The game serves the purpose to develop soft hands which will be useful while catching the ball on the ground. To play the game, you would need hot water balloons and a warm sunny day to enjoy. The water balloons you buy for the game should be of specific size. They shouldn’t be too small […]
To help the players with improving their fielding skills and making good throws in the ground, Bucket of ball drill is used frequently. This drill is a fun competition and keeps the players engaged to win the game. To prepare for the game, you would need an inner area with bases and a bag full […]
The prime purpose of Star Game Drill Is to practice infield, conditioning and base running. It can be turned into a competition too to bring fun and learning both into one play. This game is called Star Game as the winner learns how to be good with all the different techniques of baseball. To initiate […]
During fielding the ground ball, at some point, the players have to field the ball as a short-hop. This drill gives them a practice on how to short hop if they didn’t move. When starting the game, you should have two lines of players who will work in teams similar to what if they are […]
Usually when an infielder needs to field a ball to the side, he makes the play but if the ball hits directly at him, this results in an error. The drill is used to teach the infielder on how to handle when the ground ball hits him directly. The equipment used for the drill will […]
The prime purpose of infield rotation drill is to train the player to ground ball in three different ways. The equipment used are the baseball, bats and the cones. You can also bring in a few extra cones in order to mark the starting point. The game starts when you part the group into four […]
Ground ball competition is basically done to find the fielding grounders and to get done the placement of the players in a perfect manner. Before you start the game, you divide the group in two teams. Every team should have minimum of one play and maximum of four players. You should have a chalk to […]
In the game of ground ball, it is very important to work on fielding and throw of ball. The purpose of carnival grounders drill is to help the players get good with fielding grounders while they are moving towards the ball. The equipment used for learning this drill is baseball and cones which are marked […]
Ground ball – backhand drill is used to teach the in-fielders on the fielding techniques. These techniques are for hitting on the right side. To start up with the game, you will need a glove and one cone along with the baseball. The cone should be placed between short and third or it can be […]
The drill ‘Follow the ball’ is commonly used to warm up the players and explaining how the in-field drill works. You would require simple in-field base area and some balls. One player will be placed at one in-field position while the pitcher will remain empty. If you have more players, they all will remain at […]