The following fielding drills are demonstrated:
Fielding Drills
Infield Drills
- 4 Corners
- Basic Fielding
- Circling
- Paddle Drill
- Partner Fielding
- 500
- Batted Fly Balls
- Coach Toss Outfield Drill
- Football Drill
- Outfield Ground Balls
- Over Shoulder
4 Corners
- With a group of 4, make a square.
- Work on fielding ground balls between the 4 players.
- Go clockwise, counter clockwise, and diagonally.
- Ready. Creep step. Approach.
- Right-left-down.
- Throwing hand on top.
- Shovel hands with ball back and up.
- Right-left-throw (align shoulders, set feet).
- If lateral movement required then pivot/crossover.
- Shortstops circle balls hit to the right side and in.
- Ready. Creep step. Approach.
- Right-left-down.
- Throwing hand on top.
- When ball hits hand, shovel hands back and up.
- Right-left-throw (align shoulders, set feet).
- If lateral movement required then pivot/crossover.
- Partner up players.
- Roll ball on ground between partners.
- Work on good footwork and transferring ball from glove to throwing hand.
- Group players out in outfield,
- Coach throws a fly ball towards group, calling out a point value, 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500.
- Players catch ball and earns points.
- When a player reaches 500 the game begins again.
- Ready position. Creep step.
- Get behind/underneath ball.
- “W” with thumbs.
- Set up, crow hop and throw.
- Coach underhand tosses the ball up in the air for player to catch.
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Football Drill
Football Drill
- Coach plays quarterback.
- One player is receiver.
- One is the safety.
- Receiver runs route trying to get open, safety tries to defend receiver.
- Safe vs. speed pickup.
- Approach, field, for speed pickup slow down on approach.
- Field ball to glove side, crow hop/throw
- Player faces coach
- Coach points in one direction, directing the player to run.
- Coach throws a fly ball in front of player.
- Player should get under ball, use two hands, be ready to throw ball into infield.
Courtesy of Eden Prairie Baseball Association
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