Good Bunting Fundamentals Win Baseball Games
Your team is down by one run and your first batter walks. The obvious decision is to sacrifice bunt to move the runner to second and into scoring position. Do you have the confidence in the batter to get the job done? Have you spent enough time in practice preparing him and the rest of the batters for this situation? In this situation, having good bunting fundamentals will definitely give your team a chance to win the baseball game.
Bunting is one of the most basic fundamental of |
offensive baseball. During the "deadball" era bunting was a huge part of the game along with a hitting technique they call "slap hitting". This strategy was called "small ball". Teams used this strategy to manufacture runs. A popular strategy today is to get runners on and drive them in with a home run. The home run played a very small part in the game in the dead ball era. Most fields didn't have fences, so the ball had to be hit over someone's head, in the gaps, or down the lines to get a home run. Teams manufactured runs mainly from bunting and slap hitting.
In today's game, the fundamentals of bunting is slowly becoming a lost art of hitting. When the situation calls for a bunt, either to sacrifice a runner over, to squeeze him home, or bunt for a base hit to start a rally, most batter don't believe they can get the job done. They don't take the time to develop the skill. Therefore, they fail miserably, disgracing themselves, and often contributing their team's defeat.
Coaches should receive most of the blame for not emphasizing the importance of the fundamentals of bunting. Bunting should be taught early in youth baseball. It should be required at every youth practice. Every hitter should know how to bunt, even the best hitter on the team.
I believe that successful bunting starts with attitude. Some hitters think they shouldn't have to bunt and when they are given the bunt sign, they just won't try. And coaches let them get away with it without consequence. It certainly won't make them better.
Many games that should have been won were lost because of poor bunting skills. Don't let your team lose another game because of poor fundamental bunting skills.
In today's game, the fundamentals of bunting is slowly becoming a lost art of hitting. When the situation calls for a bunt, either to sacrifice a runner over, to squeeze him home, or bunt for a base hit to start a rally, most batter don't believe they can get the job done. They don't take the time to develop the skill. Therefore, they fail miserably, disgracing themselves, and often contributing their team's defeat.
Coaches should receive most of the blame for not emphasizing the importance of the fundamentals of bunting. Bunting should be taught early in youth baseball. It should be required at every youth practice. Every hitter should know how to bunt, even the best hitter on the team.
I believe that successful bunting starts with attitude. Some hitters think they shouldn't have to bunt and when they are given the bunt sign, they just won't try. And coaches let them get away with it without consequence. It certainly won't make them better.
Many games that should have been won were lost because of poor bunting skills. Don't let your team lose another game because of poor fundamental bunting skills.
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