Beginner Baseball page4

The Nuts and Bolts of
Beginner Baseball:

Fielding---Throwing

Beginner baseball continues with fielding and throwing just as we hve already covered some hitting and catching tips.

Fielding

This part of the game will also have some of that fear factor to contend with. Early on it is simple to get very small ones to try stopping a rubber ball rolling across a floor.

Beginners by instinct know to get in front of and to stop the ball with their hands and even their feet if it's about to get by them.

Toddlers may already have an instinct on how to play baseball and we never have given it much thought as to what these small fry already know by instinct.

Beginner baseball players know more, than we give them credit, about getting it right.

As long as we stay with that soft rubber or whiffel ball everything is fun and giggles. The first time a hard ball kisses those shins a good one then the game is over for awhile.

The "want to" is so strong that they will soon want to try again.

Let's pick up the tempo a little as the youngsters grow. One of the greatest methods of training to field a grounder is the use of a tennis ball.

This beginner baseball training and practice can be done solo (by his or her lonesome).

With glove and tennis ball, go into the front yard and throw against the front steps. This rebounding ball will return as fast or as hard as the youngster wants to throw the ball.

The natural turf/grass of the yard is an ideal fielding of ground ball practice.

Emphasize to the youngster to never leave his practice time until he or she has fielded at least five consecutive chances without a bobble.

They will know if they have fielded it clean or not.

Beginner baseball players as they become to really love this game of baseball will be so disheartened when there is no one available to play catch with them.

Here is the solution help the youngster find, a close by two story building, a brick wall or maybe a barn with high sides that he can use.

Now again with the tennis ball he can toss and catch till his hearts content.

This vertical tossing against the high wall and the rebounding gives him excellent practice in the judgment of flight for chasing and catching those fly balls.

He quickly learns even without coaching that he must move and reach because that ball never comes back the same each time.

What to teach beginning ball players about fielding? Always, Always and I mean Always get in front of that ball.

The Cardinal rule of Baseball is "never let a ball go past you".

Instill to the eenth degree the required value of footwork and movement to get squarely in front of that ball.

Then simply bend from the waist a slight bend of the knees (you got it) to a squatting position.

Just as if they were trying to pick up one of the new State Quarters from the ground. Glove hand and free hand open to the ball and simply scoop that quarter from the dust.

Keep that glove down on the ground. Let the ball come to you.

Beginner baseball players must learn to play under control, do not get excited, do not hurry, simply gather that hoss hide in and flip it on over to first base for that easy out.

The eenth degree that is about as high as I can count. So please place special emphasis on that point just for me!

Throwing

Here is one bit of advice about throwing that I bet will surprise most of you. The key to throwing i.e. with power, speed and accuracy is your legs.

Have you ever heard of that old phrase "As momentum goes Mo goes"? Me either.

Basic laws of physics are in play when it comes to throwing a baseball.

Young beginning ball players should be taught early that throwing a ball as hard as you can is not a natural function for the arm to withstand.

The elbow and shoulder are not really designed to withstand the excessive torture we place on that limb.

Protection of our young beginning ball players is the responsibility of older and wiser teammates and coaches.

Not to worry! With training and conditioning, we can well endure and overcome our frailties, and become real winners.

To play this game of baseball we will tend to ignore this fact many times to the detriment of our younger boys and girls.

Basically just have them relax and step toward whatever or whoever they want to toss that rock. Step and bend is the key.

Using the legs to step and push off with some oomph! when releasing the ball gives ole "MO" a chance to work. Now we've got the hang of it...Right...?

One drill which will reinforce developing the habit of good technique, in the minds of the young beginner baseball players after releasing of the ball, to continue on in the motion and pluck a blade of grass from the turf.

I think we (you and I) have about covered the basics of catching, hitting, fielding and throwing so after practice we will hustle down to the creek and take a good cooling swim.

My hope is that this web site will provide more than ample insight and good information and significant value to growing a better ball players.

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