Hi everyone! I have decided to move forward in expanding my private hitting lessons. I just made a Facebook page for it, Chelsea’s Private Softball Instruction (@chelseasprivatesoftballinstruction). I am located within the Cinci area.
I was an All Conference Award Winner during my Softball...
Three Player Weave (conditioning, eye on the ball, coordination, soft hands) Sart on an endline of the basketball gym floor with three across. Explain that this drill takes a lot of coordination and teamwork. Using a safety softball (no gloves) each player is to run the floor weaving in and out...
Our team played "Ultimate Softball" at some recent practices. We had teams of 3 play against another squad of 3 on a basketball court.
Using "Ultimate Frisbee" rules, a team would have to advance the ball to the opposite endline by a series of throws and successful catches. We set tight rules...
Team Game: Horse for Softball
Place three balls Four feet apart down the 3rd base line.
Place a runner from "Team A" on 3rd base
Place fielders on 3rd base and 2nd base "Team B"
"Team A" runner must reach 2nd base before the fielder fields and throws all 3 balls to the fielder at second base...
Players form two lines facing each other about 15 - 20 feet apart. The coach flips a ball to the first player. That player throws to the player across from her. That player immediately throws the ball to the next player in line across from her. This continues until the catcher receives the ball...
My Coach this year taught our team this drill. You have to divide your team up into 3 groups. The first group stands between first base and second base. The second group stands at short stop. The third groupstands at home plate. A coach and the catcher stand a little to the side of the plate...
In watching warm ups and in particular, throwing warm ups, the main problem I spotted in players trying to make the team was their throwing motion. Granted, some of the players had been taught the correct form for throwing the ball, but a lot had absolutely horrid form. Here are a few drills to...
THROWING: TARGET PRACTICE GAME
This drill is for conditioning and control.
Player set-up
A catcher stands between first and second base with a discard bucket. The rest of the team stands between third base and home with gloves.
Ball set-up
Place three balls on the first baseline, spacing them...
This throwing drill is used for warm ups and is done is a series. It allows the players to focus on the "mechanics" of proper throwing techniques, using certain isolation drills.
1.) Indian style: have the players start approx. 10-12 yards from their partners sitting indian style. By throwing...
THROWING: 3-2-RUN GAME
I got this game from the ohio fastpitch connectuon website. If anyone knows whose it is, I will gladly give them credit. It is a game we use almost every week.
Place 3 balls on the ground evenly spaced, about 3/4 of the way from third base to home. The fielding team has...
THROWING: HIT THE BUCKET GAME
To improve throwing accuracy and footwork in the infeild, I like to divide my team in two groups. Half are positioned at short stop and the other half are positioned at second base. We mark off a starting point that the girls must stay behind until a ground ball is...
FIELDING: THAT GAME DRILL
We have called this drill "that game" because my daughter and I don't have a name for it.
You split your team into 3 teams it works well with 12 players and 2 coaches. One team goes to the outfield, one team playes the infield and the other team is up to bat. One coach...
FIELDING: STAR DRILL GAME
This is a drill that I think we all have used, it just slipped my mind when I was doing this site. Thanks to Scott Otto for bringing it to my attention!!
You get your infielder's at their position (except the pitcher). The ball starts at the catcher, she throws to the...
FIELDING: STAR DRILL
My name is Kate Earnest and I play for Galloway High School. I attended a fastpitch camp this summer and one of the drills that we learned was the star drill for the outfielders.
The fielder stands about 20 yards away from the thrower. The fielder runs to the right and...
FIELDING: SITUATIONS DRILL
One drill that our coaches use with us is where the infield takes their positions and the coach makes up situations for us. Like...A runner on 1st and 2nd...2 outs...and then she hits the ball to us making us like its a real situation and we have to figure out what to...
Quick Play - Drill
Work on three skills and keeps 10 players busy.
Hands and Eyes Coordination.
Fielding Technique, Throwing,
Thrown ball and receiving Thrown ball.
FIELDING: RELAY THROW DRILL
Have the players line up in a line stretching to the outfield. Have the first player throw the ball to the glove side of the second player in the line. Do the same for the rest of the players.
This teaches the proper location for the relay throw and also teaches...
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