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      In baseball, we tend to emphasize - as we should - the need to get rid of the ball quickly. Of course, that doesn't do us any good  if the throws aren't good, or the other guy drops it. Use this  little drill as a competition to practice good throws and good  catches.<BR><BR>Star by splitting your team into two or three  squads. If possible, have the same number of players on each squad,  and certainly make sure to spread the talent out as equally as  possible. Have each squad for a line, with a gap between ech player  roughly equivalent to the gap between the second baseman and first  baseman on your infield. Have the first player pick up one ball,  make a good throw to the next guy, then have him turn and throw it  to the third player in line, and so on. <BR><BR>After they've done  the drill a time or two, place three balls on the ground at the end  of each line. When you give the signal, the race begons - the object  is to move each ball to the end of the line. If a player misses the  ball, due to a bad throw or a muffed catch, he must return to his  place in line before throwing it again. Once the first ball reaches  the end of the line, the second ball may be put into play. The  winning team is obviously the one who finishes first - have the  losers do ten jumping jacks.<BR><BR>Vary the competition by allowing  the players to have all balls in play at once, but don't let them  get carried away and whack one another in the head in a rush to win.  For another twist, you could require any dropped balls to be carried  back to the beginning of the line - really emphasizing the need for  a good throw. Of course, you can always make the drill more  challenging by increasing the gaps between the players, but don't  let them get so far apart as to make the throws too difficult for  your lesser-skilled players; this defeats the purpose  entirely.<p></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" class="main-text14">
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Throwing Relay Race

Olan Suddeth

In baseball, we tend to emphasize - as we should - the need to get rid of the ball quickly. Of course, that doesn't do us any good  if the throws aren't good, or the other guy drops it. Use this  little drill as a competition to practice good throws and good  catches.<BR><BR>Star by splitting your team into two or three  squads. If possible, have the same number of players on each squad,  and certainly make sure to spread the talent out as equally as  possible. Have each squad for a line, with a gap between ech player  roughly equivalent to the gap between the second baseman and first  baseman on your infield. Have the first player pick up one ball,  make a good throw to the next guy, then have him turn and throw it  to the third player in line, and so on. <BR><BR>After they've done  the drill a time or two, place three balls on the ground at the end  of each line. When you give the signal, the race begons - the object  is to move each ball to the end of the line. If a player misses the  ball, due to a bad throw or a muffed catch, he must return to his  place in line before throwing it again. Once the first ball reaches  the end of the line, the second ball may be put into play. The  winning team is obviously the one who finishes first - have the  losers do ten jumping jacks.<BR><BR>Vary the competition by allowing  the players to have all balls in play at once, but don't let them  get carried away and whack one another in the head in a rush to win.  For another twist, you could require any dropped balls to be carried  back to the beginning of the line - really emphasizing the need for  a good throw. Of course, you can always make the drill more  challenging by increasing the gaps between the players, but don't  let them get so far apart as to make the throws too difficult for  your lesser-skilled players; this defeats the purpose  entirely.

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