
The Tire Drill for Softball Hitting
The Tire Drill is a softball hitting drill for strength, but it also develops point of contact understanding and teaches players to hit through the ball. In this offensive softball hitting
The Tire Drill is a softball hitting drill for strength, but it also develops point of contact understanding and teaches players to hit through the ball. In this offensive softball hitting
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
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
It's always important to spend some time on softball practice drills designed especially for your various positions. This blog post will focus on drills primarily for your girls who play
Once you've got a good handle on the fundamentals of the pitch, the L position for example, you're going to want to start working on improving speed and power. And
Last year I decided to do a drill with my 7 — 9 yr olds who had a hard time catching the ball properly. Using this technique my players really
One of the biggest obstacles when it comes to strength and endurance training is equipment. Whether it’s a lack of familiarity with the equipment that makes your athletes wary of
Here is one of my favorite practice drills. It is called "Round the bases". It's a great drill to cover many softball skills and get some conditioning in as well. Round
Working to improve your conditioning and athleticism is absolutely vital, and can often make the difference between a win and a loss in a close game. Not only will your
Here is a game called Half Rubber--it is an actual game that began in South Carolina. Here is the short and sweet of how it is played. We use
Here are a couple of drills that we like to do in practice. The first one is a timed drill that works on throwing and sprinting to the base.
This drill is a favorite with all my players every year. This drill teaches the runners to keep their hands up to prevent broken fingers, etc. when sliding to a
Our favorite end of practice drill is to have girls sprint to 1st and run through the base, turn and jog to 2nd, then once hitting second, sprint to 3rd,
One of my favorite practice plans is to set up different stations around the field. You will need to split the team up into three sets of kids. 3
I found my younger players getting quickly bored with some of our standard drills and they were making fundamental mistakes when just practicing throwing, catching and fielding exercises. We had
On days when I was the only coach on site it was hard to keep all the girls working hard for the entire practice time. One way of keeping them
One drill that I love to use because it shows improvement and keeps kids hustling is my infield ” Follow the throw” drill. This drill allows all members
At the beginning of the season, I like to use this drill to get to know my players. It helps me to get to know their strengths and weaknesses