Youth Softball

Special thanks to Chris for sending this softball drill in.  If you’ve every struggled for new ideas for youth softball drills, you should try this out!

From Chris…
I coach 6-8 softball and found that this is a fun drill to end each practice with.
It gets the kids heart rate up while teaching them the right direction to run the bases.

•    Divide the team into 2 groups.
•    Place Group 1 at Home Plate and Group 2 at second base
•    One player from each group will race around the bases, one starting at home, the other starting at second base
•    Once the player make it back to their starting point, the next player in line will go, until the entire group has raced around the diamond
•    Once that race is over, switch the groups, sending the second base group to home and the home plate group to second – race again.

A great overall conditioning and team building drill.

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