes, which is unlike him because he’s jeon jungkook, one of the most attractive boys at your school and #1 fuckboy, and he’ll be damned if he starts falling for some random girl just because she’s arguably one of the hardest-working people in the grade and her eyes remind him of stars and when she laughs it’s like honey drizzling on top of pancakes on a sunday mor–– and that’s when jeon jungkook realises he likes you

WHICH IS WHY as soon as you guys get to school he walks away and flirts with the first girl he sees

you’re like “ok???” but hella confused and low-key jealous mad

littLE DO YOU KNOW that as soon as you’re out of sight jungkook’s face goes from ;) to :( because he doesn’t want to flirt with anyone else except you

school ends and you walk through the parking lot to get to the main road when jungkook spots you and rides his motorcycle over, tossing his helmet at you

“get on, y/n. we’re going home”

and you ask him why bc you’re still kinda pissed about what happened that morning and he says “it’s what friends do” even though calling whatever it is that you have “friendship” feels wrong and just a little bit painful

from that day on jungkook drives you to school and back every day on his motorcycle (after he promises you that he’ll get a second helmet), even on days where his first class is a free period and he technically could wake up an hour later than usual because homeboy is hopelessly in love with you

it’s spring AKA track season !! jeon jungkook, the golden (ex)fuckboy (you can’t be a fuckboy if you only flirt with one girl sorry jeon) of your high school, makes the ~varsity~ team

which means he can’t drive you home after school because you don’t do a spring sport :( but you’re cool with it

this is also the time when you become really close with another notorious fuckboy who lives in your neighbourhood, kim taehyung, except there’s no sexual tension between you two because taehyung is a good bro™ who just likes to get it on sometimes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

one day jungkook sees you and taehyung walking home together when practice is canceled and he is JEALOUS AF

he knows he’s being irrational but going home together is you and jungkook’s thing !!! not you and taehyung’s thing !!!!!

so the next day he goes to “talk” to taehyung bc he doesn’t want you to know he’s jealous and basically tells taehyung to “get the fuck away from y/n or else” and taehyung smirks and refuses bc he’s a little shit

aaaaand you’re just chilling during your free period when a friend tells you that your mans jungkook and taehyung are fighting in the quad

the fight gets broken up as soon as you enter because 1) jungkook doesn’t want you to see him all violent and 2) taehyung actually really likes being your friend and doesn’t want to mess things up that badly

but the damage is done and people are already talking about how y/n, a notorious goody two-shoes, is dating jungkook and taehyung at the same time and they both found out, leading to their fight at the quad

you ignore jungkook and taehyung for the rest of the day for damage control but it’s useless and your “perfect” image has been tarnished

you head over to jungkook’s house after he’s done with track practice and chew. him. out. 

which then turns into a full-blown argument

“everyone thinks that i’m a fucking whore now thanks to you and your goddamn temper, jungkook. honestly, can you grow the fuck up?”

“well you didn’t have to go around doing who knows what with taehyung, y/n”

“as if you’re any better”

you guys are screaming at each other and the argument ends when jungkook finally loses his composure and yells “then why don’t you just fucking leave and never come back, y/n?”

so you angrily storm off, tears welling up in your eyes

the next morning you wake up feeling awful and you have half the mind to skip school for the day, but then you remember that you’re a high school student taking multiple APs so skipping class is waaay out of the question

you’re about to head out the door when you remember that jungkook isn’t there to drive you to class anymore :( so you have to go from the back door to the bike shed and take your old bike out

when you emerge from the backyard you see a figure dressed in a black hoodie and grey sweats (classic fuckboy™ clothing), leaning against his black motorcycle with his hands in his pockets, staring intently at the ground

you’re in front of him when he finally looks up

his brown eyes widen and he clears his throat nervously but you speak first because you got 0 sleep last night and seeing him look so soft and just him being there in front of your house even after a huge fight makes your heart swell

“i didn’t mean what i said yesterday. well, i did mean some parts but i never meant to use my words to hurt you. i was mad and being irrational. i’m sorry. you mean so much to me and i just–– i’m pretty sure i’m like, in love with you and oh my god did i just say that? i mean––”

and jungkook’s speechless but also relieved because then that means he doesn’t have to do the confessing first

what he does do first is kiss you in the middle of your rambling because 1) he loves you too and 2) he doesn’t want you to embarrass yourself any further lol

when the two of you finally part he just smiles really softly at you and pull you in for a tight hug

“i love you too, y/n. i’m still a little mad, though”

and you’re like oh boy, here we go but then jungkook smirks, tightens his hold on you, and says “i can’t believe taehyung is the reason why we finally confessed to each other”

when you and jungkook walk into school together with your hands tightly clasped together everyone is like POWER COUPLE ALERT because the ex-fuckboy and goody-two-shoes are actually dating ?!!

bonus: you guys are voted prom king and queen wow stan legends stan jungkook and y/n

extra bonus: taehyung is your ship’s #1 fan and president of the unofficial jungkook+y/n fanclub

[othersportsnews-blog]

Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa on his path to the big leagues

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Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa on his path to the big leagues

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Marly RiveraESPN Author

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Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com.

