Softball Drills and Tips

These are some of the softball drills and tips that coaches have sent to me which they use with their teams. Try them out with your team tonight!

From Brandon…
Soft hands softball drill

Plain and simple.
Bare-handed, players roll a ball back and forth slowly on a roll and field the ball in front of them. They bring the ball up into their bodies and ready themselves to throw. (I explain that as a receiver catching a ball in a drill, you dont just stop, you turn upfield and run) 20-30 reps, 20 -30 backhands, and then throw on a glove and do it again!

From Jim…
Here is my tip.
I call it inside/ outside. Kids love it as a fast paced drill and coaches use it to understand and evaluate talent. Split your group in two, line half at shortstop and half at left center field.

First, hit a grounder to the shortstop, she fires it home. Next, hit a fly to the left fielder who fires to the cutoff/shortstop who fires it home. Then they run to the opposite line and you drill the next in line.

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