YBE072: #FridayFielders Fundamentals with Kai Correa

As discussed in Session #70 with Billy Boyer, elite infielding is not just about "get in front of the ball" and "get your glove dirty". Kai Correa, assistant coach at the University of Northern Colorado and creator of the fantastic #FridayFielders series on Twitter, breaks down how to teach fielding fundamentals to young players. This is Part 1 of a two-part interview.

Plus, Justin Stone of elitebaseball.tv answers the Question Of The Week about what to do for a 12-year-old who plays 70 foot bases in travel but 90 foot bases for school.

In this 37-minute episode, you'll learn:

• Kai's unusual baseball path
• the best way to help youth players catch consistently
• what is a common wrong teaching for youth players on fielding
• what is the proper way to teach youth players on fielding
• one key tip to help players make repeatable throws
• three way to help teach and reinforce footwork
• Kai's thoughts on ladders
• whether fielders should funnel the ball into their body or catch the ball out in front
• how to transfer the ball
• whether "short-arming" is an unhealthy arm action

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• #FridayFielders on Twitter

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