What's up guys coach Dan Blewett here today we're gonna go over how to do the
inside move which is a second base pickoff move in baseball so the inside
move is fundamentally different than the spin move the spin move is the one where
you sort of wheel around and you throw a laser beam in a second but the inside
move is the other move to second and it has its place it's a more strategic move
and in my mind it's not a true pickoff okay so it definitely stick around today
check out the video all about the inside move alright so we're gonna talk about
second base pickoff moves so in baseball the inside move is one of two pickoff
moves a second but this is the move that I don't consider a true pickoff move to
second base and the reason is it's really more based on strategy and it's
based on catching runners when they're sort of doing the automatic steal with
three and two and two outs so in this video let's go over how to do the enzyme
move and the three main strategic points that you need to understand to really do
it well okay so first the inside move is this one so
you probably know at least one of the two pickoff moves to second base but
this is the inside move you lift your leg up and at the top you turn then
you're free to basically throw to second base or not obviously when you pick the
second base you don't have to throw it you can fake it if you want you don't
have to throw the ball same thing with third although you
should never pick off the third base when you pick off the first base if you
don't know you do have to throw it unless you step off the rubber which is
something you should never do anyway but moving on okay so second base what most
pitchers do is the following they typically just do this boom and when
they do this we don't get any outs because the runner basically has had no
time to get off the base and really get himself into trouble it's trying it's
kind of like having a mousetrap but you don't put any bait on right you need to
let the mouse get farther onto the trap so we have something to eat something to
do so he gets caught all right here we're gonna catch runners by being
convincing by keeping our eyes our shoulders the same just dead straight
towards the plate and by keeping our lake
the same pace and the same height as usual so if we change things with our
with our leg kick we go really fast and we don't usually do that or if we just
go really quick we don't give the runner any time to get caught so a good inside
move looks like this you get to the top of your leg kick you turn and you're
gonna shuffle and find the runner so the reason this is not really a true pickoff
move in my mind is because it leaves us in an awkward position to throw to
second base and the second baseman and shortstop are not going to know we're
doing this move before we do it so because of that when I come set and I do
my move and I'm here and I say oh man I've got a chance of this guy I'm in a
really awkward throwing position this is not a good position to throw you know
I've got a throw across the diamond like a shortstop so it's not something that
if we really want to boom get a guy who's going back to the base it's not
gonna be an effective strong throw the other thing is this is not a play
between my shortstop and my second baseman so they're not going to know I'm
doing this move so even if I do catch someone and now I'm here they're not at
the base yet because I didn't they didn't know I was going to do it the
other move the spin move which is this one is a play it's something that I'm
gonna communicate with my shortstop about or they're gonna the coach is
gonna put that play on for me I don't really prefer it that way but it's gonna
be something where it's coordinated all right this is a shortstops gonna be
running over there so by time I do my spin move and the ball is on the way
lose my balance here you know it's all gonna be timed up and there will be
someone at the base it's their job to be at the base on the inside move it's not
that way so that's the reason number one it leaves you in an awkward throwing
position and our second baseman our shortstops will not know or a shortstop
singular will not know that I'm doing it the other reason is that when I do this
move I'm typically I do on the automatic steel which is three and two two outs
with a force out situation so that means first and second base is loaded runner
on first or first and third obviously if I'm doing a move to second base it's got
to be first and second or bases loaded so a three and two and two outs it's
either going to be a foul it's gonna be a strikeout or it's gonna
be a walk so the runners can steal without any worry right so they're just
going to watch me and oftentimes there's going to go as soon as I lift my foot
and if they do that and I will around now they've got a running lead and
they're caught right so that's the main use for the inside move except for one
more strategic option so let's talk about this for one more second if I
catch someone so they're going on first move and now I'm here that runners gonna
be out of no-man's land he's gonna be really far off the base and his momentum
is gonna be going towards third so for me be ready to automatically throw
second base is not the right thing to do because he's going to third no one is
yet at second base and I'm in an awkward position to throw so when you do the
inside move and you get someone well before you even get someone you need to
have the following things in mind and your checklist needs to be this if I
catch someone when I do the inside move I'm going to square my hips shuffle at
him figure out where he's going and then give the ball up to one of my teammates
so it'll look like this take off after him if I feel like that's the right move
but the very first thing I need to do after I do the inside move is I need to
square my feet do a good position to shuffle and throw effectively so the
last thing that's important to know about the inside move is that it's for
fact-finding about bunt situation so if coach wants to know is this team gonna
bunt say I've got a runner on second no one out in the late innings and they
might bun him to third base so he zone one third one out so a sac fly scores
him I want to know if I'm a coach if he's gonna square around so if we had
the runner on second I can do this I can lift my leg real convincing guy squared
and now all I just do is casually you know fake to second base so now we know
he's stealing or you know he's bunting so we can put on a bunt play and
potentially get the out on that bunt and save us that winning or tieing wrong
whatever it is so that's the other main use of the insight move so in summary
make sure eyes shoulders and your leg kick are all the same as they usually
would be and then your leg is turning around when you start to go after the
peak of your leg kick the other thing is to remember you do this when you're
trying to figure out they're bunting and on the automatic steel those are the
main uses for this any other use it's best just to use the spin move which is
faster and I'll put a link in the description below to my video tutorial
on how to do that move but in summary the inside move is really important it's
something every picture should have in his repertoire because you never know
when you'll need it when it can help you win a game alright so if you enjoyed
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