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Practice05:
3,2,1 Run
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Another game I
like is called "3, 2, 1, Run". In this game, again
divide the team up into 2 teams. One team is at bat and one team
is lined up behind 3rd base. Take 3 balls and line them up at
intervals of about 5-7 feet apart from 3rd base toward home plate.
They should end about half way between 3rd base and home plate.
The team at home is called team 1 and the ones on defense are team
2. Have the 1st player from team 2 stand on 3rd base with her
glove while the 1st player from team 1 is at home plate. When the
coach says, "Go", the defensive player must run to the
1st ball, pick it up and make a throw to a teammate standing at
2nd base (I have a bucket there to drop the balls into), then go
to the 2nd ball and do the same thing and on to the 3rd ball. The
player at home starts running at the sound of "Go" and
runs to 1st base and on to 2nd. The object of this game is to
throw all 3 balls to the defensive player at 2nd base before the
offensive player gets there. This is a LOT harder than it sounds,
but it teaches making fast, accurate throws while under pressure.
After all
members of each team have had a turn, switch places. You may have
to adjust the distance between balls to make it fair for each
team.
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