Baserunning Drills | Holy Family Softball

Softball baserunning drills

Holy Family Tigers · Read the ball. Make your move.

3B → Home

Practice the read, the return to the bag, and the first steps toward home.

Jen Fisher demonstrating a third-base baserunning drillWatch on YouTube

Third-base moving read

Jen Fisher · Championship Productions

A practice drill for reading the play from third and making the decision to go.

Softball instruction for running from third base to homeWatch on YouTube

Third base to home: lead & tag

Softball Spot · Baserunning Essentials

Work on a controlled lead in foul territory, returning to tag, and driving off the bag toward home.

From 2B: fly balls & ground balls

Four starting points in MegRem’s Baserunning Scenarios From 2nd Base. Ground-ball reads below assume you are not forced to advance; fly-ball reads assume fewer than two outs.

MegRem explaining second-base baserunning readsWatch from 0:25

Fly balls to right field

MegRem Softball · 0:25

Read the outfielder’s depth and direction. Decide whether to get back to tag or take a controlled lead.

MegRem explaining how to read fly balls from second baseWatch from 1:41

Fly balls to center & the gap

MegRem Softball · 1:41

Keep the ball in view and stay close enough to return if it is caught. Read the drop before committing.

MegRem demonstrating ground-ball decisions at second baseWatch from 1:24

Ground balls up the middle

MegRem Softball · 1:24

Read whether the ball is behind or in front of you. Also watch the shortstop-near-the-bag example at 3:15.

MegRem teaching the read on a ground ball to shortstopWatch from 2:52

Ground balls to SS

MegRem Softball · 2:52

See it through, or read the actual throw to first. Watch the fake-throw example before practicing this read.

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