• 4 Corners
• Basic Fielding
• Circling
• Paddle Drill
• Partner Fielding

• 500
• Batted Fly Balls
• Coach Toss Outfield Drill
• Football Drill
• Outfield Ground Balls
• Over Shoulder

4 Corners

• With a group of 4, make a square.
• Work on fielding ground balls between the 4 players.
• Go clockwise, counter clockwise, and diagonally.

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Basic Fielding

• Ready.  Creep step.  Approach. 
• Right-left-down. 
• Throwing hand on top. 
• Shovel hands with ball back and up. 
• Right-left-throw (align shoulders, set feet). 
• If lateral movement required then pivot/crossover.

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Circling
 

• Shortstops circle balls hit to the right side and in.

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Paddle Drill
 

• Ready.  Creep step.  Approach. 
• Right-left-down. 
• Throwing hand on top. 
• When ball hits hand, shovel hands back and up. 
• Right-left-throw (align shoulders, set feet). 
• If lateral movement required then pivot/crossover.

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Partner Fielding
 

• Partner up players.
• Roll ball on ground between partners.
• Work on good footwork and transferring ball from glove to throwing hand.

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500
 

• Group players out in outfield,
• Coach throws a fly ball towards group, calling out a point value, 100, 200, 300, 400, or 500.
• Players catch ball and earns points.
• When a player reaches 500 the game begins again.

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Batted Fly Balls
 

• Ready position.  Creep step. 
• Get behind/underneath ball. 
• “W” with thumbs. 
• Set up, crow hop and throw.

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Coach Toss
 

• Coach underhand tosses the ball up in the air for player to catch.

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Football Drill

• Coach plays quarterback.
• One player is receiver.
• One is the safety.
• Receiver runs route trying to get open, safety tries to defend receiver.

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Outfield Ground Ball
 

• Safe vs. speed pickup. 
• Approach, field, for speed pickup slow down on approach.
• Field ball to glove side, crow hop/throw

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Over Shoulder

• Player faces coach
• Coach points in one direction, directing the player to run.
• Coach throws a fly ball in front of player.
• Player should get under ball, use two hands, be ready to throw ball into infield.

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