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This page was last updated: 9/9/2009

                                                     Three Flies In

This drill is competitive and includes hitting from a soft toss and fielding fly balls or ground balls. The objectives of the drill are to have fun (competitive) and to get practice hitting and fielding.

THREE FLIES IN

DIVIDE YOUR TEAM INTO TWO RELATIVELY EQUAL TEAMS

ONE STARTS AS OFFENSE, THE OTHER AS DEFENSE

DEFENSEPOSITIONED IN THE OUTFIELD - ON THE GRASS

OFFENSE HIT WITH A SOFT TOSS FROM HOME PLATE

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OFFENSE HITS THE BALL ?

A FLY BALL:      HITS THE GRASS    = 1 RUN FOR OFFENSE

        CAUGHT      = 1 FLY BALL FOR DEFENSE

A GROUND BALL:     FIELDED CLEANLY        = 1 GROUND BALL

         THREE GROUND BALLS = 1 FLY BALL

           MISHANDLED           = 1 RUN

A BALL THAT DOESN’T GO TO OUTFIELD GRASS = 1 FLY BALL

WHEN THE DEFENSE GETS THREE FLY BALLS THEY CHANGE TO OFFENSE

AFTER SEVERAL ROUNDS  (EACH TEAM ON OFFENSE ONCE) THE TEAM WITH THE MOST RUNS IS THE WINNER.