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Outfield Drills
Tonight's drills are for outfielders. In elite-level baseball outfielders can be a pitcher's best friend by turning those long gappers into long outs.  You only get 21 outs on offense and turning a double into one of those outs on your opponent is a huge bonus for any team.

Remember, don't practice until you get it right.  Practice until you can't get it wrong.

Outfielder Drills

All of these drills you can practice with a handful of baseballs, a moderately large field, and a buddy to toss the fly balls when needed.  Concentrate on technique and slowly amp up the speed of the drill...

Outfield drop-step -- chase down that gapper


Setting up the throw from a fly ball -- throw out the runner trying to tag up

Outfield Relay -- you can't throw it if you don't pick it up