The purpose of this fun drill is that it helps players work on sacrifice bunting. The equipment needed would be a throw down base, helmet, bat, baseball and 4 cones.
The setup for this drill works as a good station drill during batting practice. It can best run with three players or 4 players for younger players with a coach or parent. It will be important to place the throw down base in a particular area where the group does not have to worry about being hit by a stray baseball. This will serve as a home plate. Then, the coach would place 2 cones on the first base side and another 2 cones on the third base side. These will act as the target for the players who would be bunting the ball.
The execution involves having 1 player batting, who will get 10 pitches. The player does not have to bunt a bad pitch. 3 fielders will be placed which will be the umpires for strikes and ball. The player positioned in the center will act as the pitcher. The duty of the pitcher is to take a stretch and throw so that the player bunting can get into the proper position as well as bunting. One point assigned for each bunt that makes it between the cones. After 10 pitches have been played, the players will rotate 1 position. After all the players have had the chance to play the10 bunts, the player with the most points will be the winner.
Things the need to be watched out for during this drill are that,
This drill can be cause contentions if a player doesn’t play decently. This regularly happens if a player feels he didn’t get great pitches to hit. At the point when it’s his swing to pitch he may attempt to get it past the player or make terrible pitches deliberately. You might need to allot a parent to watch the drill and let you know whether there were any issues. Utilize this as a chance to talk about the significance of reasonable play with gatherings of players that are experiencing issues. These are typically similar players that get frantic at the umpire since he is not being reasonable. On the off chance that there are numerous issues, have a parent play the part of pitcher and make it a 3-player drill.
