Trunk Rotations With your feet apart and your hand reaching out to your sides, turn your upper body to the right and then to the left. Do this again three to six times. Sprints Short sprints, which are done like players do in an actual game, help improve blood circulation in the muscles and increase body temperature. The runner tags up or waits until the ball is caught, and runs home before the outfielder can throw the ball to home. Sacrifice bunt The other key move is the sacrifice bunt. The object is to move a runner waiting in his present base (usually at first base, most favorably at third) into a scoring position (going to the next base or a home run). Ask children to move into the position that will give them the best opportunity to catch the ball. Make the playing catch interesting by turning it as a little competition during practice. 3. Hitting - Making children learn hit baseball is the most difficult skill a coach needs to learn. Children need different set of instructions as every student has different set of skills, style and approach on baseball. The batter needs to hit the ball and then go to the four bases while the pitching team strives to get hold of the ball. When he succeeds in completing the rounds of all bases without being chased or out, there is a score for the batting team. It is also possible that there are four players of the batting team occupying all bases at the same time. The coach must be able to show care, respect, and concern for each team player. In many occasions, he should understand the team as well as all the members better than he could understand himself. Fourth, the team must learn devotion to the game and to the sport. This would enable all the players to take the right motivation and drive to play and win games. You need to teach your kids not only skills on how to throw, catch, hit and base run but also the values of teamwork, positive attitude, work ethic, perseverance and more. Your kids look up to you not only for guidance and instruction but also on how you deal with real game situations. Kids are watchful on how you react on situations, so if you choose to coach your own child, you must take it seriously and responsibly.
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