Defensive Stations – IF, OF, P, C

• The following stations should be set up on the infield or in an open area with a coach.
• Players are at least 60 feet away from the coach in a line (or in the infield positions), one player at 1st base
• Coach is near home plate, hits groundballs to players
• Players field ground ball, staying low, and come up to shuffle feet once, gather the ball in the throwing had, to throw to 1st base
• Players should stay under control when shuffling and get themselves in a better position to throw
• Players field and throw the ball, then rotate to the back of the line
• Coach hits groundballs so that each player receives 10 repetitions
• Players in a line at the short stop position o Coach/player hitting fungo slow rolling ground balls at least halfway from home plate
• Players charge the ball, running through the ball, and field on the run
• Players throw the ball in stride to the 1st baseman, moving through the ball after they field it
• Players can also set their feet to throw the ball to the 1st baseman
• Players throw the ball to the player at first base and then rotate to the back of the line
• Players rotate through the line until each player has fielded 10 ground balls
• Infield is at all positions except pitcher, catchers do not need gear, just gloves
• Coach 1 set up beside home plate to hit ground balls
• Coach 1 hits ground balls to each position, one at a time
• Players field the ball and throw it to first base; first baseman tosses the ball back in to the catcher
• Coach 2 starts timer when ball is hit and stops timer when first baseman catches the throw
• The goal is for each position to get the ball to first base in 4.3 seconds or less per position
• Players should focus on fielding the ball cleanly and playing at game speed
• Coach 2 should tell the player their time after every rotation
• Coach 1 rotates hitting to infielders until all fielders have fielded 10 grounders
• All outfielders start in a line in center field, all middle infielders in a line beh...