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Bonus
playing tips... view all the playing tips that appear in
HowToPlay.com's "Essential Softball Mechanics"!!!
When beginning the
4-6-3 double play on balls hit too far from the bag for an underhand
or backhand toss, the Second Baseman takes a short drop step with
the right foot to make the throw to second base (a playing tip in
"Effective Second Baseman Mechanics").
Many times the
Second Baseman, when not taking a cutoff, fakes the play in an
effort to confuse the base runners.
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Playing Skill
directly from the
"EFFECTIVE SECOND BASEMAN MECHANICS"
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To demonstrate how concise and
detailed, yet how easy-to-read "EFFECTIVE SECOND BASEMAN
MECHANICS" is for the user, the actual text for "Finishing
Double Plays," one of over 10 topics from this brochure, reads
as follows:
"FINISHING
DOUBLE PLAYS
Average Arms/Beginning Players
Position - behind second base… Feet/Chest - parallel
with third base... Hands - separated in front of the chest
always staying above the chest… Thumbs - pointed in on both
hands... Action - right foot replaces the left foot near the
bag, the left foot moves over the bag... Throw - quick throw
to first... Feet - gets the player in the air to avoid
sliding runners.
Advanced/Strong Arms
Position - Right Foot near the front corner of second base,
Left Foot on the first base side of second base… Hands -
catch the ball on the left side of the chest… Knees - bent...
Action - Left Foot stets forward as the hands separate to
throw the ball… Throw - after catching the ball, the hands
move the ball from the glove to the throwing hand releasing the ball
as the left foot sets forward… Hands - stay above the chest
while finishing the double play...."
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