The 60-yard dash is used to determine sheer sprint speed, and it is chosen to determine the athlete's ability to run from the length of two bases.  If you decide to incorporate this for your child, do so sparingly and make sure that your child is warmed up.  Also, when beginning this drill, reduce the length from 60 yards to only twice the distance from home to first. Keep the number of such dashes very low and GRADUALLY build up over time.







• Infielders have to go to the corners and throw across the field from the edge of the outfield grass.  For example, first baseman go to the edge of the outfield behind first base, and then they have to throw across the field to third base.  All other infielders go to the edge of the outfield grass behind third base and throw to first base.







• Catchers are tested on pop-ups behind home plate and their throwing times from home plate to second base.  This tests the catcher's "pop-time" in throwing out runners stealing second base.  If your child is playing in a league where stealing bases is not allowed then introduce this technique gradually, and only when nearing the levels where stealing bases is permitted.







• All outfielders go to right field and are hit fly balls.  They then catch the ball and throw to third base.  Scouts look at arm strength, how straight the ball is being thrown, and accuracy.  If you decide to introduce this skill to your child's practice then make sure that he is warmed up and limit the number of throws in order to save his arm.







• When asked to hit, scouts do not look at the end result of whether the ball was a hit, home run, foul ball, etc.  Instead, they look at mechanics in order to determine if there is a "loop" in a batter's swing, weight transfer, and the batter's overall approach to the plate appearance.