“Two-ball” (4-10 players) Two-ball is somewhat similar to to flip. It’s also a mini-game where everyone stands in a circle. In this game we practice tossing and catching and being quick about it. Peripheral vision is also practiced since you most times has to toss the ball to someone without looking at them. The game …
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“Flip” (3-10 players) (two versions) Flip is a fun game that trains hand eye coordination. You can change the game so that you either hit the ball or catch and throw the ball. Depending on which version you choose you’ll be practicing timing in hitting or quick hands when catching and passing the ball. Essentially …
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For practices where you don’t have quite enough players attending to organize skirmish games of 5 vs 5 in a regular baseball5 game, you can opt to modify the field and play “Baseball3”. “Baseball3” is just what we call a 3 vs 3 game of baseball5 where we change the field dimensions to be played …
Coming up with drills and mini-games for a smaller group of people at practice can sometimes be difficult. Luckily for you, I’ve had too much experience trying to make a practice work for 2-4 people. That’s just how it is when you are coaching in a sport that isn’t the most popular. I have many …