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Lesson 8:
Outfield Throwing Game
This builds off of our 1st to 3rd Base Running Game, but instead of coaches as the fielders, we have the players throwing, running, and catching. So we try to get everyone involved and not standing around.
Again make sure you are still enforcing good fundamentals. The player who throws must use proper mechanics: our ready, break, throw. The player fielder at third must be ready to receive the ball finger tips up and to make good lift or swipe tags.
Instructions:
Have a line of players in outfield
Have another line of players as the runners
Coaches will be both cutoff and at the base the ball is thrown towards
The player runner must make the proper arc before 2nd base so that they are running in a straight line from 2nd to 3rd base.
Score the number of outs and switch the lines after 3 outs.
Variations:
Have players throw to 2nd base or to home.
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Over the 38+ years of coaching baseball, all the baseball drills I used and all of the practice templates I have created, as well as camps and coaching different levels and ages of kids, I have learned some valuable things about how to run a baseball team. I want my players to smile and have fun! Youth Baseball Practice has to engage kids while helping them learn the game step by step. We encou...