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Outfielders, remember, when the ball is hit up in the air. You must catch the ball out in front of your face. It is important for you to keep your glove-foot in front of your body. That is your lead foot. That is getting your shoulder in front so you are able to throw the ball.
Ball is in the air, coming down, glove-foot in front, catch the ball up in front of your face with two hands, palms up. Two hands catching the ball, reaching for the seams and trying to get the ball out of your glove as fast as possible. As that is happening, your back foot is coming forward and your hands are separating from the glove.
Next step is coming through the ball, pointing your glove to the target to cut off men. Now, my whole body is sideways to the target. My front hip, my front foot, and my shoulder, along with my glove, are pointing at my target. This is my eagle position. Outfielders do it as well as well as infielders. My knuckles are to the sky and my back foot is sideways.
The next move is to push off my back foot, and start throwing while I tuck my glove and release the ball in front of my eye. After the ball is released, bending my back may follow through. My arm follows through to my right knee and back leg comes forward as I move in the direction of my throw.
One more time. Palms up, catch the ball in front of your head, throw. The purpose of the crow-hop is to get a little more momentum and velocity on your ball. As an outfielder, you have to throw the ball farther than an infielder.
Sometimes, the throw is about 120 feet, so it is important for you to get a little momentum to get up in the air and push off those legs, which are important for a long, strong throw. You could practice this drill on your own, in your house, in your bedroom, in your backyard, as long as the footwork is right.
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