Drill

Drills

Baseball

Backhand Angle Approach

Field balls to the glove side without losing throwing footwork

10 min
3 sets of 8 backhands
Intermediate
Demonstration video coming soon

Instructions

  1. 1Set up and take a rounded angle behind the path of the ball rather than a straight line at it.
  2. 2Field the backhand with the glove-side foot forward and the thumb turned down.
  3. 3Plant on the outside foot and step through toward the target to throw.
  4. 4Repeat working deeper in the hole each set.

What to focus on

Getting behind the ball so the throw travels through the target.

Common mistake

Attacking straight at the ball and ending up drifting away from first base.