High school
Fielding / Infield
All positions
Beginner
10 Easy At-Home Infield Drills Progression
Solo progression of short-hop, wall-ball, pancake, and cone-transition drills that build soft hands, timing, and fielding-to-throwing footwork without a partner.
- Equipment:
- Cones
- Duration:
- About 12 min
- Setting:
- Indoor
- Players:
- Solo
Coaching notes
Northern Baseball Training series of 10 progressive at-home infield drills starting from knees/standing short hops and backhands, progressing through wall work (barehand then glove then pancake) and finishing with four-cone fielding-to-throw transitions and timed foot-plant pickups.
Objectives
Develop soft hands, short-hop confidence, proper right-left approach, and clean field-to-throw transitions usable in any space.
Coaching cues
Come around the ball for momentum to first; plant right then left as you pick; stay short through the ball—no swipe; glove out front, butt back, flat back; right foot to left, left to target.
Common errors
Swiping at the ball, popping up after the catch, glove under the body, stopping the feet, poor alignment of hips/shoulders to target.
Steps
- 1. Short hops from knees/standing – stay short through the ball
- 2. Backhands same progression
- 3. Wall short hops barehand then glove
- 4. Pancake glove wall work
- 5. Four-cone square: fielding posture to throw around the box
- 6. Timed heel-lift plant on pickup into throw
Source:
Northern Baseball Training
