Ground Balls

Ground balls are outs
Never commit an error under your glove

• Feet shoulder width apart or wider
• Toes parallel
• Bend at waist and knees - back parallel to ground
• Palm up
• Clam hand
• On balls of feet
• No flipping
• Reach for the ball
• Field over forehead
• See ball into glove
• Bring chin to chest and ball to belly button
• Footwork

Set position

• Closer to the hitter the lower you get
• Soft knees
• Relax elbows
• Balls of feet
• Movement prior to pitch
• Body at rest stays at rest; body in motion goes in motion
• Watch contact zone

Fly Balls

• Catch over throwing shoulder with two hands
• Soft elbows
• See the ball into the glove
• Footwork
• Catch ball moving toward target

Throwing technique

• Short arc
• Long arc
• Bow and arrow
• Grip
• Thumb on back seam
• 10 and 2 o'clock
• Show target front shoulder
• Thumb the ball
• Pull front side
• Elbow parallel to shoulder
• Tuck chin to front shoulder
• Ball past the ear--over the tiop
• Release over the right eye
• Thumb down to far hip
• Relax arm and shoulder on release
• Show target back shoulder
• Release back side
• Footwork

Reminders

• Tuck your chin to your front shoulder
• Rear shoulder passes through the front shoulder
• Stretch your chest area
• Hyper-extend your wrist
• Burn ball off your fingers on wrist snap
• Sequentially release the ball from the shoulder to the fingertips

Running Technique

• Chin-Hip with hands
• Arms at 90 degree angle
• Punch forward and backward
• Relax shoulders
• Head still
• Kick butt
• Paw the ground
• Elbows into body