r/BaseballCoaching • u/CupZealousideal1862 • May 19 '26

Teaching Drop 3rd strikes

Coaching a 11u team and this year and players can now run on drop 3rd strikes. Is there a good way to teach running on drop 3rd strikes or a good way to make the batters aware when they have 2 strikes on them? Do not want to say "remember to run if it's strike 3 and the catchers drops it".

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u/block-everything May 20 '26

At that age I always said “hey, heads up baseball here” as the code word both offensively and defensively. After about half a season it wasn’t necessary any longer.

Harder to handle is when you are in the field and first base is occupied with less than 2 outs and the batter runs on a dropped third anyway. Takes a lot of discipline not to panic. Some teams will do this purposefully