How To Play Baseball: Push Bunt Technique

Learn the best technique for the Push Bunt so you may advance your players on the field.

[Music Playing] The push bunt is often use against the team who are have a second baseman who is playing close to the second base bag and you are against the left hand pitcher, or maybe evenly first baseman who is slow moving. [Music Playing] The right hand here will drop his right foot behind him, much like drag a technique. [Music Playing] But he will have the bat in closer to his body, his elbows will be bent, he will have the bat up to the top of the strike zone with the burrow it once again and as the pitcher arrives he actually pushes his backs forward. Getting the arms straight and then stepping trough after contact was made. [Music Playing] It is a technique that is being use with a firm grip because we want to bunt the ball hard pass the pitcher so that the pitcher and first baseman have to make decisions as to who is going to fill the ball and who is going to cover the first base. If there is any hesitation on the part of the pitcher and the first baseman then our runner has a very good chance to reaching first base. The push bunt for the left hander involves a hitter getting towards the back of the box. [Music Playing] Actually, crossing over his left foot over his right. [Music Playing] Getting into that position with the bent elbows and then pushing the ball out as he is steps forward with his right foot. Again we are trying push the ball pass the pitcher so that the first base and the pitcher have to make a decision as to who is going to fill the ball who is going to cover first? [Music Playing] The left hander can also push bunt to the shorts stop hole. Which is push the ball pass the pitcher towards the short stop, so the pitcher cannot move on straight line to the ball. And the short stop will have to charge or the third basemen to make that play. It is a long run for a third baseman, is long run for short stop to get to that ball. [Music Playing]