Youth Softball Drill – The Hot Potato

Special thanks to Gary in Hawaii for sending this one in.  If you’ve every struggled with ideas for a new youth softball drill, you should try this out!

From Gary…
While playing catch with my 10 year old the other day I came up with a new softball drill and it seems to work really good.

I see that a lot of the new kids playing who are 9 and 10 years old have a little trouble getting the ball out of the glove in a hurry and still able to make a good throw.

I call this drill “the hot potato”. After I throw the ball to my son I yell “hot potato” and he gets the ball out of his glove fast, gets a good grip and makes a great throw.

It teaches them to learn how to get the ball out and still set up for a good throw. After doing this for a bit my son was able to catch the ball, get the ball out of the glove and make a good throw to first and do it fast.

It works for me and I will be using it this year with my team.

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