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title: 7 Creative Infield Drills Used To Effectively Develop Your Players [Videos]
description: Are you looking for new and effective ways to improve the mechanics, range, and consistency of your infielders and catchers?
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# 7 Creative Infield Drills Used To Effectively Develop Your Players \[Videos\]

Posted by [Trent Mongero](http://info.fungoman.com/journal/author/trent-mongero) | Dec 7, 2016, 10:12:07 AM

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Are you looking for new and effective ways to improve the mechanics, range, and consistency of your infielders and catchers?

I've put together a short, but very effective video drill series that will do just that.

These exact drills have made a huge difference for my players, and if you implement them, I'm certain you will see a dramatic increase in the confidence and performance of your players as well. 

Each video clip below is actual footage from our skill development workouts this past fall.

 

**Drill 1: Four Second Feet — Game Speed Ground balls**

**<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2swIIVOYWuI" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>**

- Purpose: Executing ground ball to 1B in 4 seconds.
- FungoMan Timer: 4 seconds
- The average MLB right-handed batter takes 4.3 seconds to run to first base. A left-handed batter takes 4.2 seconds. We set the internal FungoMan timer horn at 4 seconds to create game speed tempo and improve game consistency of our infielders.

 

**Drill 2: First Base Random Pick Drill**

**<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/b19rRX9nGSI" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>**

- Purpose: Executing picks at 1B, work low picking the ball ground-up, keep palm parallel to ground to pick the hop, trusting instincts
- FungoMan: 3-4 second intervals

 

**Drill 3: Game Speed Pop Time Catchers Drill**

<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TcU2CylhNZ0" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

- Purpose: Catcher catches the ball from machine and makes throw to 2B for the out under 2.5 seconds
- FungoMan is positioned on mound and internal timer is set 2.5 seconds. This simulates an 85 MPH pitch (.5 sec) and a desired pop time for our catcher (2.0 sec or under).

 

**Drill 4: Infield Choose Your Hop Drill**

**<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RFYDGZlFttw" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>**

- Purpose: Working on footwork while identifying extreme topspin ground ball hops
- FungoMan: Extreme Topspin

 

**Drill 5: Tags At 2nd Base Drill - Good & Bad Throws**

**<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vs_-5nQQKGE" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>**

- Purpose: Catching throw from Catcher, straddle the base, make the tag, and show the umpire.

 

**Drill 6: 5, 6, 7 Triangle Drill - Infield Catch**

**<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WfgGNxoaJnE" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>**

- Purpose: Catching difficult fly balls in the triangle

 

**Drill 7: Navigate Dugout Pop-Ups In Foul Ground**

**<iframe style="margin: 0px; display: inline-block;" xml="lang" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/U_E-nIaD43w" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>**

- Purpose: Gaining a true home field advantage, by catching pop-ups around the dugout

 

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