Baseball Team Drill
April 19, 2010 by Coach Todd Williams
Filed under Baseball Coaching Drills, Baseball Drills, Baseball Practice Drills
Goal: Teach actual game play conditions, and teach the batter to place the ball to specific locations.
Drill:
1) Start by dividing up into teams of 4.
2) Bring in the first team of 4 to bat, the rest of the teams play defense in the field. (short sided defense in the outfield is fine)
3) Each team bats [...]
Beat The Ball Drill
Set up the defense and a hitter gets one soft toss from plate to put the ball in play, the harder the better, no bunting. It is the job of the defense to field it and throw to first, second, third, and home plate in succession before the runner gets around the bases. [...]
3-Way Scrimmage
April 19, 2010 by Coach Todd Williams
Filed under Baseball Coaching Drills, Baseball Drills
If you have 12 kids, you can do a 3-way scrimmage.
Divide into 3 teams of 4. One team hits, one plays infield, and the other plays outfield (with one player remaining at the backstop an undressed catcher).
Coach pitches from the mound behind an L-screen.
The trick is to have players line their helmets and bats up [...]

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