Focus on Building Balance and Beating Chicken Scratch with These Two Drills New pitchers struggling to master balance, the windmill motion and the wrist snap have a lot of ground to cover, but the right drills will help. These two drills are ideal for back-to-back use, or they can be incorporated into different segments of …
Throwing fast pitches requires good control, strong arm and shoulder muscles, as well as the ability snap the wrist. It also requires good drive and momentum. Without drive, pitches lack the power they could otherwise have, making them easier to hit for the opposing team. Building drive and momentum actually isn’t all that difficult, particularly …
Teach Your Players to Focus on Compact Swings with This Softball Hitting Drill Fastpitch softball is different, no more so than in what batters have to deal with in the batting box. The motion of the swing is perhaps the most important consideration for dealing with this style of softball – your players can’t have …
Being able to pitch strikes is only part of the equation for a good softball pitcher. She also has to field the ball when the batter connects. This requires several skills, including being fast on her feet, good aim on the fly, the ability to turn quickly without being disoriented and more. The following drill …
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Teach Your Players to Throw on the Run and Defend the Short Game with This Softball Fielding Drill Are your players struggling to throw on the run? Is their short game defense a bit lacking? If so, this simple drill can help. The ability to throw on the run is essential for outfielders (and a …
Teach Your Players to Move Fast and Field Accurately with this Softball Fielding Drill The loop drill teaches speed, fielding accuracy, throwing and helps build stamina. However, it’s a complex drill that does require a full softball field. As such, it’s not one that can be adapted to solo or two-player practice off the field. …
Focus on Keeping Player’s Hands Inside the Ball with This Softball Hitting Drill In order to hit effectively, your players have to keep their hands inside the ball’s trajectory. This ensures that they connect with the “meaty” portion of the bat, rather than farther down the handle. Of course, it can be difficult to do …
Softball is one of the innovative sports in American history. This sport is similar to baseball, yet with significant alterations. It is a team sport in which one player throws the ball to another player of the opposing team. The player holding the bat is called batter, while the one throwing the ball is called …
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