wex52:
. He did have us buy 9V battery strap, but I'm a little hesitant to just directly connect a 9V battery to my motor.
If this is a pp3 its probably usless for this.
Supply should be connected to the chip not the motor.
EDIT.
Apologies its connected to the motor not the chip.
That chip has open collector outputs so your diagram is correct with the short removed.
Even if you have the motor connections wrong you should not damage it using a pp3 though although you may flatten your battery rather quickly.
wex52:
I thought that using an Arduino to power a little 28BYJ-48 with no load attached to it would be ok.
Do not be fooled by physical size, read the data sheet.
I have a matchbox sized BLDC motor rated at 800 watts (over 1HP ) continuously if cooled.