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It is very easy for baseball players to get into bad and lazy base running habits, for a few reasons. First, even though baseball does not require non-stop action, the day in and day out nature of the schedule makes it a grueling physical game. Even at the youth level, with travel tournaments common, where teams may play three games in a day and five or six games in a weekend, physical fatigue sets in.
Second, it is easy to let assumptions take over. For instance, approximately 95% of pop ups end up outs, so it is easy to begin to jog after popped up balls. Third, players, who watch some major league players run the bases, can easily mimic those that do not run hard on every batted ball. All of these may lead to lazy base runners, and equally lazy baseball coaches.
Good coaches insist that players run hard on every batted ball and do not allow them to fall into bad base running habits. It is very refreshing to see a baseball coach, at any level, give "lazy" base runners a seat on the bench after "dogging" it on the base paths. Following are some obvious and not so obvious base running traps to avoid.
Coaches, who begin to overlook the little things, as runners easing up on batted balls, soon will have a lazy team that misses opportunities to score and win.
After playing major league baseball, Jack Perconte has taught baseball and softball since 1988 and offered valuable coaching training too. He has helped numerous youth players reach their potential, as well as having helped parents and coaches navigate their way through the challenging world of youth sports. Jack is one of the leading authorities in the areas of youth baseball training and coaching training advice.
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