Archive for April, 2011
Softball Conditioning Exercises – Warm Up Practice Drill
With my team, I like to start every practice off with base running. It gets them warmed up, and reinforces the habits of good base running. You can’t find better softball conditioning exercises than this! Warm Up Practice Drill We concentrate on the basics first, specifically things like running ALL THE WAY THROUGH first base. [...]
Free Softball Coaching Drills – Teamwork and Competition
These free softball coaching drills work well to instill teamwork and provide friendly competition. Teamwork Drill Divide the entire team into two teams. One team hits the infield, the other team lines up behind the plate. Coach hits a ball to a random location. Runner takes off running to each base. The fielding team needs [...]
Girl’s Softball Practice – Target Throwing Drill & Rapid Fire Fielding Drill
Trying to liven up the girl’s softball practice, I brought out a couple of traditional drills and added some extras. This sparked renewed enthusiasm in the practices for sure. Target Throwing Drill I took the old target practice drill for throwing, and I made the targets my trash cans. My kids ages are 10-7, and [...]
Softball Throwing Drills – Miss Piggy Drill
This is one of the favorite drills of our fastpitch softball team. In order to break up the monotony of the many softball throwing drills we run I have added a new addition to our team. We call her “Miss Piggy”. Miss Piggy Drill During catcher throw down drills to 2nd, I will put a [...]
Softball Outfield Drills – Post & Flag Fly Balls
I have found that there are a wider variety of drills available to infielders, so I looked for inventive ways to add some spice to the softball outfield drills. This softball drill also sneaks in some conditioning! Post & Flag Fly Balls Position one softball coach in each of the standard outfield positions. All players [...]
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