Tag: "baseball defense"

Catcher Drills for Base Stealing

Having been a catcher in my playing days, I know the need for hard accurate throws when runners steal. Unfortunately it is one accept of the game which is not practiced enough at Junior level, and I started doing this practice with my teams. Catcher Drills for Base Stealing Aim of the drill is to [...]

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Baseball Defensive Drill – Double Play Drill

My players were in a tournament this past weekend and lost.  Part of the reason we lost was that we gave up several opportunities to turn some double plays as we couldn’t execute on a basic infield pop fly with a runner taking a big lead. Double Play Drill I used a pitching machine and [...]

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Baseball Defense – 21 Drill

Baseball Defense – 21 Drill

This game is great for baseball defense and great for conditioning.  We call it 21.  21 = the number of outs necessary to win a 7 inning game so you can adjust the number based on how many innings you play in a complete game. 21 Drill Set up the defense excluding the pitcher. Set [...]

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