Do you want to become a better baseball player? Many athletes from Edwardsville, Illinois, would encourage you to play because they have experienced a lot of joy and success playing for their high school team.
The Edwardsville High School baseball team, located in Illinois, has won a state championship four separate times over the past 30 years. In 1998, the EHS baseball team had a 40-0 record, and all the players say they could not have done it without their coach playing the leading role (theintelligencer.com/sports/). The baseball team has also placed second at the state level three separate times.
When reporters from the Edwardsville Intelligencer asked the players and coaches how they have managed to have so much success for so many years, they stated that there are many skills necessary for a winning team:
- Hand-eye coordination is one of the necessities for baseball.
- Hitting is the most basic baseball skill. To be a great hitter, you need to have good hand-eye coordination. The sport is about hitting the baseball with your bat.
- It takes more than just the physical process to become an elite baseball player. Mental agility is essential for success in the game.
- Being a great baseball player is not just about being able to hit a ball hard and far or throw it fast and accurately; understanding the game is just as important. What are you if you do not know how to play it correctly? (Baseball Lifestyle 101)
The baseball players on the Lincoln Middle School baseball team, also located in Edwardsville, Illinois, enjoy the sport. Hunter Vivian, starting shortstop, stated, “We always had fun no matter what the score was.”
The LMS baseball head coach, Matt Rogers, says his favorite thing was, “Watching the kids do what they learned in practice in an actual game.”
All in all, now you know all the necessities about baseball and some new facts. Now you can take these facts into a real game and do the new things you learned.
