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Softball Skills and Drills – 3,2,1 Run

Softball is not all total concentration or a constant onslaught of drills, drills and more drills. There is a time to have some fun and still learn or polish some skills. I like to use the end of practice for a fun game that can create some team bonding while still focusing on softball fundamentals. [...]

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Free Softball Drills – Back to Basics

A couple of things I work on is with the theme of “back to the basics” which we all need.  Try these free softball drills to help your team with the basics. You’ll like the results. The Swing This drill is for getting the turn into the swing.Use a “T” for this batting drill.     [...]

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Girl’s Softball Practice – Warm Up Stations & Teamwork

Girl’s Softball Practice – Warm Up Stations & Teamwork

Here are a couple of tips I like to pass on for coaching younger girl’s softball practice.  These are easy to implement and keep everyone active and learning the game. Warm Up Stations For a warm up have stations posted around the gym matching the number of players you have, for example: skipping, squats, jump [...]

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Softball Free Drills and Practice Games – Throwing Manmaker Race, Spider, Relay

Softball Free Drills and Practice Games – Throwing Manmaker Race, Spider, Relay

We can all use new softball free drills and practice games to liven up our practices.  Here are three fun games to do with your players so that practice is productive AND fun.  You’ll find your players asking for these again and again. Throwing Manmaker Race Split the players into two or three teams, each [...]

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Softball Free Drills and Practice Games – 21

Softball Free Drills and Practice Games – 21

Try these softball free drills and practice games. They are great for defense and great for conditioning. We call it 21. 21 Game Set up the defense excluding the pitcher and set up a tee on home plate. We let the other players on offense hit the ball off the tee and run the bases [...]

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Softball Defense Drills – Bucket Drill

Softball Defense Drills – Bucket Drill

This is one of my best softball defense drills. I use it often and the results speak for themselves. Bucket Drill I line up my players on third base and I am between 3rd and home. I put one of the girls on first then I roll the ball to the girl on third who [...]

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Fun Softball Drills – Two-Handed Catch & Find the Ball

Fun Softball Drills – Two-Handed Catch & Find the Ball

I feel it is important to keep our softball practices fun to maintain interest and motivation.  Here are two fun softball drills that my players love, and equally important–learn from! Two Handed Catch To develop eye-hand coordination I have the players take a knee in a radius about eight to ten feet from me. I [...]

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Softball Hitting Drill – King of the Mountain

Softball Hitting Drill – King of the Mountain

For a fun softball hitting drill, we play a gamed we termed “king of the mountain” for 10U. It teaches bunting and the girls love to play it. King of the Mountain Each girl gets cage time and bunts as many as she can in a row. The catch is they cannot bunt a ball [...]

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