California Aces

A. The back of your feet (heels)

B. The front of your feet (balls)

C. The weight should be even all along your feet

D. Whatever is most comfortable to the player

ANSWER Choose one A B C D

2. There are seven ways in which a batter can reach first base.

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

3) If you are the runner on second base, and the pitcher throws a wild pitch all the way to the backstop, what should you do?

A. Stay on second

B. Tag up and go to third

C. Immediately run to third if you think you can make it

D. Nothing, because you cannot advance on a wild pitch

ANSWER  Choose One A B C D

4)  A ball is hit to you on the ground and gets by you a short distance then stops, how do you pick the ball up and why?

Look at the ball as you calmly pick it up with both; your throwing hand & glove hand. The reasons for this are that 1) trying to pick the ball up with your will probably result in the ball falling out of it; 2) if you are looking at where to   the ball instead of at the ball, you might not pick it up the first time you reach for it; 3) if you too quickly you will probably end up fumbling around trying to get the ball up; and 4) if you pick the ball up with your glove you will first have to the ball from your glove to your hand before you can throw, and that not only takes extra time, there is the chance you could the ball or not get it out of your glove cleanly.

By picking the ball up with your bare hand & glove as you look at the ball and not the runner, you not only increase your chances of picking it up the first time, but you will already have it in your throwing hand. Since you didn't field the ball cleanly to begin with, you need to pick up the ball and throw it as quickly as possible.

However, if the runner is clearly going to be safe at the base you are throwing to, hold onto the ball. If you hurry your throw to a base where you are not going to get the runner out anyway, you increase the chances of making a bad throw and the runner getting an additional base.

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