This drill is great for teaching players how to lay out for a fly ball. They must learn to use one hand to catch the ball and they should not use their throwing hand to stop their fall. The player has more extension if he doesn t use his off hand to block his fall. Have the player kneel facing the coach.
Coach throws a ball left or right causing the player to layout to make the catch.
These are the contents of our January issue. Go to our Online Store and order the Past Tips of the Week Archives. They are Free to our members. Ken from North Carolina wrote, In the past I have just purchased okay bats for my son to use. I naturally thought this was the cheap bats, but when we used his new bat for the first time hitting baseballs, he said that this bat was stinging his hands too.