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...
Softball Hitting Drills
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...
Softball Hitting: Hitting the Inside Pitch
You can use the double tee to work on the inside zone of the pitch, or hitting the Inside Pitch. In this softball hitting drill using the double tee, the tee closest to the...
Softball Hitting: Hitting The Outside Pitch
A quick tip on hitting the outside pitch is you have to let it get deeper into the zone. This will give you more power behind it and you can drive it hard to right field....
High Low Hitting Drill
This double tee hitting drill focuses on keeping the club head nice and high until the batter gets ready to make contact. It is important that the barrel stays higher than the...
The Hammer Hitting Drill and a Strength Test
The Hammer Drill is a fantastic hitting drill that allows you to feel the proper wrist position for the hit. The Hammer Hitting Drill Using a 2×6 and a hammer, have a...
Softball Hitting: Inconsistent Contact and the Uncontrolled Bat
At times you have players that don’t have that consistent ability to hit the ball well. Maybe they have too much movement in the swing? In today’s blog post, we...
The Tire Drill for Softball Hitting
The Tire Drill is a softball hitting drill for strength, but it also develops point of contact understanding and teaches players to hit through the ball. In this offensive...
The Side Toss Tennis Ball Hitting Drill
Today’s hitting drill focuses on helping your hitters understand the timing of a pitch coming to them. This is a great timing drill for hitters that focuses on keeping...
Isometric Bat Speed Drill
Isometrics are a type of strengthening exercise where the muscles are put in static positions, instead of being dynamic through a range of motion. This bat speed drill is...
Key Points of Softball Hitting: Stance
In today’s video blog post, we are talking about some of the key points of softball hitting as they relate to the stance. Check out this great checklist of things to...
Softball Hitting Drills for Timing the Pitch
In today’s video blog post, we are demonstrating some excellent softball hitting drills are going to help you work on timing of a pitch. As you know, in Phase 1 or the...
VIDEO TUTORIAL: 2 Dynamic Hitting Drills for the Slow Pitch
Girls softball players need to understand the importance of hitting drills. To score runs and give your team a chance to win, they have to be able to make solid contact and...