85042 - Baseball

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Moduli: Davide Sartini (Modulo 1) Davide Sartini (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Exercise and Sport Sciences (cod. 8512)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows: the didactic progression for teaching the game of baseball, both in the scholastic context and in that of the sports club, the technique and teaching of the fundamentals of individual and team play, tactics and strategies defensive and offensive, the main rules of baseball, the performance model in baseball and main notions on physical preparation

Course contents

1. The perspectives of the graduate in motor science

  • School sports educator
  • Sports educator in clubs
  • Athletic trainer

 

2. Introduction to the game

  •  The playing field
  •  The teams
  •  Features of the game of baseball
  •  How to play
  •  The equipment

 

3. Teach the game

  • Didactic progression for teaching the game

 

4. The fundamentals of the coaching and playing baseball

  • Teaching the technical skills of baseball
  • The baseball hitting
  • Throwing
  • Catching
  • Pitching
  • Baserunning

 

5. The defensive positions 

  • General infield positioning
  • The infielders
  • The outfield
  • The catcher
  • The pitcher

 

6. Strength and conditioning in baseball

  • The performance model
  • The periodization
  • The specificities

 

7. The technical rules of baseball

  • Analysis of a rule
  • Definitions of terms
  • Fair ball and foul ball
  • Rule that prevents the defending team from making multiple outs
  • Interference and obstruction

 

8. Baseball five

  • The playing field
  • The rules

 

9. BXC - Baseball played by blind

  • The teams
  • The field
  • The game

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching material provided by the teacher uploaded on the Virtual Learning platform

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons and online lessons where provided.
Practical exercises in the gym to support frontal teaching.

Assessment methods

Written Examination

Teaching tools

PowerPoint and multimedia elements

Office hours

See the website of Davide Sartini