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Defense · Alignments
Defense · Ground balls and double plays
- D11Ground ball to SS, empty
- D12Ground ball to 2B, empty
- D13Ground ball to 3B, empty
- D14Ground ball to 1B, pitcher covering
- D15Ground ball to P, 1-3
- D16Slow roller / do-or-die 3B
- D17R1, GB to SS — DP 6-4-3
- D18R1, GB to 2B — DP 4-6-3
- D19R1, GB to 3B — 5-4-3 or 5-3
- D20R1, GB to P — 1-6-3 or 1-4-3
- D21R1, GB to 1B — 3-6-1 / 3-6-3
- D22R2, GB to left side — check the runner
- D23R3, infield in, GB — throw home
- D24Bases loaded, infield in, GB
- D25Two-out, any GB — out at first
Defense · Fly balls and tags
Defense · Cutoffs and relays
Defense · Bunts
Defense · First and third
Defense · Steals and holds
Defense · Passed ball, WP, dropped third
Defense · Rundowns
Defense · PFP — pitcher fielding
Defense · Plate and tag plays
Defense · Overthrows and chaos
Offense · Bunt and steal
Offense · First and third
Offense · Baserunning reads
- O17Out of the box — three steps hard, then read
- O18Turn over 1B on a ball in the gap
- O191st to 3rd on a single to OF
- O20Score from 2B on a single
- O21Tag from 3rd — ball caught, then go; freeze on line drives
- O22Tag from 2B on a fly
- O23Advance on WP/PB
- O24Ground ball reads with R1 (avoid the DP — slide into 2B legally)
- O25Two-out sprint — no station-to-station
Battery · Battery
Rules · Rules kids blow
Defense · D50
Wheel vs rotation: when we call which
R1-R2 bunt look. We pick wheel or rotation before the pitch.
R1-R20 out1 out
Coach yells
It's a wheel! or It's a rotate! Say it in the huddle.
Tap a player for his job
SS
Wheel: you have third. Rotate: you may have second.