8 Hitting Station Ideas For Your Next Softball Practice!
Hitting Stations allow you to maximize the number of players you can have working on their hitting at the same time. Plus, by working at hitting stations, you can focus on...
Softball Hitting Drills
“Half Rubber” Curve Ball Hitting Drill
Purpose: This hitting drill teaches batters to hang in and go with the pitch, as well as how to hit a Curve Ball. (Young players are not as intimidated with a rubber ball.)...
3 Creative Softball Hitting Drills (Using a tire, string & block of wood!)
In today’s video blog post, we are sharing 3 creative softball hitting drills that you can include in your next softball practice. All you need is a tire, a string and...
2 Awesome Hitting Drills to Find Your Strike Zone!
As a good coach, you want to include a mix of linear and rotational hitting drills and styles in your practice plan, so your hitters can benefit from an understanding of not...
Softball Hitting Errors: How To Fix The Collapsing Front Leg
The Collapsing Front Leg upon stride phase is another common softball hitting problem that you see in many players. If not addressed early, it can continue to be a problem as...
The Stride Box Hitting Drill
We know from watching a softball swing in slow motion that the toe opens up and the hips start to snap through in the swing. The Stride Box drill is an excellent hitting drill...
Multi-Ball Hitting Drill
Purpose This hitting drill teaches the hitter to concentrate hard on the right ball to hit. It also teaches the hitter to keep their weight back. Breakdown • The coach has two...
A Beginners “Step Drill” for Softball Hitting
When the player gets into their stance, one of the most common problems you might see is the first step of the hit going out. In today’s video blog post, we are sharing...
Using the “Dry Swing” Hitting Drill for Dynamic Balance
The “Dry Swing” Hitting Drill develops dynamic balance and proper body sequence of the swing. By dynamic balance, we mean chin staying over the top of the belly button and...
The String Drill for Softball Hitting
This is a great softball hitting drill – and en excellent trick! – for working on the stride. It works well for younger players who you see a lot of stepping out...
8 Common Hitting Mistakes (And How To Correct Them)
Hitting a softball is arguably one of the hardest techniques to master, in any sport. Even after players learn and understand the basic mechanics of the swing, it’s very...
3 Basic Softball Drills To Build Fundamental Skills
No matter what age level you coach, it’s important to spend time at every practice working on the fundamentals. In this article, we’ll review 3 basic softball...
10 Keys to an Effective Softball Swing
In this article, we are going to illustrate 10 keys to an effective softball swing. Practicing these mechanics will help any hitter develop more bat speed, more power, and...
Softball Hitting: Back Arm Mechanics
It’s important for players to understand what happens to their back arm during the swing in softball hitting. A great introduction is to teach your players to think...
Softball Bunting & Bunt Demonstrations
Softball bunting is a very valuable skill for any players to practice! A special type of offensive technique in softball, in a bunt play, the batter loosely holds the bat in...
Mental Hitting Drills for Softball
Are you spending enough time working on the mental aspects of hitting with your softball team? In this post, we’ll cover some mental hitting basics, and five simple...
Skinny Bat Drill for Softball Bunting
This is a 2 person drill that can be done with a smaller skinny bat and baseballs, so you are really working on good hand-eye coordination and getting the bat head out and the...
Partner Toss Hitting Drill
In the following hitting drill sequence, we are going to demonstrate how you can include a partner who is going to toss the ball to the hitter. Now the batter has to read the...