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
Youth Softball Drills
Rundown Infield Drill
Purpose We use this infield drill primarily for the infield—the rundown drill. Execution Our infielders work on getting the person that’s in the pickle running as quickly as possible. Once you do
Building A Strong Fielding Stance
This is a great fielding stance drill that helps your players work on establishing a good athletic base and fielding the ball out in front. Set Up Note: Not all players
A Catcher Drill to Warm Up – The RIGHT Way!
Purpose This warm-up catcher drill is something that your catcher should do to get her arm warm prior to doing any other drills during practice, so that injury does not occur.
More Softball Fundamentals & Tips for Pre-Practice!
When we talk about softball fundamentals for pre-practice, it's important to pay close attention to these key points in this phase of your drill progression: 1. Emphasize that the players keep
“Left and Right” Softball Fielding Drill
When working on softball fielding techniques, it's important to include drills that work on pushing your fielders to the left or right. This is the ball where you work on
VIDEO DRILL: Softball Fielding and Transitioning to the Throw
Softball Fielding and Transitioning to the Throw The athletic position of the body plays a big role in quick transitions to your throw. In today's video blog post, we are discussing
Wrist Snap Drill for Softball Throwing
A common issue that we see in throwers, infield and outfield, is they aren't setting up their arm circle correctly. When they throw either a larger arm circle as an
Hitting Drills using the Batting Tee
The batting tee is probably one of the most fundamental tools, but it's probably one of the most important tools that you have for softball conditioning. Today, we are spotlighting
Video: Softball Hitting – The One Arm Drill
In today's video blog post, we are going to talk about softball hitting and the “One Arm” drill. This is a great drill that focuses on the arms, emphasizing unlocking
3 Drills to Help Your Outfielders Work on Throwing
Today, I'm going to share with you some great softball throwing drills that you'll surely want to run with your outfielders. Warming Up Without Gloves Every time we warm up, I have
3 Indoor Drills Perfect for Cold Weather
Today, we're going to talk about some indoor drills that are perfect for those softball practices where the weather isn't nice enough for an outdoor practice. Three-Person Intensity Drill Divide your team
Kids Softball Second Basemen Drills
During this blog post, we're going to take a look at second basemen ground ball drills you can use when coaching kids softball. These drills will get your second basemen
How To Chase Down A Foul Ball – Safely!
[youtube width="480" height="360"]http://youtu.be/8u6j5JeFNu8[/youtube] There are only two times when the fence comes into play, it either goes deep enough, or wide enough. Having players that can calmly and coolly venture into
Softball Defensive Drills – How to Make the Tag
Position at 3rd base is extremely valuable in baseball - that's why your going to want to have one of your best infielders on that base. And one of the things
Softball Pitching Drills – Getting the Grip Right
Before teaching your players a huge variety of softball pitches, you’ll want to start at the fundamentals. The first thing I always go over with my new pitchers, and even my
Youth Softball Practice Drills – Timed Throwing Drills and End of Practice FUN!
Here are a couple of drills that we like to do in practice. The first one is a timed drill that works on throwing and sprinting to the base.
Youth Softball Outfield Drill
This youth softball drill is for outfield throwing to home. The goal is to teach the kids not to rainbow the ball to home, to throw at cutoff’s head at