I’m often asked for ideas for [tag]youth girls softball drills[/tag]. Here’s a [tag]softball[/tag] [tag]drill[/tag] sent to me by Pat that will pay huge dividends with your team.
From Pat…
Here’s a [tag]conditioning[/tag] drill the girls have come to name “Bubba”. The drill is meant for conditioning and reaction.
The girls get a partner and stand approximately 25 yards away from each other, so you have two lines facing each other.
One line sits on the floor or ground, and on coach’s signal gets up and sprints to her partner, slaps her hand then sits down again. The partner sprints down to where her partner started and sits. The first partner then stands and [tag]sprints[/tag] to her partner as soon as the partner sits down and again slaps her hand. Each partner does this 3 times. Then, with out a pause, they do it from a lying down position on back 3 times, then from stomach 3 times. Each partner does it 9 times total. All the while they are verbally encouraging their partner while their partner is running.
This is great for simulating [tag]sliding[/tag] into a base and popping up and running to the next base when the ball gets away from the fielding team on a base stealing attempt.