This interview was carried out in Spanish and has been translated.

Astros star Carlos Correa has been doing the job towards the majors given that he was in the 3rd quality. Now, ahead of his first — certainly, first! — All-Star Video game, the 2015 AL Rookie of the 12 months talks to Marly Rivera about training with his father, doing the job out for the Astros, and the pitcher he’s most psyched to facial area in the All-Star Video game.

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When did you start out training with your father? Considering the fact that I was a little boy, my father worked in design. He would start out his function working day at four a.m., under the sizzling solar. He built homes. He would get household late, so when I would get household from college, I would analyze, do my research, and then about 8 p.m. we would head out to the park. At times we would stay there until eventually 10 p.m., occasionally until eventually 11, relying on how the follow went, but we often practiced a good deal. When I was in significant college, factors begun to get additional severe because we would invest at least three several hours in the park immediately after I arrived household from college every single single working day — Christmas, New Several years, Thanksgiving. There was no off working day.

How did your father get the abilities to assistance you? At first he understood almost nothing. Practically nothing. Even when he played his nickname was “coge jueyes” (“crab grabber”) because he was a fisherman and when he would area a ball hit toward him, he would grab it from the top, as if he was grabbing a crab, because he did not know how to do it. When I was five years outdated he set me in in a little league team in which the coaches would teach me and he would question factors listed here and there, asking everyone. We discovered jointly. We grew up jointly. Then he would go seeking for data on the net on hitting and factors like that, and as he stored on studying he would teach me every little thing he discovered.

How would he find out on-line? Seeing movies of Significant League hitters. He has been a lifelong fan of Albert Pujols. He often looked at movies of Albert Pujols, Alex Rodríguez, hitters who ended up successful, sluggers, hitters who could do nearly anything at household plate. Then he’d perform the video clip in gradual movement — he would pause and perform, pause and perform. Then he would say, ‘Look, you have to place your hand there because Pujols has it there,’ and factors like that. And I begun studying.

That was not pretty technologically state-of-the-art… It is really almost nothing like what we have now, that you have access to every little thing in a computer system. Just before it was pause and perform, pause and perform, and which is how we would find out. And I assume that was the great way, because occasionally when you give way too a lot data to a youthful player — that can have an impact on you and give you a mental block. I see that every single working day. At times we get way too a lot data, like ‘this pitcher throws a fastball on a two-1 rely eighty percent of the time…’ but that eighty percent of the time involves the ninth hitter, eighth, leadoff. It is really not the same when you’re batting 3rd, fourth or fifth. And maybe that eighty percent does not utilize to those batters. At times there is certainly data that won’t assistance, so I desire to go with my instincts and what I assume is heading to function for me.

Are you selective with the data you like to get? Absolutely. The one that assists me most is associated to defensive positioning in the “change”, and which is because it operates most of the time. ‘If a batter hits the ball listed here eighty percent of the time against proper-handed pitching…’ then you are there and generally he will hit it there. But when it arrives to hitting, I desire to view movies of the pitcher and set up an method.

When did you start out standing out as a player as you ended up increasing up? When I was in the ninth quality, I was about 5’9, 5’10. And then all of a sudden, all through the summer time right before my sophomore 12 months, I grew to about 6’3. My knees begun to ache. I could not run. I went to see the health practitioner and they informed me it was component of a growth spurt. It lasted for a pair of months. My father received me a coach so I could adapt to my new entire body. We begun doing actual physical function, agility, operating about cones, all those factors that you teach with in track and area. When I was a junior, then I no extended felt nearly anything, and I begun to shift much better, run much better. And it was then, when I was a junior, that scouts begun inviting me to diverse workout routines. They ended up inviting me to Ideal Video game tournaments. They ended up inviting me just about everywhere.

