Category: Softball Defensive Drills
Softball Skills and Drills – Two In One Drill
The most worthwhile drill I do with my players is working on two things at once: 1. How to pick up a bunt correctly, and 2. How to pick up a dead ball correctly. If you’re working on softball skills and drills you can’t find a better drill than this! I teach my girls to [...]
Softball Fielding Drill
I have a softball drill used for fielding ground balls and it works for me and the girls always seemed to like it. It builds eye coordination, technique on fielding, cardio, and of course confidence. Softball Fielding Drill Set up: Place 5 balls in a spot along the third base line, making 3 more piles [...]
Softball Indoor Defensive Drills – One Minute Drill
This is great for indoor practices to work on accuracy in throwing. The object of the drill is to test the accuracy of the thrower in a one minute period. One Minute Drill Put on object on a traffic cone–(you can use a stuffed animal, a softball, a nerf ball-depending on the age you are [...]
Softball Practice Drills – Infield Warm-Up Drill
I have found a lot of benefit in the following drill. It is an infield warm-up drill and it serves a couple of purposes. At the beginning of the season, it helps me to assess my players’ skills. In addition, it is an excellent drill to hone their infield skills all season long. Infield Warm-Up [...]
Softball Fielding Drills – Rapid Fire Infield Drill & Bare Hand Infield
Here are two softball fielding drills I do after warm-up and stretching when we break out into infield/outfield practice. Both of these drills are for the infielders. Rapid Fire Infield Drill Infielders are at all positions with a catcher on each side of me. Hit the ball to short, who throws to 1st then home. [...]
Softball Indoor Defensive Drills – Hot Box
This is one of our favorite softball indoor defensive drills. It is called the “Hot Box.” I am sure that I picked it up from one of the numerous clinics that I attended over the years, but I have put my own twist on it. Hot Box Since this is an indoor drill, we use [...]
Softball Free Drills and Practice Games – Rag Ball Junk Ball Hitting and Round the Horn Drill
Try these softball free drills and practice games with your teams. They are an easy way to liven up your practices, work on skills and most of all, have fun. These two I use them for hitting and for fielding. The hitting drill I call Rag Ball/Junk Ball Hitting. My favorite drill for fielding is [...]
Softball Throwing Drills – Take Out the Trash Drill
Here is a drill that I love. It is called Take out the Trash! It teaches players how to hit the cut-off, accuracy of their throw to home, & speed with fielding the ball. Take Out The Trash Supplies: 2 garbage cans/barrels (old metal ones), 2 bats, 50 balls, 2 coaches, and a bunch of [...]
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