Baseball Tips and Tricks

Everyone wants to be a good player at the sport he is playing and if you want to get better, you need to practice. Every sport has its own tips and tricks, so now I will tell you some baseball tips and tricks which will help you to become a better player.

What Are Some Baseball Tips And Tricks For Hitters?

The art of hitting is attained in one of two ways, natural ability and hard work. There are very few natural hitters, most of your better hitters have started early in life by long hours of practice. Here are a few baseball tips and tricks for a Hitter.

Arm Position

The position of the arms is a very important condition to a hitter. You should know that the arms should be away from the body with the elbows almost parallel to the head

Head position

Your head should be positioned where you are looking, or sighting as if firing a rifle, over your upper part of your arm. Do not bend your head down and keep it up straight, so your eyes focus properly on the pitcher. Your head and eyes are the most important instruments of hitting since your center of gravity (the body) can only perform properly if your head is well balanced and your eyes are well focused. The grip

When you grip the bat your knuckles should be lined up properly. That is the lower knuckles of the bottom hand on the bat should be in line with the second joint of your fingers of the top hand on the bat, your grip is to be firm but not tight, relaxed not loose,and remember the bat is your hitting weapon, by holding it too tight your muscles also tighten up and you tend to punch at the ball rather than use your natural swing.

The Stride

A hitter’s stride should be six to nine inches long for maximum power, by taking this short stride into the ball the hitter’s shoulder is down and into the pitch, by taking a long, or as it is called over striding.

What Are Some Great Tips and Tricks for Pitchers?

About the baseball tips and tricks for the Pitcher, the Position is the most important. The proper position for a pitcher is to have the ball off his foot on the pitching slab and the body needs to be square with the plate, body loose, and head directly looking into the catcher.

A great example of this is the Windup and Stretching position.

Also, you need to know that your kick should be governed by whatever is most comfortable to you–if a high kick keeps you off balance, forget it. If a lower kick inhibits your fastball try to come up with more.

Pitching from the Set Position is the next tip you should know about this position. This is the point where the pitcher is separated from the thrower. With a runner on base, the pitcher must come to a set or stop position, this is done in one of two methods. Also, the pitcher needs to put his rear foot in contact with the pitching slab (rubber), his front foot in front and his body is to be perpendicular to home plate, he then raises both hands above his head and brings them down closing the glove hand over the pitching hand at this belt line.

Left Handed Players

The left-handed has a natural advantage with a man on first base since when he comes to his set position he is facing the base runner. This advantage is compounded by the fact that if a left handed pitcher develops a kicking movement between the first base and home plate, he has a natural pick off motion and the runner must determine whether the pitcher is going to throw to first base or deliver his pitch to the batter.

Right Handed Players

The right handed pitcher is at a slight disadvantage which he can make up by being smart and at times setting up the runner the same way he would set up a hitter, but he can do this in various ways:

• throw over to the base when a runner is on base and a steal position presents itself (a close ball game and less than two outs) • lob a few throws to be base, make the runner feel confident you are only keeping him honest • do not even look at the runner and have either the third baseman or catcher give a pick-off signal.

What Are Some Great Tips and Tricks For Catchers?

Here I will tell you baseball tips and tricks about the Catcher. To be a good receiver one must have endurance, a strong arm, and a good head. For the Catcher,one of the baseball tips and tricks is the Position, the proper position for a catcher, without a man on base is in a low squat with the weight balanced on the balls of your feet. You should be up under the bat as far as possible but do not get so far up that you will be hit by the arc of the bat swing, once you have assumed your squat position, you must be ready to go to the left, right or up high for a pitch. Also the most important tip is Giving a Target. When giving the pitcher his target put your glove out, the pocket of which is open and facing the pitcher. Your right hand should be balled into a fist so that a foul tip will not catch a finger sticking out and break it.

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