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Skills & Drills
Baserunning Drills
From Home Plate
1. Swing & thru 1st; check over shoulder
2. Turn at 1st; back when INF catches ball
3. PB/WP on strike 3 or ball 4
4. Check & react to overthrow at 1st
5. Pop fly in INF
6. INF grounder
7. INF line drive
8. Fly ball to OF
9. BB & HBP
10. Turn, see OF error, advance to 2nd
11. Slide into 1st when 1B goes up the line
On 1st Base
1. Diving back
2. Steal
3. Hit & Run
4. Ground ball
5. INF pop
6. Short fly to OF (OF charging, INF backing up)
7. Routine/deep fly to OF
8. Foul fly
9. Line drive to INF
10. 1st to 3rd
11. WP/PB
On 2nd Base
1. Diving back
2. Steal
3. Grounder to R side
4. Grounder to L side
5. INF pop
6. Short fly to OF (OF charging, INF backing up)
7. Routine/deep fly to OF
8. Foul fly
9. Line drive to INF
10. 2nd to Home
11. WP/PB
On 3rd Base
1. Diving back
2. Squeeze
3. Suicide squeeze
4. Ground ball ("reading down angle")
5. Ground ball ("make it go thru")
6. Fly ball ANYWHERE
7. WP/PB
8. Back to base inside line
9. Advancing home on throw to 2nd on DP attempt
Practice Organization & Competition
Situational Batting Practice
1. Sacrifice bunt down 1st base line
2. Sacrifice bunt down 3rd base line
3. Fake bunt while runner steals 2nd
4. Hit to right side to advance runner to 3rd
5. Hit away
6. Squeeze bunt with runner cutting across & back to 1st
7. Hit away twice
8. Hit & run with runner stealing 2nd
9. Hit away twice
10. Fake bunt while runner steals 3rd
11. Hit away
12. Hit away with runner on 3rd going on down angle or tagging up; runner will cut across & back to 1st
13. Hit away as runner advances to 2nd according to situation
14. Hit away as runner advances to 3rd according to situation
15. Drag bunt to get on (go regardless of outcome)
Batting Practice For Points
0 - Swing & miss, taking strike
1 - Contact, fair or foul, but not a hit
2 - Hump back base hit or seeing-eye ground ball hit
3 - Line drive hit
4 - Extra base hit
Defense For points: Must Play Game Positions
1 - Error or not trying to field ball
0 - Bobbled ground ball (ball hits ground)
1 - Fielding ground ball or fly ball cleanly
2 - Making spectacular play to stop or catch ball
Pitching Drills
Pitching Pattern For Control
- 2 fastballs down the middle
- 2 curves down the middle
- 2 fastballs on the right corner
- 2 curves on the right corner
- 2 fastballs on the left corner
- 2 curves on the left corner
- 5 any type pitch down the middle
- 5 any type pitch on the right corner
- 5 any type pitch on the left corner
27 TOTAL PITCHES
Fielding
1. Comebackers (wait & skip step)
2. Bunts
a. throw to 1st
b. throw to 2nd
c. throw to 3rd
3. Pitchouts
4. Covering home plate on WP/PB
5. Squeeze attempt
Position Drills
First Baseman Drills
1. Getting to the base and shifting on various throws
a. Routine
b. Toward home
c. Toward RF
d. "Inside" / "Outside"
e. Stretching for low throws
f. Jumping for high throws
g. Scooping low throws
h. Blocking to save run
2. Fielding bunts with:
a. Throw to 1st
b. Throw to 2nd
c. Throw to 3rd
Infielder Drills (2B, SS, & 3B)
1. Covering the base on SB attempts
2. Tagging runners
3. Fielding grounder, stepping on base, throwing to 1st (unassisted DP)
4. Decoying runners
a. tag play
b. hit & run play
5. Blocking throws to save runs
All Infielders Drills (1B, 2B, SS, & 3B)
1. Ready position
2. Ground ball fielding technique
a. routine
b. forehand (use crossover)
c. backhand (use crossover)
d. slow rollers
e. "rounding off"
3. Short hops
4. Pop-ups
5. DP feeds and turns
6. Cut-offs and relays
Outfield Drills
1. Ground ball fielding technique
a. Routine (throwing hand side)
b. Block
c. Do-or-Die situation
2. Fly ball fielding technique
a. Routine
b. Over the R shoulder (drop-step w/ R foot)
c. Over the L shoulder (drop-step w/ L foot)
3. Playing the fence
a. Fly balls (brace w/ R hand)
b. Stopped balls on the ground behind you.
4. 150-200' long toss (use 1 hop throws)
5. Sliding/diving catches
Catcher Drills
1. No hands block (rag balls)
2. Soft hands (25' away; throw tennis balls; NOT in dirt)
3. Framing
4. Quick feet (25' away; jab step to L & R to catch hard thrown balls)
5. 2 knee throwing (emphasize overhand throw)
6. 1 knee throwing
7. Blocking drill live
- straight on
- to your R
- to your L
8. Block & retrieve
9. Footwork to throw
- to 1st (including "Inside-Outside")
- to 2nd
- to 3rd (RHB variations)
- pitchouts
10. Blocking the plate
11. Throwing to P covering on WP/PB
12. 150-200' long toss
13. Pop-ups
14. Fielding bunts
Hitting Drills
1. Stance check.....relaxed !!!
2. Inward rotation & stride
3. Hip turner without bat
4. Form swing
5. Rapid swings
6. No stride swing
7. Stride, keep hands back, swing ("Stride.......hit")
8. Hit off tee
Throwing & Catching Fundamentals
1. Throwing grip
2. Throwing form: "Down, back & stride, load & throw"
3. Throwing to a target each time
4. Catching with 2 hands
5. Catching the ball inside of the feet
6. Catching the ball above / below the waist
7. "Ready" position
8. Fielding routine ground balls (INF technique)
9. Approaching ground balls: brace R, spread L
10. Recovering booted balls
11. Skip step to throw
12. Backhand technique (see diagram)
13. Reach forehand technique
14. Retreiving balls stopped behind you
15. Receiving a relay throw
16. Fly ball catching technique
17. "Blocking" ground ball technique
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