Defensive Situation Recognition
Dugout Master ✓ Official Dugout Master drill
Players are given common game situations and must identify where they should go, what their responsibility is, and where the next throw should be.
Game IQ⏱ 15 min👥 7-14 players
Setup
Put a full defense in their positions with bases down. Coach works from the plate with a fungo and a bucket. Have a whiteboard or just call the situations out; runners are optional at first.
Execution
- Coach calls the situation: number of outs, runners on base, score, inning.
- Before the ball is hit, every player says their responsibility out loud to a neighbor.
- Coach hits a ball; the defense plays it out.
- Coach freezes the play at the moment of the throw and checks every player's position.
- Change one variable — an out, a runner — and hit the same ball again so the right answer changes.
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