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[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Actually despite being taught to touch the base with your left foot for better "planting and force," it really doesn't matter. Your stride is probably more important, as well as your turn. You don't slow down to stutter step or increase your stride just to get that one specific foot on the left corner of the bag. You judge it as it comes.

agreed, but after being taught a certain over x amount of years, it becomes natural to have your stride setup to hit the bag with your left foot.

Again, there's no right or wrong, just different teachings/techniques. I teach my little leaguers to hit the base with their left foot, while a friend of mine teaches them to hit it with their right.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

agreed, but after being taught a certain over x amount of years, it becomes natural to have your stride setup to hit the bag with your left foot. Again, there's no right or wrong, just different teachings/techniques. I teach my little leaguers to hit the base with their left foot, while a friend of mine teaches them to hit it with their right.

I always liked the left foot as well, but there are times where you'd have to break your stride slightly to hit the base with it.

It's really a situational thing. There are lefties that have a different approach as well because they have a shorter distance to run. Also, everyone's stride is different.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

I always liked the left foot as well, but there are times where you'd have to break your stride slightly to hit the base with it.

Agreed. And there were times during my days in the sun that I had to break stride, but the one time in a game I tried to keep stride going and hit the bag with my right foot, I stumbled, fell, and was tagged out. Not a good feeling LOL

Quote:

It's really a situational thing. There are lefties that have a different approach as well because they have a shorter distance to run. Also, everyone's stride is different.

Us lefties do everything different.

[nemesis04]

Well, you don't get style points for running the bases. Run efficiently according to your stride, be safe and get home!

[Knight165]

You wimps gotta run....
Pffft..

Do what I do ...HIT IT OVER THE FENCE.
(or use the designated runner.)

M.K.
Knight165

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Knight165

You wimps gotta run.... Pffft.. Do what I do ...HIT IT OVER THE FENCE. (or use the designated runner.) M.K. Knight165

lol...in my entire career of baseball from T-ball to college, I have only hit 3 homeruns. One was in Farm League ball 8 & 9 year olds(inside the park), one was in 13 year old league(don't remember what it was called) but hit one down the line and one was in high school while playing against arch-rival New Albany, hit into right field.

I wasn't a power hitter, more a slap/hit for average player.

[Skyboxer]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

lol...in my entire career of baseball from T-ball to college, I have only hit 3 homeruns. One was in Farm League ball 8 & 9 year olds(inside the park), one was in 13 year old league(don't remember what it was called) but hit one down the line and one was in high school while playing against arch-rival New Albany, hit into right field. I wasn't a power hitter, more a slap/hit for average player.

I hit a total of 15 over the fence but did hit a handfull of ITP HR's before stuff like the 30's set in

[crazymallard]

I guess I fall more in line with countryboy's baseball stats. I actually never hit a home run (one that I hit was caught by the center fielder with his glove over the wall...), but I always enjoyed being a small-ball type of player, with the occasional double or triple thrown in.

I still miss playing, definitely need to find an adult league to join this spring.