Baseball Tips – What Hitters Think On Certain Pitch Counts

1. 0-0 –checking you out, most hitters not ready to hit.
2. 0-1-hitter now defensive, expects anything and must see himself for any type pitch. The element of pulling for power is cut down.
3. 0-2–really defensive. Contact somewhere is all the hitter thinks. Choke up, expect anything anywhere [...]

Baseball Coaching – Suicide Squeeze Play

If a team has a speedy runner on third and a good bunter at the plate, the manager may call for a suicide squeeze. In this play the runner breaks for home as soon as the pitcher starts his motion toward the plate. He runs full speed toward the plate, and it is up to [...]

Coaching Baseball Tips – Safety Squeeze Play

A safety squeeze is a specific type of sacrifice play that a manager may call for when he has a runner on third base. The runner waits until the ball is bunted, and then decides if he will be able to score. If so, he breaks for home. The best time to try the safety [...]

Baseball Coaching Tips – Sacrafice

A sacrifice is a deliberate out made by a batter in order for a runner to advance a base. This is most commonly done by bunting—that is, holding the bat out in front of the pitch, instead of swinging, so that when the ball and bat make contact, the ball rolls slowly into the infield. [...]

Coaching Baseball – Hit And Run

The hit-and-run is a strategy that requires the batter and base runner to work together. The runner breaks for the next base as the pitcher releases the ball, and the batter’s job is to hit the ball on the ground so that the runner can reach the base or beyond. (A fly ball would force [...]

Baseball Hitting Tips – Defensive Hitting

When a player is protecting the plate, he is trying to make any kind of contact (including hitting a foul ball). A player tends to protect the plate with two strikes, because he does not want to strike out. Even hitting a foul ball helps a batter who is protecting the plate, because he gets [...]

Baseball Hitting Tips – Hitting Behind A Runner

When a batter is hitting behind the runner, he is hitting the ball to the right side of the field, which is behind a runner who is going from first to second base. If the ball is hit behind the runner and the ball goes into the outfield, the runner has a good chance to [...]

Baseball Batting Tips – Looking For A Pitch To Hit

Batters approach their at-bats differently. Some are looking for a specific pitch, and others are reacting to whatever pitch is thrown. When a batter is looking for a pitch, he is thinking about what the pitcher is likely to throw. When he believes that he has figured out what the pitch will be, or the [...]

Baseball Hitting Tips – Power Hitting vs. Contact Hitting

The two basic types of hitters are contact hitters and power hitters, although most batters can hit either way, depending on the situation. A contact hitter most often tries to make solid contact with the ball without necessarily pulling the ball for power. Contact hitters do not strike out very often, and they tend to [...]

Baseball Hitting Tips – Hitting To The Opposite Field

The term going to the opposite field also refers to where the ball is hit. A right-handed batter is going to the opposite field if he hits it to the right of second base. A left-handed batter goes to the opposite field by hitting to the left of second base. Contact hitters go to the [...]

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