Baseball/Softball Quiz Study Guide
- When getting into ready position in the field you should bend at the knees
and hips
- The steps to fielding a ground ball are : Get in front of it- Put your glove
down- “Chomp” like an alligator
- The steps to fielding a pop fly are: Get under it- Put you glove up- Catch itCover it
- A good trick to know where to stand when you bat is to reach your bat to
the far side of the plate
- Right before the pitcher throws the ball the batter should take a small step
- When swinging a bat the power comes from your legs
- When a team is batting they must keep a batting order. When a new inning
begins they pick up in the order where they left off in the previous inning.
- A team gets 3 outs before they are done batting in an inning
- If a runner is forced to go to a base you do not have to tag them to get
them out
- If a runner is not forced to go to a base you have to tag them to get them
out
- If you are the runner on 1st base, there are less than 2 outs and the batter
hits the ball in the air you should go part way, wait until the ball is caught or
dropped and then decided if you should run to the next base.
4th Grade- know the above +
-It takes 3 strikes to strike out
- It takes 4 balls to get a walk
5th Grade- Know the Above +
-Getting two outs on the same play is called a double play
- The person next up to bat is called “on deck”