Archive for May, 2010

Drills for Girls Softball – Basketballs & Golf Balls

| May 28, 2010 | Comments (0)

These drills for girls softball are ones I used with my U18 softball team. I try to make softball practice fun while improving softball skills at the same time.

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Softball Hitting Drills – Multiple Ball Toss

Softball Hitting Drills – Multiple Ball Toss

| May 26, 2010 | Comments (0)

One of the softball hitting drills that my team likes is the multiple ball toss.

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Youth Softball Drills – 4 vs 4 vs 4 Scrimmage

Youth Softball Drills – 4 vs 4 vs 4 Scrimmage

| May 24, 2010 | Comments (0)

One of the youth softball drills that I use with my 12 person 9 & 10 year old softball team is to conduct a scrimmage using the format of 4 vs 4 vs 4. This works well because I can field an entire infield and a couple of outfielders.

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Softball Drills and Coaching Tips – Pickle Drill & Team Building

Softball Drills and Coaching Tips – Pickle Drill & Team Building

| May 21, 2010 | Comments (0)

Here are some of my favorite softball drills and coaching tips. The drill is a classic and all players can learn from it. The coaching tips are essential to building mutual respect and understanding of the team and the individual players.

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Softball Batting Drills

| May 19, 2010 | Comments (0)

As most softball coaches, we always start out the year with basics. Here is one of the softball batting drills I have done in the past and it’s is very simple.

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Girls Softball Drills – Players as Base Coaches

Girls Softball Drills – Players as Base Coaches

| May 14, 2010 | Comments (0)

This is one of my favorite girls softball drills that works on a couple of things at the same time…we all like those!! I use this mostly for when I need my players to coach first base. I do this while working with middle school girls (so coaching bases is new to them).

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Softball Practice Drills – Stations and Tennis Balls

| May 12, 2010 | Comments (0)

First of all, we run our softball practices with stations. Thankfully we have enough volunteer parent’s. We always seem to have enough to do these softball practice drills, so the kids are always moving and not getting bored. One of the toughest things we have found coaching 8 and 9 yr olds is beginning to [...]

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Kids Softball Drills – Tennis Ball Catching Drill

Kids Softball Drills – Tennis Ball Catching Drill

| May 10, 2010 | Comments (0)

Before every softball practice and before starting the kids softball drills I make sure my players are lined up in a row with an arms length distance between one another.

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