{"id":2796,"date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/fielding-ground-balls\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:02:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:02:42","slug":"baseball-how-to-field-ground-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/baseball-how-to-field-ground-balls","title":{"rendered":"Fielding Ground Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fielding Ground Balls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGMJRN_Iefo\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sGMJRN_Iefo\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcription:&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8220;Hi, my name is Clint Chalk I\u2019m a former college baseball player and CoachUp coach. 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