Are you looking for ideas for your softball practice? I find that holding a relay game where my players run the bases in relay teams is an excellent way to condition my players and to improve baserunning. They love this and have even requested it!
Coaching softball can mean having to deal with twisted ankles, sprained knees, and various pulled muscles from improper warm ups. I devised a warm up special, a Music City Nashville special.
One of the drills for girls softball that works well when the weather prevents outdoor practice is this indoor throwing drill. The players just love this softball drill and throwing errors will drop significantly.
Although these are softball infield drills, they can be used for outfield as well. This softball drill is called the "WRAP AROUND" drill.
Try these softball coaching tips to improve player concentration, accuracy and most of all player self confidence. During the softball games the girls just didn't have the concentration and simple routine throws were wild.
Are you looking for team practice drills softball? This is a softball drill we do at every practice. It is a timed softball drill.
While coaching girls softball, I came up this practice softball drill for my under 10 teams. It's hard to get the girls to charge ground balls, so I have an old 3' tall stuffed "Bob the builder" I set up in an old kid's plastic chair on home plate.
One of the softball throwing drills we use at the beginning of practice is called the Diamond Drill. It is meant to be fast paced and provides conditioning as well.
I've received many requests for fresh softball practice drills. This softball drill is called "over the line". It's a great conditioning drill.
We try to include some sort of competition in our softball practice every day. Try these free softball practice plans to liven up your practices!
These are free softball drills you can use for conditioning indoors on a basketball gym floor. They can be used for softball or baseball, girls and boys so give it a try to get your team into shape quickly!
We all need some fun softball drills to liven up our softball practices mid season. The “It’s Not Natural Drill†aka “Backwards Softball†which is best used later in the season fits this category perfectly.
If you're looking for softball practice ideas, here is one that the kids love. This provides good competition amongst teammates & a great way to end softball practice doing sprints with out any complaints!
This is just one of my favorite softball drills that I use to help outfielders learning how to adjust to a long fly ball.
Try these softball hitting techniques drills with your players. Use soccer balls and basketballs for your softball hitting drills. This teaches them to drive through the ball and improve their hitting skills.
I learned these indoor softball drills in college, but have used them with high school and 12-U teams.
As you are planning fastpitch softball practice, try this softball drill with a team who has many new players. The following softball drill is to help the girls to learn each others name and to reinforce the using two hands when catching.
These are a couple of my favorite softball batting tips to use with your youth softball players.