Thread: Model Fielding ...

Field ball on outside of left foot - drive step with right foot - hop on right foot and throw would be my preference....

Originally Posted by Wellphyt

Pretty much agree. I played centerfield through HS. As a lefty I would field that ball on the outside of my right foot and go immediately into my crow-hop. It's all one motion.

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying. RF forward, the ball is fielded outside of left foot, but then the left foot steps forward to initiate the crow-hop. You can't START a crow hop bent fielding the ball with your left leg/foot forward. You would add an extra step.

MTS, the language in yours confuses me, but since you have fielding the ball next to the left foot, I think we are saying the same thing. However, I should have put "field next to left foot", which is back, and right foot forward. I wasn't thorough in my speech. It was a common problem the last 24 hours.

RFer calling off 2Ber:

6-2 Out:

5-3 Out:

L-5:

F-9:

Originally Posted by FiveFrameSwing

CF Throw:




p.s.

Note the mechanics used to square the rear foot ...

BLB gave me the "heads up" about this clip. I cannot wait to use it for my team. We teach both the crow hop and the pro step, but I prefer the pro step because it's faster. I've run times on my CF before (and I know each kid is different, so of cource I let the kid decide which one is the most comfortable), and even though she has an amazing "crow hop" her "pro step" delivery/release of the ball was faster.

I'm going to collect some data on this throughout 2012-2013. As soon as I get the first phase of data collected, I will post the results (I'll include videos of my kids performing both too).