While coaching softball this summer, I noticed the recreation teams weren’t gelling. This group of kids, most of which were on different teams during regular season, were all in it for themselves and were not considering their teammates at all.
Try these practice drills for softball. The Bunting Game is one of my favorites. The bat drop drill is done at every practice.
As a coach I realize that the softball conditioning drills are NOT the favorites with my team. I came up with these drills to make them fun, competitive and not the dreaded drills they expected. Give them a try!
If you’re looking for softball hitting drills, here’s a simple way to teach hitters ball control (direction and placement), rather than simply sending them out to bat and blaze away.
I like to make practices fun and give the players a chance to improve or even compete against other players on the team or pair up with a partner and compete! These softball fielding drills fit this description perfectly; they are competitive and fun.
We all can use free softball practice drills to liven up our practices. Here are two drills that are fast, fun and competitive. The competition really adds to the practice and the girls don't seem to notice that they are also doing conditioning drills!
One of the drills for girls softball that we do sometimes is what I call lite flight scrimmages. This is great fun and works a lot of fundamentals into your practice.
It is a good idea to offer a few fun softball drills to break the monotony of softball practices. You'll find the girls like these and waning interest or attention can be recaptured and the skills improve too!
This is one of our favorite softball conditioning drills plus it is an great fielding drill. We call it 4 corners.
I found that my girls were having trouble hitting the cut-off player correctly and then the cut-off man was making sloppy transfers to the given base. I came up with these softball throwing drills to address the problem.
After years of coaching softball, I often find it is the simple softball drills that work the best. Try these two drills to hone your teams skills.
I find that these softball defense drills work well in a multitude of areas. This is simple and requires the players quick reflexes and concentration.
This is one of my softball coaching tips that helps to jump start a new team. As a new team this drill helps your girls get faster and builds team spirit. Have two coaches compete against each other!
I have several favorite softball practice drills. This drill works well for us getting the girls warmed up and loose. I call it the Ground Ball drill.
Here are a couple of softball coaching techniques that I have used successfully with 8U softball players. These are not earth shattering but they work well and address common problems that we as coaches encounter with most younger players.
These drills for girls softball work on the simple task of underhanding the ball to a base for a force-out. The fielding of the ball isn't what we're working on here, but the players need to work on the transition between fielding and the throw.
This is just one of the softball throwing drills that works well with 8U players. I call it the snap and pop drill. I do this to help the kids field the softball, make a quick accurate throw, and move quickly out of the way of play with “as it is called snap and popâ€.
This is one of the fun softball drills my players love. It's an easy fun drill to end practice on.