A left-handed pitcher or a left-handed batter can be an extremely valuable asset to any youth baseball team. They confuse the opponents. Tall "lefty's" also make very good first basemen. This is because they can reach for a ball with their left foot on the bag, putting the batter out, and save a step on the throw to second base or third base for the double play. Split seconds count in baseball.

Still, training left-handed players to throw, catch, bat, pitch, and field a ball can be a very awkward thing indeed.

Unless you yourself are left-handed, it can seem almost impossible to show the lefty how to execute the moves properly.

Some left handed ballplayers end up quitting in frustration, because no one was able to show them how to do anything right. These young ballplayers blame themselves and go away thinking that it is a curse to be born left-handed.

This is a shame, because it is actually very easy to train a Lefty, if you know how.

One very effective way to train the "Lefty" is this:
Stand in front of the ballplayer, facing him, and say:
"Make believe you are looking in the mirror."
Now demonstrate the moves slowly in your normal, right-handed manner.
The Lefty will execute the "mirror image " of your moves.
This works.