Safety base...

[SWFLguy]

Re: Safety base. It should be required in youth ball, even high school.

[CecilOne]

Originally Posted by SWFLguy

Re: Safety base. It should be required in youth ball, even high school.

Either required or dropped. The inconsistency confuses the players.

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by SWFLguy

Re: Safety base. It should be required in youth ball, even high school.

Or teach the players how to play 1st base and run the bases.

[SWFLguy]

I'm talking about kids. I though one major consideration when it comes to youth sports is safety. Maybe that's why they call it a safety base?

[IRISHMAFIA]

Originally Posted by SWFLguy

I'm talking about kids. I though one major consideration when it comes to youth sports is safety. Maybe that's why they call it a safety base?

Isn't that when they should be taught? Seems to me, between softball and baseball, there was no need for a double base as players were taught the proper mechanics for covering 1st base and how to run through the base.

The double base is part of the dummying down of the game to make up for bad and ignorance in coaching. It doesn't provide any more of a safe environment than a single base as long as you are going to allow the defense to go wherever they please to accommodate poor play

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Isn't that when they should be taught? Seems to me, between softball and baseball, there was no need for a double base as players were taught the proper mechanics for covering 1st base and how to run through the base.

The double base is part of the dummying down of the game to make up for bad and ignorance in coaching. It doesn't provide any more of a safe environment than a single base as long as you are going to allow the defense to go wherever they please to accommodate poor play

Ditto.

MTD, Sr.