Skill Set: Infield- Team

Difficulty Level: Hard

Number of Athletes and Coaches: Full infield and 2 coaches

Average Time to Complete: 10-15 minutes

Equipment Required: 1 fungo hitter (coach), bucket of baseballs, gloves, infield with bases, stop watch

Goal: Get ball to first base in under 4.3 seconds from each position, play at game speed

Description of the Drill:

• Infield is at all positions except pitcher, catchers do not need gear, just gloves
• Coach 1 set up beside home plate to hit ground balls
• Coach 1 hits ground balls to each position, one at a time
• Players field the ball and throw it to first base, first baseman tosses the ball back in to the catcher
• Coach 2 starts timer when ball is hit and stops timer when first baseman catches the throw
• The goal is for each position to get the ball to first base in 4.3 seconds or less per position
• Players should focus on fielding the ball cleanly and playing at game speed
• Coach 2 should tell the player their time after every rotation
• Coach 1 rotates hitting to infielders until all fielders have fielded 10 grounders

Add Difficulty:

• To add a degree of difficulty, the infield can turn a double play (time limit 4.6 seconds)