Softball Practice Drills – Bases Loaded Force-Out Play

Purpose: To develop defensive tactics for making the force-out with two outs and the bases loaded. This can be a mental training drill for pressure situations.

Procedure: This drill will use one softball, a bat and gloves. You will rotate pitchers. Set up a complete infield, including the pitcher and a catcher, and place runners at each base, including home plate. The coach stands in the batter's box and hits a slow ground ball to any fielder.

The player on home runs out of the batter's box toward first base. Where and how the fielder fields the ball determines where she will throw the ball to. Upon fielding the ball the other fielders should know what base to cover

There is a force out at every base when the bases are loaded. On a bases-loaded situation with two outs, players are usually taught to make the throw to first base; however, in some situations, that may not be the easiest throw to make. Fielders should throw the ball underhanded for the force-out, if they have fielded the ball cleanly and their momentum takes them to a base close to them.