Category: Softball Tips

4 Softball Pitching Drills to Improve Mechanics

4 Softball Pitching Drills to Improve Mechanics

As we all know, pitching is very technical. So it is great that we have appropriate drills for each part of the pitching mechanics. By incorporating these drills, you’re going to increase muscle memory in each part of the pitching activity. But I would quickly like to preface it with a short review about the [...]

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5 Drills to Help Your Players Become Quicker & More Powerful

5 Drills to Help Your Players Become Quicker & More Powerful

Today, we want to share with you some softball drills that will help make your athletes more explosive. If we can make better athletes, we can make better softball players. Straight ahead speed, quickness, agility, balance. These are skills that you need to have to play better softball. Fast Leg Run Drill Start with a [...]

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Softball Hitting Mechanics: Increasing Bat Speed

Softball Hitting Mechanics: Increasing Bat Speed

Today we’re going to take some time to talk about the mechanics of softball hitting and how to develop bat speed. Hitting a softball is commonly recognized as one of the most difficult sports skills we have. The reason being, the batter has to be concerned with a variety of factors and mechanics in order [...]

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Softball Batting Drill – Plug in the Socket Drill

To get my players away, 8UAA, from thinking about squishing the bug to hip rotation I used the following idea that I picked up from another coach. Plug in the Socket Drill Materials needed: Old bat, short extension cord, electric socket, tape I taped the electrical socket to a pair of shorts that I could [...]

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Good Coaching Tips for Softball – Ping Pong Paddles, Basketballs and Pinto Beans

If you’re coaching softball you are always looking for tips to make your practices fun and fresh. These are some easy and fun drills to try using balls other than a softball! Ping Pong Paddles My favorite fielding and throwing drill is to use ping pong paddles (they are cheap) instead of gloves to field [...]

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