This idea for baseball spring training was sent to me by one of my readers. Try this fielding drill with your team to get them ready for the season!
From Mario…
Here is a baseball drill I use that my team loves.
You need 3 (5) gallon buckets, a back stop, 2 coaches and 1 baseball per player.
You split the team into 2 teams. 1 player playing second base and 1 playing right field. The balance of the team is standing next to the coach. The coach throws the ball behind the right fielder and yells cut-off. The second baseman runs out to be the cut-off man.
The right fielder hits the cut-off man who in turn makes a throw to home plate. Sitting on home plate are the 3 buckets that must be hit directly or with 1 hop. After the cut-off man makes the throw the outfielder becomes the 2nd baseman and a new player runs out to play right-field. The original second baseman goes to the back of the line and the drill starts again.
Now the fun part. You do the exact same thing with short-stop and left field and make it a competition between the 2 teams. Most hits or 1st to hit wins the competition. We use the 1st to hit the buckets as the winner since my boys are 7-10 years old.
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