Preparing a team for the start of the baseball season requires you to give your team drills in practice. The best drills challenge your players. When you implement a drill that can be turned into a competition, you keep your players' attention from start to finish.
Recognition Batting Drill
Coaches want hitters who can hit the ball to all fields. This takes hand-eye coordination and bat control. In this drill, use three colored balls when you are throwing batting practice. When you pitch the baseballs that are painted blue, your hitters are supposed to hit them to left field. When you throw the white baseballs, the hitter should try to hit the ball up the middle. When you throw the ball with the orange tint, the hitter hits the ball to right field. This takes excellent recognition and the ability to wait on the pitch. Each time a hitter hits the ball to the proper field, he gets a point. The hitter with the most points wins the drill.
Outfield Drill
In this drill, the outfielders have to keep the ball from going to the wall when you hit it in the gaps. The outfielders take their position, and you hit the ball to the various openings in the field. Hit four balls to each outfielder. Give him two points for catching the fly ball on the run and one point for keeping the ball from getting through and rolling to the wall. The outfielder with the most points wins.
Base-running Relay
In this drill, you line up half the team at home plate and the other half at second base. On your signal, the first player in each line sprints around the bases. When she gets back to he starting point, she will tag the hand of the next player in line. That player then sprints around the bases. Continue in this manner until all players have run. The team that completes the relay with no players missing any bases wins the drill.
Four-Ball Drill
Hit each infielder four ground balls. On the first grounder, the infielder throws the ball to first base. On the second grounder, the infielder throws to second base as if starting a double play. On the third ground ball, the infielder throws to first, then returns to his base and takes a return throw from the first baseman. The first basemen throws to third and takes a return throw from the third baseman. On the fourth grounder, the player throws home to get the runner at the plate. Each time a player picks up the ball without fumbling, he gets a point. He gets an additional point for each accurate throw. The player with the most points wins the drill.
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