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  • What signals do you use for steals, delayed steals, bunts (including direction First Base/Third Base), and slap bunts?

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Kevin Angel
Kevin Angel
Baseball, Softball

What signals do you use for steals, delayed steals, bunts (including direction First Base/Third Base), and slap bunts?

This is my first time as a Third Base Coach for a 14U team. I am most concerned with giving signals that are easy to remember and not confusing. The bunt direction seems like a hard one to come up with.

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  • Brian Kadel
    Brian Kadel
    Answered March 04, 2010
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    There are a lot of different signs you can use. The important thing is to have a good indicator. That is, a sign that let's the players know that ofter this sign the next one is sign that is "live". That way you can go through several signs to keep the opponent from knowing what you are doind. I usually have my signs be the touching of things like my nose, ear, chin, hat, wrist and so on. A good way to give bunt direction is to use the side that your sign was given on. For instance, if touching your shoulder is your bunt sign, tell your players that if you touch your left shoulder they bunt to first and the right is bunting to third. Hope this was not too confusing.

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  • Coach Moore
    Coach Moore
    Answered March 04, 2010
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    Brian is right on, every coach has his own method. I like to use my belt for the hit run, guess I got that from my son, every time I took my belt off he ran.

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  • Duke Barrett
    Duke Barrett
    Answered June 03, 2010
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    http://seamusbaseball.blogspot.com/2009/08/signals-and-signs.html

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