![]() ![]() The teaches the players to either “stay home” if the ball is hit in their direction or break to cover 2B if it is not. Start by rolling balls from the pitchers mound and having players attack the ball. In some leagues it can be a key out (suppose your league limits runners from stealing second). It is crucial to work the 2B/SS play as that’s an easy throw and catch and it can build some confidence. As soon as the play is over the player who caught the ball at 3B or 1B returns to the end of their line. This turns into a good catching drill too as the throws are short. After making the play the fielder goes to 3B if they were in the SS line or 1B if they were in the 2B line. The line at 2B makes the play and throws to a fielder at first. The fielder who makes the play at short throws to 3B. One drill we like is to set up two lines. With four coaches, one can hit to 3B, one to SS, one to 2B and one to 1B. With two coaches, have one hit to SS and the other hit to 2B. You can even have four coaches hitting grounders. You need one or two coaches to hit grounders. Here I am fixing it - notice that you need to actually show player where to put ball. This drill is terrific to get players to use both hands to field ground balls and to get their throwing hand on the ball quickly. The player holds the position with the ball for a count of 3-2-1 and then pops up into throwing position and throws ball back to coach. The player must use the throwing hand to cover ground ball. When the ball gets ot the player have them bend, keeping back flat and parallel to the ground. Freeze after Fieldingįor any ground ball drill, you can add a freeze to it. If he can take 100 ground balls, there should be no reason young players should not get as many ground balls as possible. Ozzie Smith, hall of fame shortstop, insisted on taking 100 ground balls before each game. Once this happens, bad things tend to be contagious and team defense can suffer. If the second baseman missed a nice easy roller, the team and especially the pitcher can easily become frustrated. If a shortstop misses a tough smash deep in the hole, well the team just shrugs and moves on. ![]() Remind teams that games are usually won or lost based on fielding routine ground balls. There is no substitute for repetition for ground balls.
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