Softball drills can be fit into 3 primary categories: hitting (including base-running), defensive (including fielding), and pitching. The mark of an effective softball coach is to look hard at the needs of your team and choose the softball drills that will improve their strengths and shore up their weaknesses.
Here are two free softball practice drills to try with your teams. I have found very little on warm ups for pre-practice softball drills yet they are very important especially in the younger players development.
My youth softball team loves the drill of Bucket Knock Off.
We set up 2 buckets at home plate [...]
If you’re looking for softball infield drills, give this one a try. This one is great and works on the one of the tougher parts of the infielders, the mental game.
Here are two softball hitting drills I use frequently and the improvements are immediate. I drill my players on how picking the ball up early is the difference in a good hitter and a great hitter.
I started these warm ups for girls softball last year. I was getting tired of watching all the balls go scurrying past the players as they were playing catch in warm-ups during softball practice.
My girls absolutely love this softball drill. These are inside softball drills that many of us need this time of year when the first two to three weeks are often spent inside. We call this one the Mat Drill.