Guidelines For Teaching Groups To Become Better Coordinated

By Connor Sullivan

With the advent of the sporting season many players will be anxious to get back out on the field to start enjoying the game. Baseball hitting drills are great teaching tools to be sure that each player reaches his full potential, and these can be found on the baseball instruction DVDs that are available.

Many players may have just hung around in between seasons. Even if this is children or adults, it is important to get them back on track as quickly as possible with specific training techniques. These will strengthen the muscles, which may have become too soft with nothing to do during the time off, and improve hand to eye coordination which may need sharpening.By getting the whole team to study the discs together, many will be able to question different techniques which could lead to better plays from all the players. Regular training sessions with selected groups will not only help them to concentrate on what may be weak points, it will also help to bring up the weaker players to be on a par with the stronger members of the team.

Different batting plays are very important for all the players to learn, from recent games and even from past games. Learning to treat every game as the the most important game of the season will make sure that they give their all for that couple of hours it takes to play the match.

Even pre-match practicing is very important to instill a kind of discipline, particularly in those who may dislike practicing. Warm up routines may tend to be overlooked by some but they are essential so that muscles do not get torn or pulled. Even ensuring water breaks are taken can mean the difference between winning and losing and this is yet another routine which must be followed religiously. Plays like the 'suicide squeeze' are ones that have been tried many times in the past. They are a little dangerous, hence the suicide bit, but can be quite effective if risk is the game the trainer favors. The runner starts to sprint as soon as the pitcher gets read to lifts his arm to throw. The only problem with this is that if the batter misses the ball, the runner is in somewhat of a 'no mans land' and is in immediate danger. He is very likely to be out at this stage since he was targetted for this play. However, if the ball is hit, and hit well, he will have gained several yards and be furtherAnother play is the 'hidden ball' trick where a fielder feigns throwing the ball but holds on to it keeping it hidden. Everyone takes off, expecting to make it to the next plate but no one is safe with this kind of play.

Learning different plays will make the players far more confident with each other. Knowing what everyone else will be doing will make sure that, even if a pitcher does not do what is expected, the batter will know exactly what to expect from his team mates as they will be ready for his move and will act accordingly. - 29956

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