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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 [...]
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 [...]
Softball Hitting Drill – The Hit Stick Warm Up Drill
One of the best drills for hitting that I have found show immediate results is using a “hit stick”. I know this is not new, but the big difference I found is that if you make this part of a batter’s preparation during games it totally changes how well they do when they are up [...]
Softball Hitting Drills – Going for the Points
This is the one of the softball hitting drills our kids love the most; we call it “Going for the Points”. It teaches aggressiveness and confidence at the plate and that, if it is a strike, you need to be swinging. This works equally well for softball and baseball. Going for the Points Put [...]
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. [...]
Softball Batting Drills – Bunting Drill Game & Batting Cage Practice
Try these two softball batting drills to improve your players batting skills. I have used both of these now and noted marked improvement throughout the season. Bunting Drill Game This is one of my favorites and the ladies seem to enjoy it a lot. I usually do this towards the end of practice. Once they [...]
Softball Batting Tips – Bat Speed & Power
Here are my softball batting tips. They are designed to build hellacious bat speed and power! Give them a try, you’ll be amazed. Bat Speed & Power Using whiffle balls (or real softballs if you have a L-screen) get about 40 feet away from the hitter and toss the balls in the strike zone. Here [...]
Softball Batting Tips – Batting Power and Accuracy
These are some of my favorite softball batting tips that I have used over the years. The kids love them and their hitting skills improve tremendously. Increased Batting Power One drill that I use to help increase bat power is having the players swing through an old football tackling dummy. Even though they cannot maintain [...]
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