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Male 1: Getting behind the ball. What is the purpose here, coach?
Coach: The purpose is to keep your feet moving and have yourself momentum to run up and have a nice, strong throw.
Male: Getting behind the ball
Coach: Rather than, this is what it looks like when you do not, what he just did is. Its what it looks like when you do not get behind the ball. It takes time away from you to throw to the plate. Watch. Catch the ball over your head. Go!
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Coach: Catch the ball over your head. Now, stop! He is going to set himself from here. He is going to get all the way back into the throwing position and make a throw. If there is someone who is real fast on the bases, he is not going to have time to throw that guy out no matter how strong his arm is. Now, get in the ready position and do it properly. Go!
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Coach: Now, get behind the ball and come up throwing! He is saved himself about two seconds right there and that is the difference for throwing out a runner.
It is very important, when you are coming up or when you are waiting for the ball, to have your feet moving short, choppy steps, and your gloved foot is slightly in front because when you are going to catch. It is a step with the gloved foot and the follow up step is the back foot coming forward, and now you are into your throwing. Go!
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Coach: Turn, choppy steps, okay. You are going to have to move forward more through the ball, which means you have to run past it.
This is why the drive step is so important, because you have to run behind the ball. Go!
Male: Go behind it.
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Coach: Okay, you can even get behind that more. That was good. Ready position, go!
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Coach: Get behind it, turn, come up throwing. Ready position, drive step and run. Ball is hit over your left gloved side. Go!
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Coach: Get behind it. Okay, he was a little too stationary. He has got to really keep those feet moving. Go! Turn, run up, catch and throw. That was good. Next!
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