SKILL AREA 06 6 LESSONS

Baserunning

Know where to run, read the play and move safely around the bases. Connect baseball words and ball-in-play decisions to purposeful movement around the bases. Sliding belongs inside this skill area.

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SKILLS YOU’LL LEARN.

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Know where to run

3 LESSONS →
BUILD

Read & react

2 LESSONS →
STRETCH

Slide safely

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6 READINESS-BASED LESSONS

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01 / START HERE

Know where to run

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Know Your Bases

Call single, double, triple and home run; run to the destination.

Bases
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Run Through First

Teach sprinting through first on appropriate batted-ball plays and slowing afterward.

Bases
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Round the Bases

Introduce controlled turns and touching the bases.

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02 / BUILD

Read & react

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Tag Up or Go

On a caught fly ball, return to the original base and leave at or after the catch; on an uncaught ball, decide when safe to advance.

BasesSoft ball
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Read the Ball, Read the Coach

Recognize stop/go cues and simple runner decisions.

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03 / STRETCH

Slide safely

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Sliding Fundamentals

Introduce safe, age-appropriate sliding where permitted and useful.

Bases
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GEAR FOR THIS SKILL

EQUIPMENT USED
IN THIS MODULE.

Start with simple, age-appropriate equipment that makes successful repetitions easier. Product recommendations and purchasing will be added as the F3 shop develops.

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RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Bases

Practice bases

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RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Cones

Field cones

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RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Soft ball

Foam or soft practice ball

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RELATED SKILL AREAS

These connections are useful next steps, not required prerequisites.

03

Hitting

Build contact confidence from the tee to moving pitches.

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Situational Awareness

Learn where to go, where to throw and how to think through the play.

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