How to hit A Baseball Into Right Field
Youth Baseball Responsibilities: Right Field
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let's talk a little bit about the right
builder so the right fielders cover area
is approximately this but the right
fielder also has several other
responsibilities first and foremost is
to get to the ball secondly is to make
sure that they backup so a hit to the
second baseman or the first baseman the
right feel there should be moving in to
back up those balls that are hit to the
second baseman and first baseman just in
case it gets through they can then get
the ball the other thing that's kind of
unique to the right fielder is a hard
ground ball hit or a line drive that
bounces right in front of the right
fielder the right fielder could possibly
if played right get the ball and quickly
throw out the runner who was running to
first base now that's key for the first
baseman to not fall asleep if a ball is
hit either pass them on the ground or in
the air to get to first to make sure
that they're stretching to receive that
ball that's coming in hopefully from the
right fielder because they're paying
attention so you know depending on if
the runner who just hit the ball is you
know maybe a little bit slower then the
other kids or the ball is hitting you
really quickly and it gets to you really
quickly because it's a hard ground ball
or a ball that kind of bounces in front
of you and you pick it up quickly throw
it to first and again that's why our
catcher should be rotating over also to
make sure we're into position in case
the ball goes over the first baseman and
a play like that so that we can prevent
the runner from going to second the
other critical part of the right fielder
is
backing up so if there is a ball hit to
the third baseman or the shortstop the
right fielder needs to come over and
cover the backup in case it gets over
the shortstop I mean the first baseman's
head so if the third baseman
gets the ball and then throws it and it
goes over the first baseman's head the
right fielder is now in position to
backup and prevent that runner from
going to second now the other key is and
the right fielder needs to pay attention
to this obviously the first job is to
get the ball but if the right if the
batter or the runner runs and then makes
an effort to either go to second or
turns towards second the right fielder
can go and tag that personnel now in any
situation where the right fielder gets
the overthrow and the runner overruns
first base like they should we want to
tag that runner the worst thing that
could happen is the umpire calls the
runner safe the best thing that can
happen is we get that runner out because
they made an attempt to go to second in
the umpires eyes and we now have that
runner because they're off the base now
that also holds true when we're running
to first base do not turn your body
towards second base when you over run
first base make an arc or kind of run in
and turn towards the first base side or
the first base dugout to show that you
are not making an attempt to run to
second base so the right fielder needs
to make sure that on any ball again it
could be to the pitcher the shortstop or
third baseman they are breaking to get
the back up and back up and any sort of
throw that comes this way so then we can
back it up and again because what's
happened sometimes is the runner comes
over makes a step towards second sees
that we have the ball and then they come
back now what you can also do is just
flip it to the first baseman because the
first baseman obviously should be off
first and it's an overthrow so then it
comes back here if the right fielder
picks it up just flip it or throw to the
first baseman off the bag and then just
tag the runner who just touched the base
and over on the base now again it's not
your call whether or not he attempted to
go to second it is the umpires call
worst-case scenario is the umpire calls
him safe which is not a huge deal we
backed up the throw and we prevented
that runner from going to second base
but you never know we might be able to
get an extra out there and knowing you
know what we can do in that situation is
always good again anything hit in the
outfield the right fielder needs to make
an attempt to go towards those balls
along with the center fielder and
whoever gets there first needs to pick
up the ball step and throw and hit the
cutoff in these instances anything in
this area if the ball is hit is the
second baseman's cutoff so the second
baseman will come out and get the cutoff
depending on where we're throwing it and
the right fielder or center fielder will
then throw a strike to our second
baseman in order to get the ball into
the infield as quickly as possible
