Offensive Stations – Cage Work and Baserunning

• Set up in a cage or up against a fence.
• Tee set up in front of the middle of the plate
• Hitter sets up even with the plate, while partner places a ball on the tee
• Hitter hits the ball at the middle contact point for 3 swings, then moves the tee to the inside contact point
• Hitter hits the ball at the inside contact point for 3 swings, then moves the tee to the outside contact point
• Hitter hits the ball at the outside contact point for 3 swings, then the partners switch
• Focus should be on hitting the middle ball up the middle, the inside ball to the pull side, and the outside pitch to the opposite field
• Partners switch after 9 swings
• Set up in a cage or open field
• Screen set up 20 feet from the plate
• Coach sets up screen to the left side of the cage, slightly angled
• Coach underhand tosses from the left side of the screen across the middle of the plate
• Hitter tries to hit the ball back up the middle, working on timing with the coach’s pitches
• Focus should be hitting the ball back up the middle, staying inside the baseball
• Partners switch after 10 swings
• Screen set up 30 feet from the plate
• Coach underhand throws the ball down at varying speeds and locations, trying to mix up pitches to keep the hitter focused
• Hitter should work on seeing the pitch out of the coach’s hand
• Focus should be on identifying the speed of the pitch, strikes and taking good quality swings
• Player starts in the batter’s box with a bat, other players in a line behind them against the fence of the backstop
• Coach/partner acting as pitcher, goes through a wind-up without a ball for every hitter
• Cone set up 5 feet in foul territory from the 1st base foul line, 10 feet up the line from 1st base
• The batter swings, drops the bat, and runs to first, staying inside of the cone and striking the front inside corner of 1st ba...