By: Janine Hernandez

Place three balls on the ground, evenly spaced, about 3/4 of the way from third base to home. The fielding team has a third baseman and a group at second base. Another team is at bat (without bats). When the coach yells, “Go,” the batter (runner) runs, as fast as she can, to first base and on to second. The fielder at third base runs to the first ball and makes a throw to a teammate at second base, then goes to the second ball and makes a throw to the same fielder at second base and does the same thing with the third ball.

The object of this game is to make three good throws from third base (third-base line) to second base before the runner gets to second base. If the runner gets there first, or if the fielder makes a bad throw or bad catch, the batters get one point (you can use any value you want). If the fielders get all three balls to second base before the runner gets there, no points are awarded.

I have been using this drill for years. We use it at least once per week. It really helps improve throwing accuracy and base running.