HOOVER
1. Have infielders start about 30-40 ft from coach or partner. Infielder starts with glove open and finger tips on the ground. Coach or partner rolls the ball to infielder. The glove stays in contact with the ground and open to the ball the entire time the ball is motion except for the last movement. The last movement can be up, but never down. this gets them to feel the old "stay down and work up" concept.

2. Have infielder start at position with coach or partner hitting a fungo to fielder. Need not hit too hard but can make the ball bounce a little (no big hoppers). The concept is the same.

If the player fields the ball correctly, tell him so and build his confidence. If not... if the fielder's hands go up then down, or player flips by showing the back of the glove and then flipping around, or if the glove leaves contact with the ground too early... then the player does a sprint to the outfield fence and back or does push-ups-Good Push-ups.

Great drill to show and feel proper fieldng of groundball technique when breaking down.

Submitted by: Blake H Lyons