Softball: After lost season of 2020, teams are getting back to basics
Thornton Academy is among many teams focusing on fundamentals because of young and inexperienced players.
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Thornton Academy softball coach Tony Miner hits grounders to his infielders during a practice earlier this month in Saco.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Finally, after the ball rolled away from several players, he stopped the drill.
“This is an under-control drill,” he said. “Some of you are out of control. You’ve got to get your body under control in order to receive the ball and to throw it.”
The drill resumed, and nary a ball hit the ground again.