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quote: Originally posted by somervilleboy617:
any advice on how i can get the glove down in time? thanks in advance.
Ummm...get it down sooner? The real answer is...it is more likely a footwork problem. Breakdown sooner. |
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| Posts: 3332 | Location: VB, VA | Registered: December 26, 2002 | |
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RIU is EXACTLY correct. Start with the glove in the dirt. It is easier to come up than to go down.
"Show me a guy who won't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser" Sandy Koufax
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At SS, when the pitch leaves the pitcher's hand, the glove should be down kissing the clay. The knees bent, the weight on the front half of your feet. Think aggressive, play aggressive. Take extra grounders in practice and after practice, build that confidence back up. Then that slump will be a long way back in the rear view mirror.
"Show me a guy who won't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser" Sandy Koufax
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quote: Originally posted by Texan:
At SS, when the pitch leaves the pitcher's hand, the glove should be down kissing the clay. The knees bent, the weight on the front half of your feet.
Think aggressive, play aggressive.
Take extra grounders in practice and after practice, build that confidence back up. Then that slump will be a long way back in the rear view mirror.
my coach was a SS in the MLB for 14 years and says that MIF shouldnt start low like you say. You should have a little bend but athletic position. 3rd and 1st should be the ones with the glove touching the ground. |
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Bowa & Johnson would disagree with your coach. I'll go with them.
"Show me a guy who won't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser" Sandy Koufax
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quote: Originally posted by BobbleheadDoll:
...and keeping the glove out front to receive the ball.
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quote: Originally posted by paul5150: quote: Originally posted by Texan:
At SS, when the pitch leaves the pitcher's hand, the glove should be down kissing the clay. The knees bent, the weight on the front half of your feet.
Think aggressive, play aggressive.
Take extra grounders in practice and after practice, build that confidence back up. Then that slump will be a long way back in the rear view mirror.
my coach was a SS in the MLB for 14 years and says that MIF shouldnt start low like you say. You should have a little bend but athletic position. 3rd and 1st should be the ones with the glove touching the ground.
I agree. If you start with the glove on the ground, when the ball is hit the player will raise up to move to the ball and then have to work down again to field it. IMO, it is hard to field a bouncing ball when your eyes are shifting up and down as well. We teach being in a ready athletic position when the ball is pitched. When it is hit go get it, breakdown and get the glove in front and on the ground, and work around and through the ball to get momentum for the throw. We teach breaking down like an airplane landing. We glide down to the ball and not stabbing down to the ball. |
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Starting down doesn't mean at all that your eyes are "shifting up & down". If you start with the glove on the ground, then you are ready for the screamer that comes straight at you. Whereas if you start up, you have to go down and things get tough in a hurry. If you have to move signficantly to one side or the other, there will be plenty of time to get the glove down again. And it will be no different than starting with the glove up.
"Show me a guy who won't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser" Sandy Koufax
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Having the tip of the glove fingers near the dirt does not make it hard to move. Makes it very easy to get explosive movement from the legs. It is a cue to be down in a good ready position, rather than being too upright. What are two of the toughest things for the MIF'er? One is the screaming grounder straight at you. That one hopper so fast there is no time to think, just react. If the glove doesn't start low, there won't be time to get down to it. The other tough one is the one that you have to go a long way to get. If the fielder is down low, he is in a good position to get an explosive push from the legs. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
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| Posts: 4133 | Location: Texas, USA | Registered: June 02, 2003 | |
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quote: Originally posted by Texan:
Having the tip of the glove fingers near the dirt does not make it hard to move. Makes it very easy to get explosive movement from the legs. It is a cue to be down in a good ready position, rather than being too upright.
What are two of the toughest things for the MIF'er? One is the screaming grounder straight at you. That one hopper so fast there is no time to think, just react. If the glove doesn't start low, there won't be time to get down to it. The other tough one is the one that you have to go a long way to get. If the fielder is down low, he is in a good position to get an explosive push from the legs.
Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
Show me a MIF who gets ready the way you say. All of the good ones are like a tennis player prior to the serve. Almost every prominent MIF teacher tells you NOT to get low prior to the pitch crossing the hitting zone. The hardest plays for me were never the screamers hit at me. I knew I had a lot of time to knock it down and throw the guy out. |
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