Archive for March, 2011
Good Coaching Tips for Softball – Batting Tip & Patience
Spring and softball practice go together. Here are some good coaching tips for softball to get your season off to a good start. Batting Tip To get batters to focus on the ball as it leaves the pitchers hand, I have a few baseballs marked with different color dots, and pitch to them. They are [...]
Fun Softball Drills – Two-Handed Catch & Find the Ball
I feel it is important to keep our softball practices fun to maintain interest and motivation. Here are two fun softball drills that my players love, and equally important–learn from! Two Handed Catch To develop eye-hand coordination I have the players take a knee in a radius about eight to ten feet from me. I [...]
Softball Batting Tips – Bat Speed & Power
Here are my softball batting tips. They are designed to build hellacious bat speed and power! Give them a try, you’ll be amazed. Bat Speed & Power Using whiffle balls (or real softballs if you have a L-screen) get about 40 feet away from the hitter and toss the balls in the strike zone. Here [...]
Girl’s Softball Practice – End of Practice Drill
I like to end my girl’s softball practice with a game of running the bases and hitting. It’s good for conditioning and the players don’t seem to notice! End of Practice Drill – Hitting & Running the Bases 1) I divide the team into 2; 1 offense the other defense. 2) The defensive team splits [...]
Softball Hitting Drill – King of the Mountain
For a fun softball hitting drill, we play a gamed we termed “king of the mountain” for 10U. It teaches bunting and the girls love to play it. King of the Mountain Each girl gets cage time and bunts as many as she can in a row. The catch is they cannot bunt a ball [...]
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