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Bunt drills are all about getting the form right every time. My exposure to it is 50 years old though. It used to be you were taught to square up with the bat level and at the top of the zone. You never move the bat off level. You never go up. You go down by bending the knees. If you are not going to make contact like that, pull the bat back, don’t ever reach for it. It is very much harder than it sounds.
I never suggested its easy but these are proffessionals. Its their job to make the difficult look easy. It may not be a huge part of the game anymore but it should def continue to be worked on. Everyone always talking about a salary cap, evening things out for small market teams. Not really neccessary if small market teams coach better fundamentals, find a vision for your team, and get players that fit your vision. Its laziness by organizations. They want to follow paul, be like paul, but complain its unfair because paul has more money. Let paul be paul, make your own identity.
Yeah, back in the day the way they taught us to bunt was to “catch” the ball with the bat. And as bling stated, if you have to raise the bat, take the pitch as if you try to bunt it you will likely pop it up. So basically you square around holding the bat about letter high, and you let the ball hit the bat, rather than stab at the ball.
And one other note, I had coaches who would have us start off batting practice by bunting two or three times first. It is a good way to get your eye on the ball and get in the habit of following the ball to the bat.
Also as bling says, it sounds easy but is tough to master. I liked the old drag bunt technique guys like Maury Wills used to do. If Scott can learn to perfect that, he will be a force. He has some pop too – he can turn on a pitch and drive it out. I think he could hit 10-12 homeres a year. Whether he matures enough to do that time will tell.
1982 willie said:
Dont have to be mlb pitchers, could just be retired players or regular volunteers that know how to throw different pitches.
Today’s pitching machines are very sophisticated in their settings. But they are more consistent than the real thing.
bkiemike said:
And one other note, I had coaches who would have us start off batting practice by bunting two or three times first. It is a good way to get your eye on the ball and get in the habit of following the ball to the bat.
This is still common practice.
I’m surprised that teams aren’t falling all over themselves to see to it that all of their players are entirely adept at laying down a successful bunt. With the new rules that allow a make believe runner at 2B in extras, I’d flash the bunt sign every solitary time regardless of who was standing in. Move ’em over and push ’em across.
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