Softball Coaching Tips

I’m often asked for fresh ideas for softball coaching tips.  Here’s a simple (but messy) coaching drill that will pay huge dividends with your team.

From Mark…
Coaching Tip: Orange Juice Batting Drill
I coach softball to  7/8 year olds.  It is a coach pitch league and one problem that we have with the kids is listed below:

1.  They hit hard off the tee and with a hitting stick but when soft tossed or pitched to, they only take a half strength swing.
2.  The problem is that they are so worried about hitting the ball that their strength and speed are not incorporated into the swing.
3.  I like to have them hit fruit–ex.  I will pitch oranges at them instead of softballs.  It is very surprising how hard they will swing to destroy an orange.  I also toss large grapes at them to help improve their hand/eye coordination.
4.  Clean up is a bit of a mess but they learned how hard we want them to swing.

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