Proper 2-man Technique

[mcrowder]

First let me say that there CAN BE a play that makes it so that you can't get to the proper spot. It's not a hard shot to right past the second baseman though. It's more the medium speed hit past F3 to a shallow F9.

Ask yourself this - if you can get in position for a ball hit to F4 to make a call at first... why can't you get into that same position (or 2 steps further toward the pitcher) when the ball gets PAST F4? You actually have an extra click or two on that play. You don't have to wait for the ball to get by - if F4 can't get to it, you can't get in it's way either.

On the medium speed ball past F3, it's sometimes difficult to get by it before it goes by - and that delay (waiting for the ball to pass you) is what keeps you on the foul side to make this call. I can count these instances on 1 hand though in the past 5 years.