| Coaching Little League or Youth Baseball requires | | | | the three separate fields; right, center and left |
| a good knowledge of the game. Many good youth | | | | fields. Also referred as an "alley." |
| baseball coaches have never played the game | | | | 13. Gapper - A ball hit into one of the two gaps or |
| before. They make it their mission to study and | | | | alleys. |
| learn the game. This article presents a list of 25 | | | | 14. Heat -- A good fastball. Also "heater." |
| common baseball coaching terms and gives the | | | | 15. Hot corner -- Third base. |
| meaning of each. | | | | 16. Painting the black -- When a pitch is thrown on |
| There are certain terms and words that every | | | | the edge of the plate. |
| youth baseball coach should know the meaning of. | | | | 17. Pepper -- A game or batting practice exercise |
| Here are a list of 25 and the meaning of each. | | | | where one player bunts brisk grounders and line |
| 1. Ace -- Best pitcher on the team. | | | | drives to fielders who are standing in a row about |
| 2. Alley -- The two areas of the outfield between | | | | 15 to 20 feet away. |
| the three separate fields; right, center and left | | | | Punch out - The plate umpire uses this motion to |
| fields. Also referred as a "gap." | | | | call a batter out on a strikeout. |
| 3. Bang-bang play -- A play in which the base | | | | 18. RBI - Run Batted In. |
| runner reaches about the same times as the ball. | | | | 19. Ribbie -- Another way of saying RBI. |
| 4. Batter in the hole -- The batter after the | | | | 20. Rubber game -- The deciding game of a 3, 5 |
| on-deck hitter. | | | | or 7 game series. |
| 5. Batter on-deck hitter.-- The next batter in the | | | | 21. Run-down -- When a base runner gets caught |
| inning. | | | | between bases by the fielders. |
| 6. Can of corn -- An easy fly ball catch made by | | | | 22. Seeing-eye single -- A weakly hit soft ground |
| an out fielder. | | | | ball that finds its way between infielders for a |
| 7. Caught looking -- When a batter is called out on | | | | base hit. |
| a third called strike. | | | | 23. Southpaw -- A left-handed pitcher. |
| 8. Cycle -- When a batter hits a single, double, | | | | 24. Texas Leaguer -- A weakly hit fly ball that |
| triple and home run in the same game. | | | | drops between an infielder and outfielder. |
| 9. Dish -- Home plate. | | | | 25. Utility player -- A player who fills in at many |
| 10. Fungo - To hit balls to a defensive player | | | | positions. |
| during practice or during the game warmup. | | | | I hope that this article help you prepare to coach |
| 11. Fungo bat - A bat used by the coach to hit | | | | youth baseball. Visit the Baseball Coaching Digest |
| balls to defensive players during practice or | | | | Blog for daily posts and articles on every aspect |
| pregame warm-up. | | | | of coaching baseball. |
| 12. Gap - The two areas of the outfield between | | | | |