You can turn a double play at second base by incorporating the shortstop and first base. First, there has to be a runner on first base. Then, the ball is hit to your position at second base. Once it is hit to you and you have the ball in your hand and out of your glove, you ¨flick¨ the ball to the shortstop who is waiting to receive the ball on the bag to make the force out for out number one of your double play. After shortstop has received …show more content…
Once again, there's a runner on first base when you receive the ground ball. You come up with the ball and throw it to the second baseman who is on second base waiting to receive the ball with his foot on the bag. Once he has received the ball he makes his throw to the first baseman who is stretched out with his foot on the bag trying to make the play before the runner touches first. This is the ¨5-4-3¨
The last most common way to turn a double play in baseball is kinda tough on the first baseman. There's a runner on first when he receives the ground ball. Then, he turns and throws it to the shortstop, who is waiting to receive the ball. Once he has received the ball at second base, he throws the ball back to first base. By then, the first baseman has back peddled fast enough to the bag to receive the ball from the shortstop to make the second out of the ¨3-6-3.¨
That is how you turn the best double plays. Baseball is an amazing sport and has a lot of different strategies, and turning a double play is one of the most exciting. Double plays can save games, and limit the amount of pitches your pitcher has to throw in an