Tag: "softball hitting drill"
Stations Softball Practice Plans
One of my favorite practice plans is to set up different stations around the field. You will need to split the team up into three sets of kids. 3 to 4 kids per set. You will need two buckets of balls, a Tee and two nets. Station Softball Practice Station 1 I have a soft [...]
Softball Hitting Drills – Beach Ball Hitting Drill
I’ve come up with a pretty cool and really fun hitting drill for the kids. It goes along the same theme as your tee drill hitting square targets on a fence. Then, you can give the wooden plank a try. It goes right along with this Beach Ball Hitting Drill. Beach Ball Hitting Drill Depending [...]
Softball Bunting Practice
I used to use a nice, slow, old pitching machine to teach bunting. I wasn’t getting the results I wanted, so I have abandoned the machine and now take a two pronged approach. Bunting Drill I throw bunting to each player on the team, from about 15 feet, as often as I can, working to [...]
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 Batting Drills – Soft Toss Batting Practice
I change the angle of the tosser to simulate different pitches. These softball batting drills really makes the hitter tuck her shoulder and hips and load her hands while focusing on the ball. Soft Toss Batting Practice I have the tossers kneel about five feet away from the hitter while keeping back three feet behind [...]
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 [...]
Softball Hitting Drills – Candy Bar Drill
Try these softball hitting drills with your team. They work best with players generally age 9 – 16. The Candy Bar drill rewards all players, but “winners” get first choice as incentive to improve. It helps them develop the skill of being able to toss up ball properly, develop a quick swing, and hit hard [...]
Softball Hitting Drills – Soft Toss Drill
One of my favorite softball hitting drills is one that helps the batter learn to wait for the change up. Soft Toss Drill The batter is in their normal stance. The tosser is directly behind home plate. The batter must keep their eyes on on the “pitcher”. The tosser tosses the pitch through the strike [...]
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