Category: Outfield
Type: Drill
PLAY 500
During midseason when all your offense and defense's are installed and your practices are basic maintenance, a good competitive drill for the outfielders is called "500". It combines as many skills as you want as well as being fun for the players. We usually break it down into 2 days so the drill itself does'nt get too repetitive.
On day 1 the four skills are ground balls to the left and right around cones, line drives and fly balls against the fence. On day 2 it is deep fly ball to the left and right, do - or - dies and sliding catches.If the player does the skill correctly and completes the play then they get 25 points. If they don' tdo the skill correctly or don't complete the play then they get a -25 points. If a player makes a spectacular play on the sliding catch, for instance, the then coach can give them an extra 5 to 10 points.
You can obviously use any combination of skills that you want for any of the positions. I suggest that you include at least one skill that is fun for the players like the sliding catch drill. We usually let the 1st and 2nd place winners choose their field cleanup chore. When we do this drill the other position players can also be "playing" this drill.
It is a great drill because we can get something productive done and the players don't get bored.
Submitted by: Dan Fager
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