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Master the Basics of Hitting and Base Running

Welcome to our engaging quiz designed for aspiring baseball players! Test your knowledge on hitting techniques, base running strategies, and team rules to elevate your game.

Get ready to learn:

Key principles of hitting
Smart base running tactics
Important team rules for success

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by SwingingSlugger45

What is the most important thing to remember when hitting?

Make sure your cleats are tied

Wait for your walk up song to play

Watch the ball

Swing hard

When is it ok to get off the base as a base runner?

When coach tells you to

If you have to go to the bathroom

When the umpire tells you to

If you are hungry and need a snack

When you're batting with 2 strikes you should...

When you're batting with 3 balls and 0 or 1 strikes you should...

Swing at anything close

Don't swing so you can get a walk

Bunt

Look for the perfect pitch - and hit it hard

If the coach gives you the bunt signal you should...

Try to bunt a pitch that is a strike

Ignore coach, hit a home run

Show bunt, but don't actually try to bunt because you don't like to bunt

Show bunt, then pull it back and swing away

You're a runner on 3B and your team has 1 out. Batter hits a deep fly ball to Right Field. What should you do?

Make sure your shoes are tied so you don't trip when coach tells you to run

After taking your lead, go half way to home so you can score if the ball is dropped

After taking your lead, get back on 3B and wait for the ball to touch the fielder or ground and tag up running home as fast as you can to score

Jump up and down hoping the ball goes over the fence

You're a runner on 1B with no outs. Batter hits a grounder to the second basemen who is standing in the base path. You should...

Run to 2B as fast as possible going behind the second basemen so not to distract them from fielding the ball

Run as fast and hard as you can through the second basement hoping to knock her over so she can't field the ball

Try to kick the ball into centerfield so you can make it to 3B

Run to 2B as fast as you can passing right in front of the second basemen hoping they'll get distracted and miss the ball

As a base runner your #1 job is....

To score a run at home

To get to the next base

To not get out

To look good

Master the Basics of Hitting and Base Running

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