- Squat
grounders
- Butt
down
- Feet
outside shoulder width
- Weight
on balls of feet
- Thighs
parallel to the ground
- Head
up
- Glove
out in front
- Roll
grounders to them and they should field it (alligator/ clam technique)
then throw it back to you w/out getting out of squat. Takes a few practices to get
coordination (for the coaches also)
- 5
each, emphasize staying in squat
(3x times thru)
- Underhand
toss drill (hi 5 and/ or pop up)
- Pivot
and face target
- Jog
to target showing the ball
- Toss
the ball to target and follow through with their arm above their head
(high-5)
- Drill
ending 1: High five the
coach -or-
- Drill
ending 2: Run past the coach and catch a pop up
- 3 cone
overhand throw (space cones approx 3’ apart)
- Cone
1: Start in fielding position with
the ball in their hand then turn and step toward target (cone 2) –Keep
front shoulder pointed at target
- Cone
2: Throw ball
- Cone
3 Follow through past
- Under
hand toss relay
- Make
a square with 4 cones approx 20’ apart
- 1-2
players at each cone
- One
player starts drill by jogging, showing the ball, tossing the ball to the
next cone (teammate) and following through with the throwing hand over
their head in the high-5 position.
- The
teammate receives the ball, turns to next target and repeats the toss
technique
- Reverse
direction after a few times through (important to do each direction)
- Great
drill to do games with
- Bunt
for points (older kids)
- Put
circles in the infield for girls to aim bunts
- 5
points in circle: 1 point for a fair bunt: 0 points for a called strike
or missed bunt
- Give
them 5 strikes (make it tougher by using live pitching)
- Two
strike drill
- Live
BP – player gets up with an 0-2 count
- They
needs to stay alive without TAKING a third strike
- Emphasize
“anything close” mentality - Make a game of it
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