Bad baserunning from a baserunner or trail runner from a ground ball or fly ball Good defensive decision by your cut person Delay steal on your pitcher or catcher Pickoff attempt on 1 st, 2 nd or 3 rd Missed squeeze at 3 rd Bad decision on passed ball or wild pitch 1 st or 3 rd steal attempts

Team alert “ball up”, “rundown” Outside/inside lanes created Angle to runner if trapped away Tag with 1 or 2 hands Call for “Ball” or “Now” or say nothing Go all the way back to the base or cut it short Move toward the ball as you call for it No crossing of lanes

Dart throw Dart throw Running dart throw Running dart throw Glove up or glove down as you Glove up or glove down as you run

Receiving the dart throw as you pinch Receiving and returning of dart throw Receiving the dart throw and tag, one or two hands

Sprinting in a rundown position Sprinting and dart throwing Receiving and calling for the dart throw Trap away angle to runner as you commit her

Runners on each base, defensive players at their positions. Start rundown at a base and run the rundown

Same as last drill and start the rundown from a cut position

Bill Edwards – Head Softball Coach Larissa Anderson – Associate Head Softball Coach Courtney Oliver – Assistant Softball Coach