Half Field Game (Right Side)
This game uses only the right side of the field (from the shortstop’s fielding position to the right field foul line) to set up specific baserunning and fielding situations for your team to practice.
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“Left and Right” Softball Fielding Drill
When working on softball fielding techniques, it's important to include drills that work on pushing your fielders to the left or right. This is the ball where you work on
Softball Pitching Drills: Broken-Down and Basic
The purpose of the following softball pitching drill is is to help the pitcher become more powerful in their throwing, to maintain a good power line so that they increase
Softball Conditioning – More Plyometric Secrets!
If you don't have anything you could use as a box, our look at baserunning drills using a box might have you wanting more. Or even if you do have the
How to Improve Youth Catching Skills
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
Softball Pitching Drills – Getting the Grip Right
Before teaching your players a huge variety of softball pitches, you’ll want to start at the fundamentals. The first thing I always go over with my new pitchers, and even my
Softball Training Drill – The BOX
I call this game or drill, ”The Box”. The purposes of the game are: 1) Hitters learn to hit the ball from gap to gap hard on the ground
Softball Infielder Drill – Quick Hands
One of our everyday drills for infielders includes a drill we call "Quick Hands." Players must concentrate, get the balls out of their gloves as quickly as possible, have good
Softball Fielding Drill – 2 Group FIelding Drill
I use a fielding drill that puts 2 groups on the field. This drill really helped my teams the past few seasons. It helps with agility & quickness of
Softball Practice Drills – 4 Corner Catch Drill
My drill is a 4 corner catch drill that all of my younger teams do at the start of every practice. Our emphasis is on close flips from one
Softball Warm Up Drill – The Infield Snake
This is my favorite warm up drill. I call it the Infield Snake. The goal is to complete the drill without missing a ball. This drill can also
Softball Training Drill – Arm Warm up for Throwing and Catching
I always start training with a gentle jog around the bases in preparation for the training session. One session I do every week is the arm warm up for throwing
Softball Practice Drills – Fielding Practice
My softball practice drills always in include fielding drills. ACCURACY is the name of the game with the Dead Ball drill as players are asked to hit the target
Softball Throwing Drills – Trash Can Target Throw & Cut-Off Drill
I have two softball throwing drills to help younger kids with their throwing accuracy. The first one is a target practice. The next one, the cut-off drill, works on
Softball Practice Warm-Up Drill – Follow the Ball
This is one of our favorite drills to warm up to. This may be a common drill, but we love doing for the first 15 to 20 minutes after our
Softball Skills and Drills – Zig-Zag Drill
This is a fast paced softball drill that can be varied (during the drill) to stretch the better player and softened for the emerging player. I call it the
Softball Training Drills – Hitting and Fielding Drill
Here is one of my favorite softball training drills since it is great for all ages and levels of experience. It keeps skills sharp, is fast paced and the
Softball Speed Drills – 1st Base Drill and Crossfire
Give these softball speed drills a try to work on speed as well as accuracy with your team. When you use both of these in a practice you’ll be