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3 Effective Softball Drills For Outfielders!

3 Effective Softball Drills For Outfielders!

In today’s video blog post, we are talking about three important softball drills for developing more effective outfielders. 2 Ball Drill The purpose of this drill is to get the outfielder working on their reaction to the ball. It’s also a good cardio workout! The coach is going to toss the ball to the outfielders [...]

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Forward & Back Jumps

Softball Conditioning – More Plyometric Secrets!

If you don’t have anything you could use as a box, our look at baserunning drills using a box might have you wanting more. Or even if you do have the box, here are a couple great, simple drills that will improve your speed, quickness, and durability by leaps and bounds – all without touching [...]

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Box Drops

Softball Conditioning – Box Plyometric Drills

One of the biggest obstacles when it comes to strength and endurance training is equipment. Whether it’s a lack of familiarity with the equipment that makes your athletes wary of trying them out, or, in most other cases, just a general lack of equipment, getting your entire team into the gym to workout can be [...]

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Softball Flexibility and Agility Drills – Get Dirty

Softball Flexibility and Agility Drills – Get Dirty

One of the best current practice drills I use is one I call “Get Dirty”. Not only is this a great drill, but it also is an excellent bonding opportunity for the players, making great stops, diving, throwing, plus a great workout. “Get Dirty” Areas of Focus: Infield Speed (lateral/explosive) Vision and Throwing Conditioning Instructions: [...]

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Softball Conditioning Exercises –  Warm Up Practice Drill

Softball Conditioning Exercises – Warm Up Practice Drill

With my team, I like to start every practice off with base running.  It gets them warmed up, and reinforces the habits of good base running. You can’t find better softball conditioning exercises than this! Warm Up Practice Drill We concentrate on the basics first, specifically things like running ALL THE WAY THROUGH first base. [...]

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