- Oct 6, 2020
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I manage a rec 16u team (technically, 13 to 16 Little League Seniors division). The teams in our league consist of some high school players, some travel ball players and some long time rec players. It is comparable to a C level travel team.
The instinct of so many infielders is to just stand back and avoid any contact with the runner in an attempt to field a batted ball and, because they never really look like they are going for the ball, interference is not called. I certainly don't want to teach them to plow into the runner, but is there a good way to teach them to make safe and "light" contact with the runner to make the interference call more obvious. Again, I don't want teach them to collide or go out of their way to make contact with the runner, I just want to make it obvious that they were interfered with in their reasonable and routine attempt to field the ball.
The instinct of so many infielders is to just stand back and avoid any contact with the runner in an attempt to field a batted ball and, because they never really look like they are going for the ball, interference is not called. I certainly don't want to teach them to plow into the runner, but is there a good way to teach them to make safe and "light" contact with the runner to make the interference call more obvious. Again, I don't want teach them to collide or go out of their way to make contact with the runner, I just want to make it obvious that they were interfered with in their reasonable and routine attempt to field the ball.