Baserunning - 2nd, 3rd, and HOME!

Remember how you were taught to run THROUGH the base at first base.

Well forget it. You are now running to second, or third base. You must not run through these bags or you will be tagged out. You must stop on the base, unless you think that you can keep going and make it to the next base without being tagged out.

See this guy up here? He thinks he can make it to third base so he is running as fast as he could around second without slowing down.

In the big leagues, ball players will SLIDE into the base if it looks like they are going to get tagged out. You are too young to slide, so you must be careful to stop on the bag if you are not running to the next base.

Remember. Listen to your base-coaches. They will tell you to "take two!" or "Take three!" Watch your first base coach when you run to first. Watch the third base coach when you are running to second and/or third base. They will tell you to stop or keep going.

Now you are running to home plate. Just like running to first base, you want to run straight through, do not slow down or stop.

Here is a great video. The batter hits a ball very hard and the runners start flying around the bases. Look at the third base coach telling the runners what to do. He waves his arms like a windmill telling the first runner to keep going to home plate. But uh, oh, the play at third base is going to be close for the next runner. See the coach hold up his hand telling the runner to stop. Then he throws his hands to the ground telling the runner to slide. Because this runner is not "forced" to run to third, the third baseman will have to catch the ball from the outfielder and TAG him out. Does he?