Good Tips for baseball

Question

i am 16 going to play little leauge fall ball. i want to be a better all around player nd want some more tips. after playing fotball at safety and receiver i got some strength and spped and a good arm. so basically i want tips for hitting, tips for fielding in outfield, and tips to read if the pitcher is going to pick me off

thnx

Answer 1

Hitting: Theres no magic formula for hitting, just don't try to hit homeruns and look for the line drive. Watch the ball and be selective, don't swing at everything you see, but don't forget to swing. You'll rarely encounter a strike on 0-2 pitches.

Fielding: Anticipate. You know the balls coming toward you make sure your ready to get it back into the infield so theres no wasted time, especially if theres a man on 3rd with less than 2 outs. But don't get to caught up in thinking ahead or you might miss cathing the ball in the first place, if its a groundball toward your side of the field, charge it, even if your infield will probably get it.

Pick Offs: WATCH, most pitchers have a tell that will let you know what they are planning to do. Maybe a shift of footing, looking somewhere, and if your good enough you can figure out the coaches sign for pick off.

Answer 2

Well in the outfield just remember its better to run toward the ball than run back for it, so when a fly ball is coming at you always run back a little bit further than you think its coming, then come in on it when you know exactly where its gonna be. For hitting just remember never to step back when you taking a swing. stay in there. And you can tell if a pitcher is gonna pick you off prettyy easily because very few teenagers have a good move so u will have no problem reading their move.

Answer 3

Your best bet is to find a good coach on a team, or get private hitting lessons.  

Reading a pick off is hard to teach, but basically, you must study the pitcher and how he delivers to home from the stretch in a pitch.  If he alters that movement at all, he is trying to pick you off.  If he still goes home with the pitch, a good ump will call a balk.

Outfielding tips really require practice.  Learn to read where every batted ball is going, and try to anticipate where it will go as it comes off the bat.  Always catch with two hands!!!  First, it protects the ball from popping out, and it also gets your throwing hand right by the ball, to get it out of the glove quickly.

As for batting -- again, lessons will be the best, but the tips I can give you are this:

1) Don't squeeze the bat tightly!  Doing this locks your wrists, and you can't swing freely.  Wiggle your fingers before the pitch.

2) Take a SHORT step straight at the pitcher.  If you find you are swinging under the ball, you are stepping too far, and lowering your body as you step -- thereby lowering the bat trajectory.  You will also pop up because of this.

3) As the ball approaches, keep your chin touching your front shoulder.  As you swing and follow through, have your chin continue, and end up with it touching the other shoulder.  This keeps your head forced down on the ball.  It will also help you to hit up the middle ant to the opposite field more.

4) When you swing, your power comes from the frone arm (i.e., left arm on a right-handed batter).  You want to PULL the bat through the ball, not push it through.  Practice swinging with just the front arm, and hitting one handed like that off a tee.

5) When in your stance, don't hold the bat high over your head.  Pull the bat back away from your back shoulder with your back arm.  This allows you to keep a good trajectory on the bat, and to get more full extension on the swing.  If the bat is too high, you lose time by having to lower the bat with your first movement, and then swing, rather than swing in one motion.  You will pull the ball better, and get more hard line drives.

6) Do NOT try to ever hit a home run or a fly ball.  Those come with a perfect swing.  If you force it, you will pop up.

A good tip is to have someone video tape you batting, and to watch the stance, grip, swing, and follow through.  Watch the tape, and compare to what I have said here.

Oh, yeah -- and the best thing you can do is to take batting practice with a wooden bat!  If you learn to hit well with a wooden bat, you will hit great with aluminum!  (That tip comes from Rod Carew -- not me...)

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!

Answer 4

Drink lots of water and choose healthy snacks.. Other then that bon chance

Answer 5

wear a nutt guard :) ahashahHHAHAHA  

Answer 6

I play softball and I am going to start pitching lessons! My brother told me if I am ever nervous going up to bat, just think of my favorite song in my head! It works!

Answer 7

watch the pitcher's back heel if it turns then you know he's going to attempt a pickoff