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Live Rundown Drill
Live Rundown Drill

Baseball: Live Rundown Drill

Dick Moss, Editor, PE Update.com

This drill will give your players practice in rundowns—those situations in which a baserunner gets caught between bases.

Setup
All defensive players, including the pitcher and catcher, assume their positions around the infield. Place one baserunner halfway between home plate and first base, and another midway between first and second. The coach stands behind the pitching mound with a ball.

How to Play
On your signal, the baserunners begin running the bases. Whenever you feels it's appropriate, throw the ball to a defensive player. That player must then  make a throw so that one of the baserunners is caught between bases, initiating a rundown. Ideally, the play should be made on the runner who is closest to home plate.

Rundown Tips

   
References:
1. Jacquie Joseph, Defensive Softball Drills, Human Kinetics Publishers, 1998.
2. Pete Williams, Darrell Miller, Baseball: How To Play The Game: The Official Playing and Coaching Manual of Major League Baseball, Universe, 2011.


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