How To Catch A Fly Ball In Baseball
I love to play baseball!
Defense is an important part of baseball. Defense has the positions that get the outs.
Sometimes the batter hits a ball high in the air called a fly ball or pop up.
On defense it is our job to catch the fly ball.
If the fly ball looks like it may land at my position I get ready to catch it!
I always yell “I got it!” so my teammates know I am going to catch it.
If a teammate yells “I got it!” I move away so they can catch it and I don’t run into them.
While watching the ball, I run to where it looks like it is going to land.
I position myself so I am underneath where the ball will land.
I keep my glove high above my head and make sure it is open.
I always keep my eye on the ball until I catch it!
When I am underneath where the ball will land I move my glove to catch the ball when it comes down from the air.
When I feel the ball hit the inside of my glove I close my glove to make sure the ball does not slip out.
If I don’t catch the ball it is okay, I just make sure I throw the ball in to the right base because I could still make an out.