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Video: First Baseman Responsibilities and Drills
During the above video, you’re going to learn quite a bit in regards to the first baseman, including a few great fastpitch softball infield drills. Fly Ball Communication Let’s look at fly ball communication with the first baseman. Your first baseman should work on communicating with the outfielders as well as dropping back on her [...]
How To Chase Down A Foul Ball – Safely!
http://youtu.be/8u6j5JeFNu8 There are only two times when the fence comes into play, it either goes deep enough, or wide enough. Having players that can calmly and coolly venture into foul territory to get that extra out is a huge bonus for your defense, but oftentimes leaving the field of play will have your players distracted [...]
Softball Defensive Drills – Tag Technique
In my last post, I took a look at the different kinds of tags a 3rd baseman would use. Here the defensive player had to make the catch and then tag the baserunner out before they can touch the base. But in the case of a force, or a first baseman, simply tagging the base [...]
Softball Defensive Drills – How to Make the Tag
Position at 3rd base is extremely valuable in baseball – that’s why your going to want to have one of your best infielders on that base. And one of the things that a third baseman has to be good at, is tagging the runner at the base. It doesn’t matter how great a throw or [...]
Softball Training Drill – The BOX
I call this game or drill, ”The Box”. The purposes of the game are: 1) Hitters learn to hit the ball from gap to gap hard on the ground or on a line, 2) Infielders get ground ball work live off the ball, and 3) Outfielders get fly ball work and learn to communicate. The [...]
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