I am looking for thoughts and advice. I know bunting with two strikes has traditionally been very taboo, however when we have a hitter that is struggling at the plate we have her bunt with two strikes.
We tend to pick the hitters that are great bunters and typically fast. When they get two strikes on the hitter the defense ALWAYS backs up to be even with the bags at that corners. We have dropped bunts with two strikes and two out with runners on 2nd and 3rd. I would say we are successful about 60-70% of the time.
One issue though is when it doesn't work (typically the girl bunts foul) we have parents that think it is the stupidist play ever...
We are a 2nd year 12U team that plays up in a 14U league and we had a 2nd year 14U coach tell us that is the most aggressive play he has seen in a long time. We successfully execute the bunt with two strikes 3 times on him in one game.
Anyone else have any ideas or thoughts about this? Thanks
We tend to pick the hitters that are great bunters and typically fast. When they get two strikes on the hitter the defense ALWAYS backs up to be even with the bags at that corners. We have dropped bunts with two strikes and two out with runners on 2nd and 3rd. I would say we are successful about 60-70% of the time.
One issue though is when it doesn't work (typically the girl bunts foul) we have parents that think it is the stupidist play ever...
We are a 2nd year 12U team that plays up in a 14U league and we had a 2nd year 14U coach tell us that is the most aggressive play he has seen in a long time. We successfully execute the bunt with two strikes 3 times on him in one game.
Anyone else have any ideas or thoughts about this? Thanks