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Summary: You might make it to second if the defense bobbles the play. Learn how to round first base to get a double in a baseball game, in this free video.
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Ben Graham Ben Graham was an outstanding high school and collegiate baseball player where he won all-conference honors. Currently he coaches summer high school teams an... read more
The next thing I’m going to talk about is running to first base. On a base hit or on a ball and the gap that you may get a double on. Whereas you hit a ground ball in the infield you are running straight down the line as hard as you can, touching the base and listening and looking to see if it’s been thrown away so you can go to second. The difference here is when you make contact and you know it’s a double you are going to start out running straight like you did before but then when you get to about this spot right here you are going to start to make a turn because it’s going to give you ultimately a straight line from first base to second base when you get there.