Defense:  Two Player Read

Objectives:
Practice movement on defense, keeping ball in play and reading a hitter.

  1. Defenders start in middle back and right back defensive positions.
  2. Coach hits a ball to either defender.
  3. Defender digs ball back to Coach
  4. After dig players change from Middle Back to Left Back and Right Back to Middle Back.
  5. Repeat for a set number of digs.

Variation:
Defenders do not switch automatically, they read the coaches shoulders and adjust their defense based on the read.

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