Step & Launch
Players learn how to step into the ball and get their hips into their swing in this fundamental hitting drill.
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Towel Bat Drill
Here's a great drill that increases bat speed through underloaded training. This also makes a great warm-up drill!
Pivot Hip Drill
This drill teaches younger players how to use the lower half of their body during their swing.
The Hit Stick Drill
Here's a great drill that teaches the batter to hit balls in various strike zone locations with good fundamentals.
Double Tee Drill
This drill will help hitters learn to hit the ball with a level swing, and avoid looping or uppercutting.
Tee Derby
This drill helps kids understand the importance of the weight shift when generating power. When done correctly, this drill will demonstrate that a level or downward swing plane actually drive the ball further than an uppercutting swing.
Underhand Toss Drill
Here's a fantastic drill that helps the batter swing smoothly and drive the ball.
Parachute Hitting Drill
This drill teaches batter to take a full swing and follow through without slowing down at the point of contact.
Effective Hitting Drills That Will Get You Results!
Today we're going to talk about some softball drills that focus on hitting; doing these types of drills is the foundation to becoming a better hitter. I want to emphasize two
Video Tutorial: The Zone Bunting Drill
As a girls softball coach, you know the importance of spending time on the various mechanics of hitting. In today's video, we demonstrate a drill that will help your players
Fixing the Fundamentals of Hitting: A Video Tutorial!
This softball video will help you and your team learn how to fix the fundamentals when it comes to softball hitting. The first common mistake we'll look at is overstriding. Overstriding
8 Hitting Station Ideas For Your Next Softball Practice!
Hitting Stations allow you to emphasize certain aspects of the game, such as skills that improve a hitting vision, power, or other specific techniques.
8 Common Hitting Mistakes (And How To Correct Them)
Hitting a softball is arguably one of the hardest techniques to master, in any sport. Even after players learn and understand the basic mechanics of the swing, it's very common for
10 Keys to an Effective Softball Swing
In this article, we are going to illustrate 10 keys to an effective softball swing. Practicing these mechanics will help any hitter develop more bat speed, more power, and more
Key Points of Softball Hitting: Stance
In today's video blog post, we are talking about some of the key points of softball hitting as they relate to the stance. Check out this great checklist of things
Softball Hitting & The Bunting Game
When we talk about the bunting game, there are a few key points that you want to emphasize with your players. The first and most important point thing to emphasize
How To Use Mirror Drills for the Perfect Swing!
Mirror drills are very valuable in allowing a player to review their hitting mechanics. Mirror drills allow all hitters to jump in and work on anything that they want. The