How to Bunt a Softball

Video Transcript

"My name is Juan Carlos with Expert Village, and today we're going to be talking about softball for beginners. In this segment, we're going to show you both ways of bunting from either side of the plate. Left handed, since we deal with slap hitters and speedsters from the left side of the plate, there's a different type of method as far as the footwork. We start with the bat on the shoulder here. As the pitch comes towards the plate, we want to cross over and then show the bunt at the same time. While making contact, she already has the step going towards first base. As she drops the bat, she actually has one step running start as she can run to the base at first base. That's the advantage from bunting from the left side. Now from the right side, it's different. In the left side, you had to cross over with your left foot. As oppose to the right, all we do is pivot. As the pitch comes, we want to catch the ball with our back, we pivot forward, we square our shoulders in front to the ball, and we catch the ball with our bat, making sure the ball just makes a nice easy drop to the ground. Also, a quick note, when you bunt, the control hand, this maneuvers the bat wherever you want it to go. You've got to make sure. We do not want to bunt the ball in the air as if it will be caught. You want to make sure that the bunt just goes down to the ground and just lies there as it comes. You want to take your power hand and make sure that it's firmly on the center of the bat. When you make contact, you want to be able to roll the ball to the ground."