Often the pitcher in youth and even high school games sees her responsibility ending with the release of a pitch. That is a bad and lazy habit which should be broken as early as possible in a girl’s career. On fly balls with a runner possibly tagging from second, the pitcher must be in position to backup the throw to third. Similarly with a fast runner on first and a base hit to right or center, she should be in position to backup third. Also when there is nothing going on at third but there are likely to be plays at other bases, she should position herself wherever she sees an open space in the field where an errant play can allow a runner to move up. Say there’s nobody on and a batter lines a single to right, there exists the possibility the rightfielder will try to make a play on the batter heading to first or even try to throw behind her if she rounds the bag. The catcher should be coming down the baseline behind the runner and the pitcher should put herself into a good position in case the ball bounces off the first baseman or runner and back towards the infield. Finally, on plays at home, assuming you’ve got a backstop more than five or ten feet behind the plate, the pitcher must be in position to back up the play and prevent the ball from rolling away, allowing other runners to advance. If the backstop is in tight, the best place for her to position herself is going to be just up the third baseline since likely the hustling first baseman will be backing up the play at the plate on the first base side.