Type: Drill
JAMIE
This is an excellent drill to start your defensive practice using every player on the
team to warm up fielding & throwing. I usually start this drill with 4 balls allowing for 4
overthrows. As we are trying to field the ball correctly we are also emphasizing
accurate throws. If the 4th ball is overthrown the entire team will take a lap around the
field (jogging) and the drill will start over. I've had great success with this drill
narrowing the no. of balls down to two. Anyway.... On to the drill. Setup a player at 1st
base with a 2nd player as a backup. Setup a catcher at home. All other players are at
3rd base with one player playing 3rd base and everyone else in line outside the foul
line. Coach is at home plate with the 4 balls and a bat. Coach hits grounder to 3rd
baseman who fields the ball; makes an accurate throw; follows her throw and
becomes backup at 1st base; player playing first base after catching ball makes
accurate throw home to catcher; then follows her throw to become catcher; catcher
tosses ball to coach(catcher than goes to end of line at 3rd base) who hits to next
player in line at 3rd base. After entire team completes fielding & throwing to from 3rd
base; move to ss; then to 2nd base; then back to 3rd base and run bunt defense with
a player at 2nd base moving to 1st base for the catch (other words on the bunt
defense you now have the 1st base backup playing 2nd base and 1st base as well as
3rd base are charging the bunt. After the play the 1st base comes home to be
catcher; 2nd base becomes 1st base, 3rd baseman moves to 2nd base and catcher
gets in line at 3rd base.
Submitted by: Vickie O'Brien
