Fastpitch Softball Drills – Step and Look Drill

I find that the traditional wisdom on [tag]fastpitch softball drills[/tag] is a bit stale.   Here’s an idea from Barb that has livened things up quite a bit in my practices.

One of my  [tag]softball[/tag] drills we use every practice is our stutter step and look [tag]drill[/tag].

We have a pitcher on the mound, a catcher, and a third baseman. We place a runner on third, pitch jump off the base learning timing and speed to our comfort zone, evaluate the pitch , steal or return.
 
We also practice a full speed off the bag, stutter step to delay steal or full speed to the plate after a hit.

Another one we do is have a batter bunt run the base runner into position and get home.

It is very helpful teaching situations to improve scoring.