How cool would it be to have your own personal workout with a legendary softball great like Jessica Mendoza?

That’s what happened last Monday morning in Huntington Beach, Calif. for the 10 members of the Louisville Slugger Hit Club–the three day event featuring instruction and fun for top hitters from the 2015 class.

Each player got to hear from—and work out—with Mendoza, an Olympic Gold medal winner and current ESPN broadcaster who, later this month, will be an analyst in the booth of a Major League Baseball game.

The Hit Club players learned from Mendoza what they do well (they are, after all, 10 of the top hitters in the country!) and an area or two they need to work on to improve their hitting.

Mendoza said after working out with each player, “What impressed me was the intelligence of these girls. They’re advanced in their approach to hitting and the questions they ask were smart ones. Each knows what she’s doing and it shows in how she swings the bat.”

Mendoza also talked about confidence and how she has “always wanted to be better” which comes from doing “things that are hard” and “things that no one else is doing.”

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Here’s a player-by-player report of the feedback the Louisville Slugger Hit Club batters received with quotes from each:

OF Cherish Burks (Univ. of Oregon)
“Jessica said she liked my bat speed a lot and how I won’t get beat by a lot of pitches because my hands react so fast. She said I have a beautiful swing but I have a little thing to fix: my hands are a little too far back and I need to make a slight adjustment to bring them forward.”

C Reagan Dykes (Alabama)
“Jessica said I was very consistent on my swings, that my load was very smooth and I had good direction towards the ball. What I need to work on is that sometimes I’d have good contact on the ball, but not finish the extension.”

C Morganne Flores (Washington)
“She said I had a really strong swing and that I stayed in my legs well. She also said that I have to keep my hands closer to my body.”

MIF Shay Knighten (Oklahoma)
“I was told I have a strong swing and have strong hands through and to the ball and what I need to work on is not overcompensating my hands because sometimes I drop them too much. So I’m focusing on keeping my lead elbow down more and staying through the ball instead of driving down.”

MIF Aubrey Leach (Tennessee)
“Jessica said that I stay long through the ball really well and what she said to work on is taking more time in an at-bat, to visualize what I want to do with the next pitch— if it’s to slap, hit or whatever.”

OF Amanda Lorenz (Florida)
“She said I was really strong and I have a pretty swing, but the big thing with me is I rely on my bottom half and that gets screwed and up hands get screwed up as well. I need to separate the two. Just because I’m off balance doesn’t mean my hands can’t extend through the ball.”

OF Lily Mann (Florida):
“She said she liked my slap and what I need to work on is getting my foot down earlier.”

3B Tannon Snow (Washington)
“Jessica said I’m good in my legs and to work on is the outside pitch and driving everything to right field.”

3B/C Alex Sobczak (Michigan)
“She said I hit to all fields well and naturally, not just to the left side but right and right center as well. Sometimes I get a little eager in the box and I will re-pick my heel as a tic so I need to work on taking a deep breath before I swing and just being relaxed.

OF Brooke Vines (Tennessee)
“Jessica said I have really nice hands and a smooth rhythm. She gave me a drill to help me not overstep.”