Throwing Drill

• One - Athletic Position
  • Knees flexed
  • Weight over the balls of your feet
  • Feet shoulder width apart
• Two - Glove and Hand come together
  • Glove comfortably at chest level
• Three – Hands break together
  • Push thumbs down and arms up to the scarecrow position
  • Back arm goes down, back, and around
    • Peace to the centerfielder
    • Fingers stay on top of ball throughout
  • Front arm points elbow to the target
    • Glove takes a picture from behind
    • What time is it
• Four - Step
  • Front leg goes forward - landing plane
  • Front arm pulls downward
  • Knee inside the foot with the front foot slightly closed
  • When foot lands the back elbow is even with or slightly above the shoulders (scarecrow position)
• Five - Throw
  • Ball released in front of body

Hitting Drill

• One - Athletic Position
  • Knees flexed
  • Weight over the balls of your feet
  • Feet shoulder width apart
• Two - Knocking Knuckles
  • Line up knuckles that would knock on doors
  • Point index fingers to the sky - they should align
• Trigger and Load
  • Hands and weight shift slightly backward
    • Weight stacked
  • Stride to thin ice
• Swing down and hard

Fielding Drills

• One - Athletic Position
  • Knees flexed
  • Weight over the balls of your feet
  • Feet shoulder width apart
• Two - Prep Step
  • Glove extended
  • Step with right foot, then left
• Three - Ready Position – athletic position
  • Reached at completion of prep step
  • Begging for the ball – thumbs down
• Four - Right – Left Field
  • First step with foot opposite the glove hand
  • Glove hand extended with first step
  • Second step with glove landing the plane
  • Form triangle
  • Glove always taking a picture of the ball as it comes forward
  • DO NOT FLIP