Skill Set: Infield

Difficulty Level: Easy

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

Goal: Wait until the ball is thrown to stride towards the ball with the glove side foot

Description of the Drill:

• Players is on 1st base, with throwing side foot on the bag facing the coach
• Coach is in the 2nd baseman position with a bucket of baseballs
• Coach throws baseballs to the 1st baseman
• 1 st baseman should wait until the ball is thrown to stride towards the ball with the glove foot and catch the ball with their throwing side foot still on the bag
• 1 st baseman places balls off the side and gets ready to receive another throw
• Coach throws the 1st baseman balls until they have had 10 repetitions (players may rotate if more than one 1st baseman)
• This can also be done with the coach throwing from different positions

Add Difficulty:

• To add a degree of difficulty, the coach can throw the ball to the right and left of the 1st baseman, making them stretch to different types of throws