Tag: "softball practice drills"
Softball Practice Drills for First Basemen
It’s always important to spend some time on softball practice drills designed especially for your various basemen. This blog post will focus on drills primarily for your girls who play first base. Ground Ball Series Softball Practice Drills During this first series of drills, your 1st baseman is going to work on fielding ground balls [...]
Striding For Power – The Cat Osterman Drill
Once you’ve got a good handle on the fundamentals of the pitch, the L position for example, you’re going to want to start working on improving speed and power. And while most players’ first instinct is to hurl them arm at the plate faster, the improved speed on their pitches will actually come from their [...]
Softball Hitting Drills – Fixing The #1 Hitting Flaw
In this softball hitting video, Sue Enquist (12-time NCAA champ at UCLA) breaks down a brutal swing flaw many young hitters suffer from, and reveals some easy drills to fix it right away. (NOTE: for the complete 40 minute video, including instructions to diagnose and fix 17 of the most common softball hitting problems, check [...]
How to Improve Youth Catching Skills
Last year I decided to do a drill with my 7 – 9 yr olds who had a hard time catching the ball properly. Using this technique my players really improved their catching skills. Catching Drill for Youth Players What I did was purchase the round Velcro padded mitt with a tennis ball type ball, [...]
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