Billy Boyer, assistant coach at the University of Washington, gives a detailed tutorial on how to teach the many intricate aspects of high-level double play feeds. This is Part 2 of a two-part interview. If you missed Part 1, you can catch it here.
Plus Justin Stone of EliteBaseball.TV answers the Question Of The Week about how to help tee-ball players hit with more power more consistently.
In this 42-minute episode, you'll learn:
- the three primary types of double play feeds by the SS
- the kind of toss the feed needs to be for each type of feed
- the location for the toss to be
- the footwork for the left foot when fielding
- the heel rock technique
- at what age you can start teaching these techniques
- the two different types of backhand plays for feeds to 2B
- the second baseman's role while the SS fields
- when to follow your feed and when not
- what changes when the second baseman fields and feeds to the SS
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