We do some fun drills because like Canadas Dave Pierce says Practice develops accuracy. However you have to practice being accurate.
I give my beginners a lot of slack when they start because in trying to be accurate their form goes to pot when they aim. In the learning process the order of progression is
1. Form (form automatically produces speed)
2. Speed
3. Accuracy.
When they are pitching in a game the order of importance changes.
4. Accuracy
5. Ball movement
6. Speed.
You can find a
string target on my web site that is made out of elastic band. Advanced pitchers try to hit the corners, beginners try to throw a strike.
Put a ball on a Tee. Have pitchers compete with each other. After they hit the ball off of the Tee progressively use smaller balls.
Play a game of PIG with the catcher calling the pitch and location. The pitch is good when the catcher doesn?t have to move their glove.
Try to get 4 out of 10 (for an average pitcher) to the catchers target where the catcher doesn?t have to move their glove.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Pitch to a wall and hit a spot on that wall. Pitch at a can, throw a rock to a stick floating on a lake or going down a river. Pitch a rock at a tree.
I have plans on my site to make an
8 X 12 pitch back. Put a target on in.