| If you play baseball you should concentrate on | | | | the far side, and to bring the foot that was lined |
| your athleticism all year long! Agility is a necessary | | | | up with the outside cone to the middle cone. |
| trait for baseball players because you have to | | | | Remember to stay low and to shift your weight |
| have quickness when trying to react to making a | | | | back and forth to the "outside" with each lateral |
| play on a ground ball, getting the jump on a pop | | | | shuffle. Count a repetition every time you shuffle |
| fly, or making the first move to dive back to the | | | | to both sides. Stay low and touch the outside |
| bag when leading off of the base! All of these are | | | | cones with your outside hand each time you |
| hard examples that define quickness and agility. | | | | shuffle. Perform each lateral shuffle as quickly as |
| Check out the following 2 drills that you can | | | | possible. |
| implement to help you to improve on all of these | | | | 2. 8 Cone Shuffle And Sprint: For this drill you will |
| examples you encounter on the field of play. | | | | need the availability of 9 agility cones and some |
| 1. 3 Cone Shuffle: For this particular drill you will | | | | flat open space. Line the first 8 cones up in a |
| need the availability of 3 agility cones. This is a | | | | straight line and place the 9th cone in line with the |
| great quick foot drill for baseball players to | | | | first 8 cones with a distance of 10 yards between |
| improve on lateral agility. To start, set up the | | | | them. Start the drill by lining up in front of the |
| cones in a straight line with about 2 feet of | | | | straight line of 8 cones. Shuffle laterally back and |
| distance between each cone. Stand facing the 3 | | | | forth between the 8 cones progressing forward |
| cones in an athletic stance with your inside foot | | | | as quickly as possible. Once you shuffle around |
| lined up in front of the middle cone and your | | | | the 8th cone explode into a full sprint all the way |
| outside foot lined up in front of on one of the | | | | past the 9th cone. This is great for improving a |
| outside cones. From here the objective is for you | | | | baseball player's overall athletic performance and |
| to make a quick single lateral step shifting the | | | | conditioning! Give it a try. |
| middle foot to line up with the outside cone on | | | | |