I went to a Ideal Video game and at a shortstop showcase I threw ninety seven, I ran the 60 in 6.7 seconds and set on a present. I assume I hit a household run and doubled, and then I was rated in the Top 50 in the U.S. Later on I was invited to the Ideal Video game All-American and I experienced an exceptional work out. I played pretty very well all through the sport. Then I went to the Entire world Showcase, and there I was rated in the top 10. I ongoing getting component in tournaments in Puerto Rico. The Astros arrived to see me for a working day and the first working day I hit it out of the ballpark two times. They finished up being the complete match. Then they invited me for a non-public work out in Kissimmee and I went there about two months right before the draft. I did a work out and also hit. They informed me they liked what they observed but they wanted to see me against their pitchers. They experienced me hit against some of the Dominicans in the GLC, some of my teammates now, like Michael Feliz, Reymin Guduan, Yandel Gustave, and I did pretty very well. I faced a several additional and hit very well. I worked out with seven teams — San Diego, the Cubs, Kansas City, the Orioles, Minnesota, the Astros and Seattle. Then we waited for the draft and Astros took me with the first pick.

Did you often know that you ended up heading to be the first pick general? No, I did not know. I did know for absolutely sure that the Cubs would choose me with the sixth pick. All I understood was that I would be within the first 6 picks. The Cubs informed me they would pick me. So when the draft arrived, I did not know what was heading to occur. I was anxious. I was not anxious because I understood a little something very good was heading to occur, but I was anxious. I just wanted to know. My representative and I ended up texting and he tells me I assume we assume we have a offer, and when I asked who, Bud Selig was live on digital camera. So I experienced to set the cell phone down following to me and I by no means observed his reply.

So you found out when Selig introduced it? At the same time the entire globe found out.

Was the purpose often to arrive at the majors? Considering the fact that I was in the 3rd quality. I don’t forget we ended up looking at a sport on Tv and there was a Latin player being interviewed and his English was lousy. I said to my father, ‘I want to go to a bilingual college so I can find out English’ and he asked me why and I informed him that when I perform in the Significant Leagues I wanted to discuss English very well. And he took it severely, even even though I was in the 3rd quality. Soon immediately after that they begun all the paperwork to locate a way to locate me a scholarship and that was tough. The bilingual Christian non-public college was highly-priced. I received a compact academic scholarship. I took a exam and did very well and because of our money predicament they aided us. I experienced to keep my grades up to keep the scholarship.

How did the function you did with your father put together you to be the player you are now? He taught me to have a robust function ethic every single single working day. To by no means choose factors for granted. Always function, function, function. Glance for means to boost every single working day. I don’t forget when I was 10 years outdated, my father would hit hundreds of ground balls and throw hundreds of pitches for me to hit. Individuals at the park would yell at him, ‘Stop abusing that kid, you’re heading to exhaust him he’s worn out. That is a little boy he’s not meant to be doing those things’. But the factor is that those persons yelling at him did not know that I was the one who was declaring ‘Dad, let’s go, additional, additional.’ My father would say ‘We have to go’ and I would yell again ‘No, let’s keep heading.’ I was the one who wanted to keep on doing the job. And which is how we worked until eventually I signed. Now I choose factors a little much easier because I know what operates for me.

Correa states he has discovered to have a day by day regimen from playing with Jose Altuve for three years. AP Photograph/Wilfredo Lee

Have you also discovered José Altuve’s function ethic? José is a pretty diverse player. José is a pure player. He is a pure hitter who arrives listed here, takes five swings and feels ready for the sport. I’m a dude that requirements to function every single working day to do the same and be geared up bodily and mentally. He is a pure. He can arrive in and not even hit BP and then go the sport and get three hits. That is him. What I have discovered from José is to choose factors much easier and be smarter and target on that what is actually most vital is what I do all through the sport. In the earlier, I would get listed here and choose eighty swings in the cage, and then choose 40 swings all through BP and 40 additional right before the sport, and when I received to the sport I was fatigued. So now I choose 10 swings listed here, 10 swings there and 10 swings there, and when the sport arrives I’m ready, I feel very good I know what operates for me. It is really about possessing a day by day regimen that operates for you. I also discovered that from Carlos Beltrán when he joined the team. Carlos informed me, ‘There are heading to be times when you’re heading to require 40 swings to feel ready. There are heading to be times that you’re heading to require five or 10 swings to feel ready. You have to know on your own. Batting is about “emotion” how you feel with your swing. When you feel you are ready, quit. You do not have to do way too a lot.’ I discovered that from Beltrán. I have truly discovered a good deal from him.

