Fielding is a skill that every high school baseball player should work on. Properly fielding a ball can help your team win the game and give you a sense of accomplishment, knowing that you contributed to the victory. Here are a few ways to improve your skills. 

How to Enhance Fielding in Baseball

1. Move Your Feet

When trying to field a baseball, keep your feet moving. Active feet will make it easier to get into the proper fielding position. If you’re too still, your glove hand will feel too restricted, resulting in incorrect throws and possible errors.

2. Push the Heel of Your Wrist Toward the Ball

By pushing the heel of the wrist of your glove hand, you will be able to take full advantage of the size of the glove. This makes it easier to secure the ball and grab it faster. The technique also prevents balls that take late hops from rolling up your arm. 

3. Keep Your Glove Hand in a Straight Line

A common mistake players make when fielding a ball is moving their glove hand to the opposite side of their body. Doing this can cause the body to tighten up, increasing the risk of errors.

Instead, catch the ball to the side of the glove hand. This will feel more natural as you get ready to throw the ball to your target. 

4. Stay Low

When the ball comes your way, stay in a low position for a clearer view of the jumps the baseball takes. It’s also easier to lift yourself up to the ball than to bend down and retrieve it.

5. Put Your Right Foot in Front of Your Left Foot

By placing your right foot in front, you give the throw more momentum. This increases the accuracy and velocity of the throw, which can make a difference in the ball beating the runner to the base for an out.

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