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Hitting
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Beginner
3-Stage Glove-to-Bat Bunting Progression
Progression from glove catch to bat-in-glove to pure bat that teaches soft hands and receiving rather than jabbing.
- Equipment:
- Bat / tee
- Duration:
- About 12 min
- Setting:
- Indoor or outdoor
- Players:
- Partner
Coaching notes
Baseball By The Yard series that isolates the soft-hand skill needed for sacrifice and placement bunting.
Objectives
Develop soft hands, deaden the ball, improve bunt placement accuracy.
Coaching cues
Receive the ball; soft hands; angle the bat; let the ball knock the bat.
Common errors
Jabbing or pushing at the ball; hard contact; poor angle.
Steps
- 1. Stage 1: Catch soft tosses in glove only
- 2. Stage 2: Bat in glove, receive with soft hands
- 3. Stage 3: Pure bat, same soft receive
