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