Tips and drills for shortstop and third baseman | Iza's Softball Drills

Retired Coach Dennis Rogers demonstrates the 3rd base drills he uses to train infielders. Find more infield drills here: https://bit.ly/3Mgqg6a | Baseball Coaches Insider

Third base is the easiest position to learn and here’s why… The hot corner is definitely a challenging position to play, however, if you have a a player that you want to give some infield innings to, 3B is the easiest to teach and learn. First, the third baseman is on the cutoff on a play to home plate when the ball is hit to left field. Other than that, the 3B just needs to cover their base. This makes 3B the easiest position to learn for any new player to the infield. Are there other situation

What would you do as the third baseman in this situation? With runners on the corners and an extra basehit to the LF wall. There’s two ways to approach this play as the third baseman. First, we know this is a double cut 4 because the runner on third is going to score and so we’re thinking 3 bases ahead of the runner on first. The SS goes out as the relay, 2B backs up, and option 1 is the 3B can be near the bag as the extra cut allowing him to still get to his bag if there’s a play at third. It’s