Youth Baseball Drill | Hot Potato Youth Baseball Drill
This youth baseball drill is a youth baseball fielding drill to develop soft hands and quick under hand soft throws as though the team member tossing the baseball was a 2nd baseman making a short close toss to the shortstop or vice versa. Another instance is the first baseman tossing to the pitcher covering first. Another real game example for this youth baseball drill is the catcher tossing a passed ball to the youth baseball player covering home.
Hot Potato Youth Baseball Drill
The whole team stands in a circle about 15 ft. in diameter around the pitcher’s mound to prepare for this youth baseball drill.
Using their bare hands, each team member must under hand toss the ball to a random team member in the circle.
The team member catching the ball must catch with their bare hand and throw to another random team member in the circle.
If a team member drops the ball or makes a bad toss, they are out of the circle. The baseball coach is the referee in all cases.
After a few practices of doing this drill, you then let them add their glove to the drill. I use bare hands in many cases with youth baseball players, getting them use to catching the ball properly.
Another addition to enhance the youth baseball drill is while the team members are tossing the baseball to and from each other.. the coach can chant “faster, faster” to add pressure to the situation just like in a game.
As a coach be sure and demonstrate the proper way for a toss. We don’t won’t the hand to go to high causing a lob with the ball. Step toward the player short quick toss with the tossing hand extended toward the target.
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