This drill allows athletes to perfect relay throws from outﬁeld to inﬁeld to catcher.
Outﬁelder sets up in outﬁeld. Inﬁelder sets up at edge of inﬁeld. Second inﬁelder sets up in middle of inﬁeld. Catcher is at home plate.
- Inﬁelder at edge of inﬁeld throws a ground ball or fly ball to outﬁelder who catches the ball and makes the relay throw back to the inﬁelder at the edge of the inﬁeld.
- Inﬁelder catches the ball, turns and makes the relay throw to the second inﬁelder who is standing halfway between the edge of the inﬁeld and the catcher. He catches the ball, turns and makes the relay throw to home plate.
- Catcher catches the ball and makes a swipe tag.
- Catcher then drops into squat position, pretends runner is trying to steal, comes up and throws back to the inﬁelder. He catches the ball and throws it to next inﬁelder.
- He catches the ball and throws a ground ball or fly ball to outﬁelder and drill repeats.
- Outﬁelder should be treating ground or fly ball like a real game situation – meaning he should either charge the ground ball or get behind the fly ball so that he is catching it with his momentum going forward.
- Keep throws relatively short to get in a lot of repetitions.