Show your kids you care - As a parent and a coach, kids need to feel that you care. Take time to listen to them. You may watch a live game to discuss what skills they lack or you may try to know what's going on in their lives outside the court. 4. Make sure you and your kids are having fun - Regardless of age, fun is essential to a player's life to stay motivated and keep interested in the game. Quick adjustments Straighten right up a bit if you think the ball is high. If it looks low, squat slightly. Get your arms extended towards the pitcher with your hands. This is to enable you to follow the flight of the ball. Use the same principle when using a bat and hitting into the baseball field. The bat If you are right-handed, make a fist with the right hand with the little finger pointing the ground. Basically, baseball games are played by two teams, each with nine players, that take turns in playing the offense and defense positions. Each player takes one of the following nine positions: catcher, pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, leftfielder, rightfielder, and centerfielder. The pitching team should also assign one of its members to serve as the catcher, who would crouch behind the batter so that any pitched ball that is missed by the batter could be easily caught. The field There are four bases scattered in a square-shaped playing field, which is called the diamond. At the center of the field is where the pitchers mound. The runner tags up or waits until the ball is caught, and runs home before the outfielder can throw the ball to home. Sacrifice bunt The other key move is the sacrifice bunt. The object is to move a runner waiting in his present base (usually at first base, most favorably at third) into a scoring position (going to the next base or a home run). However, if the catcher drops the third strike, or the ball gets past by, and there is no base runner at first base, then the batter can run to the first base and try to arrive there safely before the catcher throws the ball there. Tie goes to the runner Put simply, the umpire is the ultimate judge whether the base runner is safe or out.