Base Circuit Drill
Purpose
Base running to all bases
Equipment:
field, bases, helmets, 1 bat
Procedure
· To begin, place one player in the coach's box at first base. Put the first runner in the batter's box at the plate with a bat.
· All other players line up in the home plate vicinity.
· Pitcher simulates throwing a pitch. Batter executes normal swing mechanics, breaks from batter's box and sprints to first base.
· Batter runner to run full-speed through the bag at first.
· After the batter has sprinted to first, he becomes the first base coach.
· The first base coach becomes the runner at first.
· The next player in line steps to the plate with a bat.
· The pitching coach simulates the next pitch. The batter swings and breaks toward first. The runner at first steals second with a slide into the base.
· The pitching coach simulates the next pitch. The batter swings and breaks toward first, Runner on first steals second with a slide into the base. Runner on Second takes a proper turn around third and heads for home.
· Continue......
Key Points
o Each runner runs the base circuit in three stages, and a full circuit includes three runners running separate stages.
o It is a good conditioning drill, but mostly it prepares them to run the bases properly and with a mission.
Relay Drill
Purpose
Base running to all bases & conditioning.
Equipment:
field, bases, helmets, 2 balls
Procedure
· Split players up equally at 1st and 3rd bases.
· Each team (at 1st and 3rd) has a baseball.
· The coach stands at the pitcher’s mound and signals for the relay to start. Once started, the first player at each of the bases begins running in sequence along the base paths. 1st – 2nd – 3rd – home – 1st and 3rd – home – 1st – 2nd – 3rd.
· The ball is then “handed” to the next player in the relay line.
· This continues until all players have run the bases. The team back to the original base after going through all runners is the winner.
· If uneven teams, the first runner for one team may need to run twice.
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