Softball Conditioning Drills – Z Ball and Pitching Machines

These are two of my teams favorite softball conditioning drills.  These softball drills make practice fun while still being effective.

Z Ball Drill
Z Ball, Reaction Ball (the ball that bounces every which way), 2 blue and 2 orange (2 different colors)

Split team into two teams for relay race. Throw all 4 balls to the end of the gym and have two players on each team return their color of balls. Once the softball coach has both team balls, the coach throws and the next 2 players chase down the balls.  Fun and great conditioning!

Another drill I use on my girls uses the pitching machine.
I take our pitching machine and line up the girls single file approximately 30 ft from the machine.  I set the machine for 35 to 40 MPH and make the girls face away from the machine.  As I shout “ball” they have to turn around and catch the ball as it comes out of the machine. If they sidestep the ball there is a good chance it will hit the next fielder in the back(ouch).

This teaches our girls to stay with softball and catch it.

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