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...
Softball Hitting Drills
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...