Baseball Throwing Series - How To Throw A Baseball: Part 10
I am going to finish up by talking about outfielders.
Outfielders have to understand that they are a vital unit in the total defense scheme.
They have to take a lot of pride in their defense. I don’t think outfielders take as much pride in their defense as they should.
One thing is the throwing technique. Outfielders have to throw with a long arm. A lot of them don’t understand the crow hop, the reason you crow hop is to give the arm time to lengthen out so that you can get in the proper throwing position and make strong accurate throws.
A drill that I like is to start off with outfielders is to have them hop three times then throw.
Then after they are doing that a while, then on a straight line or a slightly downward plane you can cut it down to two hops. Then you can cut it down to one hop and then you are in business.
In that process you need to really think about where their striding foot is landing.
Because they have to hit that cutoff man. That is so important in the game of baseball that needs to be worked on and talked about constantly.
A few guys in here have outfielders that never miss their cutoff man, hit him every time.
Baseball also is a game of catch. If really is a game of catch and you have to prepare you people to catch it and throw it. And, if they do that job real well, it is going to make you look like a much better coach.
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