- Oct 10, 2011
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Is the proper technique when fielding a hard grounder in the outfield to go to the side on one knee to block the ball? Daughter got her first chance to play on her new team and the first ball hit was a hard line drive past the 3rd base and then took a couple bounces and went right over her glove. I was surprised it happened and I know she was nervous, but she was not happy at all to say the least as it ended up in a triple. She fortunately got up to bat and hit one over the head of the left fielder for a stand up triple but the coach told her if she would have been watching him instead of the ball, it would have been a home run . First game at the 14u A level and the lessons are being learned fast. Hopefully the nerves will calm down and she'll get more field time, as she got about 6 innings of play in 4 games. At least she had a couple of the best hits. Tough going from star of the team to low man on the totem poll!