No Runners
Single to Left, Batter Hustles for Two
LF → relay (SS) → 2B
Nobody on base. The batter lines a single to left field and rounds first hard, trying to stretch it into a double. The shortstop goes out as the relay man and the throw goes to second for the tag.
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Coaching notes
Key point
Even with nobody on, the throw goes through a relay man — the shortstop — not on one long heave from the fence.
Drill
Hit balls to the left-field corner and time the shortstop getting to the relay spot lined up with second base, ten reps each.
Watch for
Outfielders trying to throw the runner out by themselves and sailing the ball into the dugout — hit the cutoff.