Position Skills Checklist

Catchers  Pop-ups  Fielding Bunts: throws to first, second, third  Shallow flies to center and right field  Three throws to first: , ,     Pickoffs  Holding Runners Shortstop  Throws to third with a right handed batter  Covering on steals (2nd & 3rd)  Knee throws to bases  Covering second and third on bunts  Cutoff  Pickoffs (2nd & 3rd)  Rundowns  plays from the pitcher, second, and  Foul balls first  Playing the fence  Relay from left and center  Pop-ups  Taking a charge  First-and-third play  Foul balls behind third  Force- at home and throw to first  Pop-ups  Passed ball with a runner at third  Shallow flies to left and center  Blocking Balls  Holding runners  Framing   First-and-third play  Giving Signals  Fake throws     Rundowns  Intentional Walk Third Base Pitchers  Fielding bunts  Fielding Bunts  Squeeze  Squeeze Play  Force-out at third and throw to first  Pop-ups  Holding runners and throw to first  Fielding balls to the left side  Fake throws  Covering home on passed balls  Balls in the hole  Double Plays  Double plays to second  Intentional Walk  Covering third on a pickoff    Pop-ups  First-and-third play  Playing the fence  Backing up third and home  Coverage on intentional walks  Rundowns  First-and-third play  Rundowns First Base  Relay on the left-field line  Tagging the base  Tagging the runners  Fielding the bunt  Blocking balls  Working with the pitcher on bunts  Do or Die  Working with the second baseman covering first  Hitting relay  Working with the second baseman on balls wide  Hitting cutoff of first  Covering bases  Throws to third  Playing the fences  Tagging first and throwing home  Throwing to bases  Double plays  Footwork: drop step, inside roll, outside roll  Cutoff  Diving for balls  Short first base  Balls overhead  Tweeners: & outfield Second Base  Communication: infield & outfield  Covering first on a bunt  Working with the first baseman on balls wide of first  Double plays  Pickoffs  Fake Pickoff  Relay from right field  Foul balls behind first