I am looking for a simple per game to do before a game. I am coaching HS freshman and want something simple but good.
thanks!
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Assuming you are talking about in/outs and if you have two coaches...
Coach A stands near the mound with a catcher and hits OF fungo's to all OF's for throws to 2B and 3B. IF's take turns taking throws @ their appropriate base. Throws to 2B are relayed to 3B so that all throws back to catcher go behind coach A hitting fungo's. Concurrently, coach B stands near home plate with a second catcher and hits ground balls at varying depths to first basemen who throw back to catcher. Then, Coach A hits a round to OF to throw home. First basemen rotate handling of cutoff duties (with catcher lining them up). Then, coach A moves back to home plate to give IF standard reps on plays to first, turning two, do-or-dies. Coach B makes his way to outfield sideline to hit more reps to OF's who congregate in deep center.
This gives everyone plenty of reps for most types of plays in a short, organized timeframe with no one standing around at any time.
In case you have not been there the best coaching site (actually for lots of stuff..) on baseball is www.webball.com.
Their drill page is below and is has a diagram of pregames. My favorite (if you have lots of coaches, or get some of your bull pen pitchers) is to do a 2-3 man infield fungo, you put a second first basemen behind one on the bag and then you can get a ton of ground balls to the infield while you are doing the OF fungo.
