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1B Off Bag

Skill Set: Infield

Difficulty Level: Medium

Number of Athletes and Coaches: 1-2 athletes and 1 coach, or 2 athletes as partners

Average Time to Complete: 5 minutes

Equipment Required: Gloves, bucket of baseballs, base, fungo bat

Goal: Focus on making good athletic shuffles to get into position to field a groundball

Description of the Drill:

  • Players is on 1st base, slightly in front of the bag as if they were keeping a runner on the bag
  • Coach is at home plate with a bucket of baseballs and a bat
  • 1 st baseman shuffles off of the bag to get into their fielding position
  • Focus should be on making good athletic shuffles to get into position to field a groundball, not running and crossing the feet
  • Coach waits until the player has taken 1 shuffle off of the bag and hits them a groundball
  • 1 st baseman fields the ground ball and tosses it off to the side
  • Coach hits the 1 st baseman groundballs until they have had 10 repetitions (players may rotate if more than one 1st baseman)

Add Difficulty:

  • To add a degree of difficulty, the coach may also hit short hops to the 1st baseman

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