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3 TEAM SCRIMMAGE
I have coached girls softball for Little
League for 4 years starting in B-ball. With at least a 12 girl team, young girls
can become bored with drill after drill and yet they want to experience every
position.
I have a scrimmage that is made of 3 teams of 4. One team consists of the
outfield, the second, the infield and the third bats. After the 3 outs, the
outfield moves to the infield, the infield bats and the batters go to the
outfield. Etc., etc.
It has worked our terrifically in building excitement for game situations,
letting them experience both outfield and infield and be competitive. We can
have ourselves a game without hunting for another team to play against.
"3, 2, 1, Run"
In this game, again divide the
team up into 2 teams. One team is at bat and one team is lined up behind 3rd
base. Take 3 balls and line them up at intervals of about 5-7 feet apart from
3rd base toward home plate. They should end about half way between 3rd base and
home plate. The team at home is called team 1 and the ones on defense are team
2. Have the 1st player from team 2 stand on 3rd base with her glove while the
1st player from team 1 is at home plate. When the coach says, "Go", the
defensive player must run to the 1st ball, pick it up and make a throw to a
teammate standing at 2nd base (I have a bucket there to drop the balls into),
then go to the 2nd ball and do the same thing and on to the 3rd ball. The player
at home starts running at the sound of "Go" and runs to 1st base and on to 2nd.
The object of this game is to throw all 3 balls to the defensive player at 2nd
base before the offensive player gets there. This is a LOT harder than it
sounds, but it teaches making fast, accurate throws while under pressure.
After all members of each team have had a turn, switch places. You may have to
adjust the distance between balls to make it fair for each team.
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