Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Bunting
The BUNT, if you hit for power or for average or even have trouble hitting, You can help the team by executing a good bunt. Most little league players have trouble with laying down a good bunt. If you want to be the complete player and help the team in every situation you must practice [...]
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Drag Bunt
Purpose
The purpose of the drag bunt is to get a base hit. Even the threat of a drag bunt puts pressure on the defense and can open holes in the infield. If you become known as a player that has the ability to drag bunt, you get the added benefit of having other teams play [...]
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Baseball Catcher Guide
One area in baseball that receives little attention from coaches is teaching proper catching techniques. In general, there is not enough practice time devoted to it and the result is a lack of quality catchers at all levels. The reasons for this can be attributed to a number of things, but mainly, the blame falls [...]
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Friday, August 1st, 2008
Catchers Stance
To be a good catcher it is fundamentally important to have a good stance. There are 2 basic stances that you must learn, the relaxed stance and the ready stance. Relaxed Stance The main stance used by most catchers with the bases empty and less than 2 strikes is called the relaxed stance. The relaxed [...]