Focus To make contact with the ball on the bunt; to break from third base as soon as the pitcher’s stride foot hits the ground.
Setup Two bunters and two runners are at the bases; two pitchers are in the center of the diamond, kneeling down. Each pitcher has several balls at his side. A third [...]
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Bunting Drills
Focus To cushion the ball with the bat or “catch” the ball with the barrel of the bat.
Setup You’ll need two or more pitchers and two or more bunters to do this drill.
Procedure To emphasize the importance of feathering the ball onto the bat-sort of a “catching” action-tape a glove onto the barrel of the [...]
Focus To drag bunt down one foul line, push bunt down the other, and follow with a hit and run.
Setup One batter, two fielders at pepper game depth (30 to 35 feet from the hitter). Do this drill in the outfield, using the outfield fence as a backstop.
Procedure The batter drags a bunt down on [...]
Focus To bunt good bunts or pepper-like ground balls through the infield or to an infielder. Fielders practice good communication.
Setup This is another three-man drill, with one batter and two fielders at pepper game depth (30 to 35 feet from the hitter). You’ll need at least a dozen balls at each three-man station. Use the [...]
Focus To bunt the ball into fair territory, 3 to 5 feet from the foul lines and 20 feet from home plate.
Setup This is a three-man drill. One player pitches to a bunter from 35 to 40 feet; the third player is fielding the bunts and returning balls to the pitcher.
Procedure Each player bunts 10 [...]
Focus To determine the running time from home to first base for every player on the team.
Setup Form a box with four bases 90 feet apart.
Procedure Same as the Drag and Dash drill. Four bunters are at the bases; four pitchers are in the center of the diamond, kneeling down. Each pitcher has several balls [...]
Focus To practice bunting techniques, including getting out of the box efficiently and exploding down the baseline with proper running form.
Setup Set up a four-base diamond with bases 45 feet apart. Four “bunters” are at the bases; four “pitchers” are in the center of the diamond, kneeling down. Each pitcher has several balls at his [...]
Focus To bunt the ball about 20 to 25 feet, as close to the foul line as possible.
Setup You’ll need three players for this drill and at least six baseballs. A pitcher throws from 40 feet to the batter; the third player fields the bunts and tosses them back to the pitcher.
Procedure The pitcher throws [...]
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