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Non-profit organization providing commercial-free information for high school baseball players looking to play in college. Recruiting + Player Development
2018 Rule Change: Official visits are allowed starting September 1st of a recruit’s junior year of high school. You will no longer be allowed to have on campus contact with college coaches or have them participate with your unofficial visit in any way prior to September 1st of your junior year. 2018 Rule Change: The new rules state that tickets for on-campus athletic events may not be left for recruits prior to the start of their junior year. 2018 Rule Change: Recruiting conversations are not allowed to take place at camps or clinics prior to September 1 of a recruit’s junior year.
Every time the pitcher straightens his glove hand index finger (sticking out of his glove), he throws a fastball. When the glove hand index finger stays pressed against the outside of the glove, it’s a breaking pitch. He recognizes the finger flush against the glove and knows the slider is coming. At the end of the top of the third, they have staked out a 2-0 lead and upped the starters’ pitch count by a significant 26 pitches.
With high school baseball season in full swing, we wanted to give you high school coaches some advice to help you groom your captains into leaders. It is absolutely essential to have strong leaders who will help motivate the team both on and off the field, while being liaisons between other players and coaches. High school players commonly get caught up with their individual performance rather than the team performance. High school players commonly worry about what others think of them, which causes them to refrain from saying anything that might be challenging to teammates even when it might be important.
The first baseman comes in and picks up the hard bunt, but his only play is to flip the ball to the second baseman covering first. The second baseman is playing in, so he is close enough to cover the bag, and the most important runner on the field is the one trying to score. Most often, a safety squeeze is going to be executed on the first base side and it’s also common with runners on the corners, to avoid the double play. If you play it right and the offense executes, then you get the ball to the second baseman and get the out at first.