Graduation Speech: How To Play Baseball Or Softball

For those of you who have played baseball or softball. Have you ever gotten a sign from your coach to bunt, but you don’t know how? Well that has happened to me before. I’m going to show you how to bunt effectively in three easy steps that my coach taught me. The steps will be to be in the right position and twist your hips, bunt the ball, and run. The first step is to you need to twist your hips and be in the right position. First you want to be in the right position. There are five positions on the plate. It starts at 0 and ends at 4 (show them). Then you need to wait for the pitcher's hands to make a capital L shape before twisting your hips toward them (show them). Finally you have to turn your hips to face the pitcher in the batter's box, and your knees have to be bent (show them). The next step is to bunt the ball. First you want to bunt the ball toward 1st or 3rd. If you bunt the ball to the pitcher or catcher they have a better chance of getting you out. If you bunt the ball toward 1st or 3rd it takes the pitcher, catcher, first baseman, and second baseman longer to get the ball. It depends on who is crashing …show more content…
You do not throw the bat when you’re running of course. You just simply drop the bat. You will most likely get out at first depending on what the fielders do in the situation. Run to first no matter what happens. The fielders could not even throw the ball or overthrow it. You could be safe.The main goal is to advance the runner that is on the bases so that they are in scoring position.

Finally bunting is a very important aspect to baseball or softball. You have to remember to be in position 0 and twisting your hips. Wait until the pitcher’s hands are like an L. Keep your bat at 45 degrees, don’t push at the ball, and use your knees to reach the higher and lower pitches. Also remember to run. I just finished teaching you how to bunt effectively. “Don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the