How Do You Make A Double Play?
Baseball games are not won on game day, they are won during practice. If you can teach your team good defensive fielding, you have the best chance that your players will repeat the plays during the game. A double play is typically made by the shortstop, because balls are often hit in his direction. Having a slow base runner, a strong-armed shortstop and an accurate combination of throws will help ensure the two outs every time. Read on to learn how to make a double play. Make sure to field the ball before making the throw to the baseman. This means getting it from your glove and looking for the play before releasing the ball. Start the double play by throwing the ball to the second baseman quickly and accurately. Focus on the throw. Many quick attempts to release the ball have resulted in high-sailing over throws that allow the runner to advance extra bases. See the target. If you want to get the ball into the fielder’s glove, make sure you are looking at him, lined up in the right dir
