Category: Softball Hitting Drills
Hitting Mechanics – Developing a Short, Compact Swing
In order to have a short, compact swing through the zone, you have to understand hitting mechanics. In today’s article, we break down the swing and discuss the important factors that lead to hitting success. The first thing you have to do is understand that your trying to drive the knob of the bat inside [...]
Softball Hitting Mechanics: The Basics – STANCE
Hitting is one of the most complicated and difficult tasks of all athletics. It takes hours and hours just to refine a sound, fundamental swing. And that’s only the beginning. You must first understand some basic concepts about softball hitting. Concepts of Softball Hitting One of the most important concepts of softball hitting is where [...]
Video: Softball Hitting – The One Arm Drill
In today’s video blog post, we are going to talk about softball hitting and the “One Arm” drill. This is a great drill that focuses on the arms, emphasizing unlocking the elbow and then the wrist. During the drill, we’ll work hitting down the inside, middle and deeper in the zone. Equipment Needed regular ball [...]
Video – Common Softball Hitting Problems & Solutions
In today’s video, we will be exploring some of the most common softball hitting problems that all players experience, and how to fix them. We have all coached players who experienced one – or more! – of these problems at some point in time: Stiff Front Arm Upon Swing Front Shoulder Pulling Out Rotating Away [...]
Video – Audible Partner Side Toss Drill
During the above video, you’ll learn about a softball drill called the Audible Partner Side Toss. With this softball drill, the player has to make a decision and call out the color of the ball as it comes into her zone. The good thing about this softball drill is that it has a number of [...]
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