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In this section, we’ll reveal our most effective softball coaching tips and strategies to help you get a leg up on the competition. Including motivational strategies, practice planning ideas, and situational tactics.

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Softball Coaching Tips – Batting stance and Grip

My goal as a softball coach is to teach the fundamentals and help the girls have fun. If we win, it is a major plus, but certainly not the focus. Try these easy yet effective softball coaching tips.

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Coaching Philosophy – Softball

This coaching philosophy - softball idea is not really geared to playing the actual game of softball. However, it HAS helped our softball team’s mental attitude tremendously.

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Softball Practice Ideas – Intersquad Scrimmages & Player Coaches

One of my most effective softball practice ideas is to have my players act as the coaches. Through out the softball season I have intersquad scrimmages and/or situational plays with pitchers, fielders, runners, batters. I have players rotating as the first base, third base and bench coach.

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Girls Softball Beginner Drills – Conditioning and Batting Drills

These girls softball beginner drills will work well if you're coaching girls and players who have varying abilities.

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Softball Hitting Drills – Back to the Pitcher

I have done this type of softball hitting drills with young kids and even older ones and they all seem to enjoy it. You can add your variations to it to match the skills of your softball players.

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Softball Fielding Drills – The Easy Out Drill

These softball fielding drills are to correct poor tracking and slow starts to a softball in flight.

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Softball Coaching Tips – Team Morale Booster

There are so many softball coaching tips to be shared; this one is my all time favorite. As a first time coach of a 10 and under team, I wanted to do something encouraging and uplifting for the girls.

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Fun Coaching Drills for Softball Team – Around the Diamond

For youth softball coaches it's so important to keep the practices fun. Try these two fun coaching drills for softball team with your younger teams and they will ask for them again and again. Best part is that their skills are improving as fast as the fun they are having!

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Softball Practice Plans – Creating Team Spirit

It seems simplistic but one of the best tips I can give for softball practice plans is to use drills that foster team spirit and cohesion.

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Softball Practice Drills – Batting Drills & Tips

I am occasionally asked how to stop a batter from hitting balls foul to the third base side for a right hand batter. Here are a couple of softball practice drills that I use.

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Fun Coaching Drills for Softball Team

If you need some [tag]fun coaching drills for softball team[/tag], try this two phase [tag]softball drill[/tag].   This [tag]softball[/tag] drill keeps your players going fast and they practice their fielding,

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Softball Coaching Tips – Hitting Drill

Here is one of my favorite softball coaching tips I use with young players. It is a softball hitting drill I use to help my players improve their swing.

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Softball Coaching Tips – Relay Drill and Fielding

Here are two of my favorite softball coaching tips. The Relay drill is one of the players favorites as well. Try the softball drill for helping your players catch a fly ball. Footballs work great!

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Softball Hitting Drills – Batter’s Foot Box

I find a lot of the young softball hitters have trouble keeping the back foot from moving during their swing. I came up with a simple solution and use it for my softball hitting drills especially at the beginning of the season.

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Free Softball Drills – Soccer Ball Conditioning

Here are a couple of free softball drills that have worked well with my softball team. I use a soccer ball for both of these drills and the results are notable.

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Softball Coaching Tips – Indoor Drills

These are two of my favorite softball coaching tips for indoor practices.These softball drills focus on fielding skills, hand speed and eye hand coordination.

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Fun Coaching Drills for Girls Softball Teams

These fun coaching drills for softball team are ones I've used for high School softball. These softball drills are fun and effective and can be used with all ages.

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Softball Practice Drills – Infield Drill for Conditioning

These are softball practice drills that have worked well for my kids. This one is an infield drill that works on accuracy as well as conditioning.

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