What did you find out immediately after the “sophomore slump” you went by? Past 12 months I discovered a good deal about myself as a player, primarily mentally. I felt like I was possessing a truly lousy 12 months but I felt robust mentally. I would function tough every single working day. My swing did not feel very good most of the time. The past month I played with a shoulder damage. I discovered a good deal of factors about myself and I think about it to be a lousy time, but it was a time in which I discovered a good deal. I discovered the pitches I was missing. I discovered what holes I experienced in my swing and what I experienced to boost so I would not foul the ball and hit it straight forward. And all those factors made my offseason start out earlier and the offseason was targeted on function with a reason for this time.

What was the reason? Past 12 months I would foul again quite a few very good pitches to hit because I experienced those holes in my swing. This 12 months I preset my mechanics a little, with a additional immediate swing to the ball when I get very good pitches to hit.

Who did you function with? With my father and my hitting mentor José Rivera.

In which did you meet up with him? I achieved him when I was 11 years outdated. I joined a team and he was the manager. He became a batting geek. He was a Double-A player in Puerto Rico and later on on he turned into a computer system geek often hunting for data on hitting.

How did you determine the holes you experienced in your swing? We all recognized them jointly. My father informed me all of past time what I was doing incorrect but it is tough to transform that right away, because your muscle memory is presently established. But in the offseason we received to function on that and my entire body received made use of to this swing now.

So your “lousy” time was responsible for the success you’re possessing now? Definitely. Definitely. At times when you are unsuccessful that would make you comprehend that you continue to have a good deal to boost. I don’t forget immediately after my first 12 months, when I received Rookie of the 12 months, I went to my offseason training with my father and when he’d tell me what I needed to function on I would say ‘No, father, I know. I made it to the majors I know what I have to do.’ And he’d be like, ‘Oh very well, which is good.’ Then I experienced the lousy time I experienced past 12 months and he said ‘See what I meant? You ended up missing those pitches, and if you miss them all through follow you will miss them all through the sport. This off-time we have to function in what I was telling you. I want you to hear to what I’m heading to say and then let’s see how it goes.’ So I agreed and I adopted the regimen he said and it is really doing the job.

So did you assume you understood it all immediately after your rookie time? Not to that extent, but I felt that given that I experienced a very good time in the majors I presently understood what worked for me and I wanted to keep doing what I was doing. I did not assume about the adjustments that the league would make toward me. My father said ‘You played pretty very well your rookie 12 months, but you ended up missing poorly these pitches. And when teams see the pitches you are missing, they will throw you proper there.’ And I was like ‘Dad, they can’t throw every single pitch there, they’re heading to miss.’ But the one that was missing them was me.

Which pitcher are you most psyched to facial area in the All-Star Video game? I have presently gotten to facial area Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke. I faced Max Scherzer in spring training. But I assume Scherzer would be the one I would like to facial area the most because I assume he’s the finest proper-handed pitcher in the big leagues.

What modifications in the All-Star sport now that it ‘doesn’t count’? If there isn’t a distinct cause to perform, then you basically perform for the lovers, so the lovers have a very good time and take pleasure in looking at their favored gamers in the All-Star Video game. I assume it was much better when you ended up playing to earn, because if we are getting rid of by a run or the score is tied and I am at first base and a person receives a hit, I will try to run to 3rd so the following batter has a additional relaxed at-bat. But if the outcome of the sport won’t matter, then I will not sacrifice my entire body operating tough, putting myself at possibility to get hurt whilst operating. I assume depth is heading to be a little bit decreased given that it won’t rely. Definitely the depth of every single at-bat will not diminish. You often want to hit a household run and be the All-Star Video game MVP. But when you are operating the bases, the depth is heading to go down a good deal. You will never try tough to break double plays. You happen to be heading to try to run wonderful and easy.

Is MLB ready for a Latin player to be the facial area of baseball? Right now it is really Mike Trout, but certainly, I assume so. There are way too quite a few very good Latino gamers. And I assume the sport is ready. You just have to do the proper factor, perform very good baseball first, be at the top of the league in your performance, express on your own very well, be charismatic and grasp the language. That is a little something we have to go on to all the Latinos who arrive immediately after us. It is really wonderful that we have translators listed here now, but studying English is pretty vital. Things have adjusted and at least in my corporation there is certainly a good deal of assistance to find out English. I am mindful that by mastering both languages ​​I can industry myself to a broader audience. I want to signify Latinos and at the same time present that it is vital to find out both languages.

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