Skill Set: Infield

Difficulty Level: Medium

Number of Athletes and Coaches: 2-3 athletes and 1 coach, or 4 athletes as partners

Average Time to Complete: 5 minutes

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

Goal: 2nd baseman pivots on glove foot, brings throwing foot back to open up to 2nd base

Description of the Drill:

• Players are in the second baseman and shortstop positions
• Coach is near home plate, hits ground balls the 2nd baseman
• 2nd baseman fields the ground ball by getting their body behind the ball and pivots on their glove foot and brings their throwing foot back to open up to 2nd base, staying low, to throw a short dart
  throw to the shortstop covering 2nd base
• 2nd baseman should not use full throwing motion when making a dart throw, only a very short throwing motion
• Shortstop covers 2nd base to receive the flip from the 2nd baseman
• Coach hits 10 ground balls to the 2nd baseman, and then the shortstop and 2nd baseman switch
  positions
• This can also be done with shortstops making dart throws to 3rd base