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7 Techniques to Improve Your Softball Hitting & Bat Speed

7 Techniques to Improve Your Softball Hitting & Bat Speed

 In softball hitting, the grip is one of the most critical parts of a quick bat swing. And it’s how you grip the bat, how tightly you grip the bat, and in what position you grip the bat, that are important. If you follow some simple rules, you will definitely see your bat speed improve! [...]

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Softball Hitting Drills – Massive Hit Drill & Balance Board Drill

Softball Hitting Drills – Massive Hit Drill & Balance Board Drill

As a coach you can’t have enough hitting drills to liven up your practices.  Give these two drills a try with your teams. Massive Hit Drill 4 Soft Hit stations set up outside foul lines, 2 stations between HP and 1B and 2 stations between HP and 3B.  Set up each station with 10-15 balls. [...]

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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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Softball Hitting Drills – Fence Drill & Plunger Hitting Drill

Softball Hitting Drills – Fence Drill & Plunger Hitting Drill

Teaching proper hitting techniques can be a challenge. Here are a couple of simple hitting drills that are very effective and the kids have fun doing them. Fence Drill A lot of my girls have a hard time getting their hands inside the ball when they hit. The goal of this drill is to drive [...]

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How to Teach or Correct Batting Stance

I noticed after looking at pictures and videos of my players last season that alot of them had all kinds of different batting stances. Some looked good and some just were not right.  So, I decided I would fix it from the first day of  practice. The problem was how to fix it fast and [...]

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