Short Pop Fielding Drill
Purpose This drill works on improving a player's foot quickness when a ball is hit behind him. Focus on avoiding unnecessary steps in order to reach the ball as quickly
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The “Relay” Throwing Drill
Drill Type: Throwing Drill Purpose: This is a simple throwing drill that is great for improving arm strength and assessing your best outfield throwers. Set Up: You can either have your entire infields
The Shovel Pass for Softball Defense
Practicing specific situations and teaching players what the appropriate reaction should be in that situation, can make all the difference between having a decent softball defense and a great one!
“Foul Fly Ball” Fielding Drill
In this fielding drill, you're going to make sure all your players get practice on both 3rd and 1st bases. The techniques are similar, but simply the inverse of
Fielding Fundamentals: Approaching The Ground Ball
When it comes to fielding the ball, all players want to be able to pick up the ball cleanly, 100% of the time. What keeps a player from doing that
The “Bowl Of Soup” Technique for Fielding Ground Balls
The “Bowl Of Soup” is an important technique that all of your players need to understand and implement when they are fielding the ball. Setup Players should begin with a good athletic
Working Over The Shoulder & Fielding Fly Balls
Working Over The Shoulder & Fielding Fly Balls You want your players to understand the concept that a fly ball will go up, and it will go down, virtually drawing an
Softball Coaching: Creating a Softball Fielding Practice Plan
As a coach, when you're working on the defensive game, the key is to make sure you always go through a progression of drills before you start actual game situation
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
Fielding Bunts – Techniques for Success
Fielding Bunts — Techniques for Success Bunting is a skill that is used a lot in softball to get on base and move runners. So it's important that your athletes know
Softball Catching Progression For Young Players
Softball Catching Progression For Young Players Today, I want to talk about the softball catching progression that most kids go through when they are trying to field. A lot of you are
Fence Drill for Softball Fielding
Fence Drill for Softball Fielding The Fence Drill is an excellent softball fielding drill that you can use to get your players used to taking and striding out, and then releasing
Softball Defense & Double Plays from Second Base
In today's video blog post, we are breaking down the double play, and demonstrating some specific mechanics that will give your team a killer softball defense! Softball Defense & Double
“Over the Head” Pop-Up Drill
It's always a good idea to spend some time on pop-ups, especially the ones that are hit directly over our head. In today's video blog post, we are demonstrating a
Lateral Movement and Fielding the Ground Ball
In this video blog post, we are going to discuss balls that are not hit directly at us. It'd be nice if every batter accommodated the defense and hit the
Softball Fielding: Working Laterally using a Modified Stance
In today's blog post, we are talking about working laterally in the modified softball fielding stance. Softball Fielding: Working Laterally using a Modified Stance In this softball fielding drill, we're simulating that
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 – Tag Technique
In my last post, I took a look at the different kinds of tags a 3rd baseman would use. Here the defensive player had to make the catch and then tag