
Swing and Sprint
This drill helps players learn to get out of the box quickly, emphasizing the acceleration phase of the sprint to first.
This drill helps players learn to get out of the box quickly, emphasizing the acceleration phase of the sprint to first.
Here's a great drill to improve bat speed, hand-eye coordination and reaction time. A partner quickly soft-tosses 5 balls to the hitter in rapid fire fashion while the hitter should quickly realize that the fastest path to the ball.
Here's a fun drill for younger kids. helps them drive the ball hard up the middle!
In this drill, hitters practice taking a short, controlled stride by holding a soccer ball between their knees in order to prevent overstriding, while improving balance, rhythm and timing.
Here's a fantastic drill that helps the batter swing smoothly and drive the ball.
This drill helps the player develop a short, quick, compact swing. You can run this drill with the player bent on one knee or standing up on both legs.
This is a great drill to build strength and fast twitch response in forearms and wrists. Watch for good mechanics — which means elbow is in, head is still and vertical axis of rotation is maintained.
Build hitting strength in the forearms and wrists with this awesome hitting drill!
This is a great hitting drill that develops rhythm, timing and visualization skills!
Here's a great drill that promotes a short, quick swing. The hitter must focus on keeping her hand inside the ball and the barrel inside the ball on all swings.
Hitters work on keeping the head still when swinging and watching the ball all the way in in this whiffle golf ball hitting drill!.
This drill teaches batter to take a full swing and follow through without slowing down at the point of contact.
This drill teaches the batter to swing forward and down and then along the same plane as the softball. Batters with the bad habit of dropping their back side and swinging with an uppercut should find themselves hitting the tee frequently until they fix the problem.
This drill reminds the batter to keep her load short and hands in the hitting position when loading.
Today we're going to talk about some softball drills that focus on hitting; doing these types of drills is the foundation to becoming a better hitter. I want to emphasize two
The "Two Strike" Stance is used in a game situation when the batter has two strikes. When you have two strikes, you want your players to be confident when they step
As a girls softball coach, you know the importance of spending time on the various mechanics of hitting. In today's video, we demonstrate a drill that will help your players