Category: Softball Practice Plans

Speed Drills for Explosive Softball Power

Speed Drills for Explosive Softball Power

Softball is a game of pure acceleration. You never hit top speed. The following speed drills will condition your players for speed and power on their runs – whether they are running the bases, or going after that ball. Let Go’s For this speed drill, you’ll need a partner and some kind of a belt [...]

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Video: Organizing Practice with Defensive Progression

Video: Organizing Practice with Defensive Progression

During the above video, we’re going to talk about how to plan a softball practice using defensive progression. As a coach, when you’re working on the defensive game, the key is to go through a progression of drills during softball practice before you start actual game situation drills. Here’s the progression we recommend you use: [...]

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Tackling Signs & Signals for Enhanced Communication

Tackling Signs & Signals for Enhanced Communication

Today, we’re going to talk about a very important part of a softball practice: going over signs and signals. Signs and signals deal with communication, which is important in any endeavor. It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about softball or business or education or marriage, communication is important. And it’s important that we communicate clearly [...]

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Softball Practice Drills to Get Your Players Quicker and More Explosive

Softball Practice Drills to Get Your Players Quicker and More Explosive

Today, we’re going to talk about some softball practice drills that will help to improve your players’ speed, getting them to be more explosive out on the field. Jump Rope Softball Practice Drill Jumping rope is great for teaching the quickness and athleticism that we need. Start with two foot jumps. Pull the toes up [...]

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Indoor Ball Handling Softball Drill

With this drill we practice grounders, short and long throws, running toss and underhand toss while maintaining alertness to the changing requirements of the catch and throw from each new position. Indoor Ball Handling Softball Drill Useful when space is limited, such as gymnasium. Station players at 4 corners of “gym” (for convenience these are [...]

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