Yowakutemo Katemasu episode 3 baseball overview post
Hello!
Here is the baseball overview post for episode 3! So sorry it took so long. I got behind schedule due to writing the baseball basics post, finals at school etc. But here it is! Gotta get working on episode 4 as well haha. Please use the timing from the subs from bunnyandclover!
Overall, the most confusing part of the episode is when Tarumi is in the batting cage (17:10). She is missing every ball that she swings at. Then the coach from the rival school gives her some advice. He says, "Your body is open. Like that, no matter how many times you swing, you can't hit the ball squarely." It is pretty hard to explain what he is talking about without a demonstration, but what he is really explaining is how when Tarumi swings at the ball, she moves her whole body along with her feet. There is virtually no motion in her hips. In batting in baseball, it is common knowledge that all of the strength and power comes from the movement of the hips. Her body and stance is "open" to the ball. She gets no power and its hard to watch the ball as it approaches. Because of such an extreme movement of the whole body instead of the hips, the whole swing of the bat is really just her arms swinging wildly. That makes it very hard to hit a ball coming towards you at a high speed. In comparison, the coach is using a "square stance." He turns with his hips, using that power to have a good eye on the ball and hitting it hard. You can see that when he swings it doesn't do the "flaily" motions that Tarumi seems to make. When he finishes his swing his body is almost a square shape, from his arms to his hips. (sorry if that is hard to understand!)
The scene on the roof with the whole team is pretty interesting (25:15). Finally Tamo-sensei is trying to teach the basics. As I mention in an earlier post, in baseball, you have to understand the basics before you can play the game, no matter how smart or athletic you are. What Tamo-sensei seems to be teaching is the moment that the glove catches a groundball. This can be a very important moment. The glove needs to be flat on the ground so the ball just rolls in. If the glove is vertical to the ground, then either the ball won't go in or the ball will roll up and hit the player in the chin or face. A very important thing to teach!
Now about the part about base running. As Tamo-sensei says, and how you see, a running base coach is one that does hand signals to tell the runner whether to keep running or stop at the nearest base. During this part Tamo-sensei explains the different situations (33:18).
It really is pretty easy to understand if you look at the picture of the field like Tamo-sensei shows to the team. If the ball goes to right field, then the runner should stop at 1st base, because if they run to second base, the right fielder has time to throw it to second. If the runner already at second they should run to third and possibly home, because the ball is farther away. This works the opposite way as well. If the ball is hit to left field, than for example a runner at second should not run to third base, because it is so close to left field and they will most likely be caught. You have to think of the possibility of being caught, according to your distance from where the ball was hit. Is it worth it to keep running, or do you need to stop?
Well thats all I have for this episode. Please let me know if you have any questions! :)
Here is the baseball overview post for episode 3! So sorry it took so long. I got behind schedule due to writing the baseball basics post, finals at school etc. But here it is! Gotta get working on episode 4 as well haha. Please use the timing from the subs from bunnyandclover!
Overall, the most confusing part of the episode is when Tarumi is in the batting cage (17:10). She is missing every ball that she swings at. Then the coach from the rival school gives her some advice. He says, "Your body is open. Like that, no matter how many times you swing, you can't hit the ball squarely." It is pretty hard to explain what he is talking about without a demonstration, but what he is really explaining is how when Tarumi swings at the ball, she moves her whole body along with her feet. There is virtually no motion in her hips. In batting in baseball, it is common knowledge that all of the strength and power comes from the movement of the hips. Her body and stance is "open" to the ball. She gets no power and its hard to watch the ball as it approaches. Because of such an extreme movement of the whole body instead of the hips, the whole swing of the bat is really just her arms swinging wildly. That makes it very hard to hit a ball coming towards you at a high speed. In comparison, the coach is using a "square stance." He turns with his hips, using that power to have a good eye on the ball and hitting it hard. You can see that when he swings it doesn't do the "flaily" motions that Tarumi seems to make. When he finishes his swing his body is almost a square shape, from his arms to his hips. (sorry if that is hard to understand!)
The scene on the roof with the whole team is pretty interesting (25:15). Finally Tamo-sensei is trying to teach the basics. As I mention in an earlier post, in baseball, you have to understand the basics before you can play the game, no matter how smart or athletic you are. What Tamo-sensei seems to be teaching is the moment that the glove catches a groundball. This can be a very important moment. The glove needs to be flat on the ground so the ball just rolls in. If the glove is vertical to the ground, then either the ball won't go in or the ball will roll up and hit the player in the chin or face. A very important thing to teach!
Now about the part about base running. As Tamo-sensei says, and how you see, a running base coach is one that does hand signals to tell the runner whether to keep running or stop at the nearest base. During this part Tamo-sensei explains the different situations (33:18).
It really is pretty easy to understand if you look at the picture of the field like Tamo-sensei shows to the team. If the ball goes to right field, then the runner should stop at 1st base, because if they run to second base, the right fielder has time to throw it to second. If the runner already at second they should run to third and possibly home, because the ball is farther away. This works the opposite way as well. If the ball is hit to left field, than for example a runner at second should not run to third base, because it is so close to left field and they will most likely be caught. You have to think of the possibility of being caught, according to your distance from where the ball was hit. Is it worth it to keep running, or do you need to stop?
Well thats all I have for this episode. Please let me know if you have any questions! :)