{"id":9827,"date":"2017-03-30T06:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offtheshelfandonline.blog\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2017-03-30T12:58:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T18:58:17","slug":"polcyn-assignment-6-how-to-tape-a-baseball-bat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teaching-without-borders.org\/?p=9827","title":{"rendered":"Polcyn Assignment 6: How to tape a baseball bat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why I decided on this topic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baseball has been my favorite sport ever since I remember. After years of playing, I have become pretty familiar with the ins and outs of the game, and one things I always thought was pretty cool was the different styles that people used to tape their wooden bats. When I first started using a wooden bat I always stuck to the simpler style where I covered the whole handle in tape, but as time went on I decided to try some new ideas out and ended up really liking a newer style called cross-taping (see below).<\/p>\n

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Here is an example of cross-taping, where the tape almost looks like diamonds on the handle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I always found this method really helpful and comfortable because it provided me with the extra grip that tape is used for, while also still giving me a little bit more feel for the bat because it’s not completely covered. Also, it could very well just be personal preference but I always just generally liked the feel and look a lot better than the standard covered handle tape job.<\/p>\n

I started using this method my freshman year of high school when we started playing in more wooden bat tournaments, and I have stuck with it ever since. I initially saw someone in the MLB use a similar style, and then after searching Youtube to learn how to do it I eventually started doing it on my own bats.<\/p>\n

The other thing I really enjoy about it is that it’s much more customizable. In my video<\/a>, I used orange and white, but in the past I have mixed it up much more and personalized it to fit certain team colors and things like that.<\/p>\n

The Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overall I really enjoyed this project and think it has definitely been the easiest one we have done so far. I didn’t know what I would do at first, but after watching some of the videos from last year such as James Boyd’s<\/a>\ufffdbasketball video from last year I thought this would be a fun topic to do that not many people really know how to do.<\/p>\n

I also found it funny that I originally learned how to do this through watching a how-to video, so it’s only appropriate that I am now the one teaching people how to do it.<\/p>\n

As far as editing and getting footage I am starting to feel really comfortable with ti all. I think I was able to edit everything together within an hour or so after actually filming so I’m starting to get very comfortable with Premier and I really enjoy using it.In fact, I have even made some additional videos on my own time including Cubs highlights, a Malcolm Hill thank you video and a video for Cody Sedlock and getting ready to play with the Orioles.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really liked this assignment and am proud of how far I am coming in this class. Coming into it I never thought I would have learned this much already but it is such a huge difference I can’t even explain it.<\/p>\n

Really looking forward to the last couple projects and continuing to improve my skills.<\/p>\n

Hope you enjoy, and again if you want to see my video feel free to check it out here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Storyboard<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Storyboard for how to tape a bat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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