Hello Coaches,
Are you ready for another season of watching your youth baseball team make tons of errors? Well, if your not,check out a few drills you can use winter work outs or spring training. These drills are fun for youth baseball players, along with helping them learn fielding fundamentals lacking many of today's youth baseball players.So print them up for for better results fielding the ball this year.
Outfield Bucket Drill
Place a large garbage can (clean one please) on its side, on home plate so that the opening faces second base
Players make 2 lines in right and left field. Coach is at 2nd base with bucket of balls. * Have the first two 샌즈카지노 players in each line break away from their groups and assume a normal ready fielding position
Throw a soft pop fly into the air for the fielders to catch. * After the catch, they crow hop and throw the ball at cutoff-height to home plate. Instruct them to throw the ball into the bucket with the ball bouncing once or twice prior to home plate. Players rotate after each throw, and then
Change lines after 2 throws. Add grounders to the mix, showing them how to field balls along
With making proper strong throws home.
Throwing skills include aggressively squaring the body to the target, the crow hop; correct arm extension with fingers atop the ball and pointed straight back; grip the ball across the seams; hip roll and follow through.
Emphasize proper fielding techniques. The players should be catching the ball with there
Momentum taking them towards home plate or the base they are throwing to. Show them
How to run to the spot, step back some, and then come in on the ball. Receive the ball above the bill of their hat, slightly toward the throwing shoulder; glove fingers are pointed to the sky (not turned SIDEWAYS.
To improve focus of the players in this drill, make it a contest between 2 or 3 evenly matched groups. Make up scoring rules, and watch the focus improve. This always adds fun to a work
Out as long as the teams are even. Our Advanced course goes into drop steps, crossover steps, fielding grounders on the run, and much more.
Call out the Number Drill
Take 12 to 24 balls and put the number 1 or 2 on each ball, evenly divided as possible. Have players line up at shortstop, 2nd base, 1st base, and home plate with their gloves. Divide them evenly as possible; you can have whole team in on this drill if you want.
The thrower at home plate picks a ball out of the bucket, and rolls a pretty hard grounder to player at short. The player fielding the ball at short will call out the number on the ball, and throws it to 1st or 2nd base.
After ball is thrown to 1st base, that player will then throw ball to second base, where that player will run ball back to a bucket by shortstop. Each time a throw is made, the player must tag that base before the next throw is made. Errant throws must be retrieved and that base tagged before next throw is made. Any of the 3 players can go get the poor throw, but the throw must go back to the right base before the next throw is made.
The players rotate while ball is being put in the bucket (fielder goes to first, first baseman goes to second, and second baseman goes to end of line), or they can go to home plate and be a thrower. Thrower then would go to short to become a fielder.
The drill can be turned into a competition by splitting up into teams and simultaneously conducting the drill (other team starts in between home and first and throw to third for #1 and home for #2) or timing each team on how long it takes them to complete 12-24 balls. Emphasis should be put on setting the feet to throw to the proper base, along with a quick release with out taking an extra step, and that making good throws will avoid lost time chasing after wild throws. As players advance, make sure proper footwork for tagging a base and throwing to the next base is taught. Players should be taught to stay in low crouching position while making quick throws to 2nd base from shortstop
Circle the Bucket Drill
Helps player to use proper footwork (shuffling and rounding of ball) by circling the bucket before fielding ball. This will help them to use footwork that will square them to target, and provide momentum for their throws.
Need bucket of balls along with extra bucket.
Players line up at shortstop with a bucket 5 feet in front of them. The coach sets up at pitcher's mound with bucket of balls.
As the coach rolls slower speed grounders at the bucket, the player circles the bucket from the 3rd base side and fields the ball, keeping his footwork right, and momentum moving toward 1st base.
The speed of the grounders will increase, as players get better at this drill. This drill is about proper form, not how fast we do it. Increase speed only as players do drill correctly. To add more difficulty have players circle ball from first base side.
Have each player do this 5-6 times. You can have players be the rollers also, and then rotate back to fielding line.
I hope you find these drills helpful.The key to a good practice is that the kids have fun while they learn.You really don't have yell and shout if the team doesn't do it just right.Just look first for the effort.
Thanks Coach Chip
I had been a pitcher in the university for three years and I love every single minute I play on the triangle field. Like everybody else, I have my own set of ups and downs. I have been seriously into losing and I have also been into losing myself during a game which is a very deadly thing I have ever committed in my pitcher's life. As a pitcher, I am not allowed to lose control over my pitching because once I do; I can usually see a very predictable ending and that is simply losing when I could have let my team win. So here we well talk about dos and don'ts.
Do arrive on a game earlier than the scheduled time because you need the little time of warm-up before seriously stepping on the pitcher's plate. However, do not overexert yourself more than you have to because it could lead to sloppy pitches later on. I have a usual routine during a warm-up. I usually just throw the ball in a relaxed, pitching manner to my catcher but do not really show off the real speed and power I got during my pitches. Sometimes I can find a very surprised look from opponents because they did not see how I really pitch during warm-ups and this can be a very good opportunity to have them expect a sloppy pitch because they will lose their timing.
Do focus yourself on the pitching mechanics but do not go overboard which means that you stay on the way you are pitching. Do not try anything new during a game because an actual game is not a practice where you try different things. In practice you can go beyond which you normally do but when it comes to the actual game, only keep what pitching mechanics works on you best. If you want to incorporate something new into your pitching, do not do it during a game but rather do it during your practice. Once you change how you pitch during the game, the opponent will catch on and read exactly what you are doing.
Do take care of your legs. Your legs are the source of all the power that your hand releases. I often have experience in the past about muscle strain on my thigh and legs and I usually pitch slower than the normal speed I usually throw of. That is why I would suggest you to maintain to shape up your legs because it is one great source of power during your pitching. Remember that you have the most important role on that field and nobody else has that great power than you are. You do a lot of work unless of course you let your opponent hit your pitch and surely your team mates will go scrambling to get that ball.
I have only mentioned three essential things to remember as a pitcher. I am not saying that they are absolute and without exception but once you get the hang of it, I am sure you will be the best pitcher there is.