Baseball, the sport combining form, accuracy, speed, agility, reactiveness, and the occasional ball flying in your face. Every player, position, and how they work together is so important. Nothing would happen if these players didn’t play their position. The equipment the players use is so important to keep them safe and to make it easier and a playable sport. They need to know how to use these tools to have an advantage in the game. We also need rules and know how to play well and have an organized sport. The rules keep baseball running smoothly. We need to know that being a pitcher is more than just throwing a ball over the plate. Throwing the baseball is all about form. It takes years and years of practice to be able to throw a ball accurately …show more content…
In addition, movement is another major part of the pitch. To be the most accurate, you want to throw to one specific point. This doesn’t sound too difficult to hit a ball because it will go to one point. This is where different throwing styles come into play. One main pitch is the curve ball. A curve ball is when the pitcher throws the ball at an angle where they make it curve right before it hits the batter. This requires lots of technique and lots of practice. Baseball bats are a major and necessary part of baseball. Baseball bats have evolved. Prior to the 1970’s, the only type of bat available was the wooden bat. Now we have many choices of what materials we want for our bats. The Louisville Slugger Bat is one of the most popular wooden bats made. They are made from ash and maple wood. Ash wood is a strong hardwood that is also very light. This helps the performance of the batter because they can easily swing the bat with the bat not breaking on impact. Louisville sluggers have developed new technology that helps manufacture bats in