This drill teaches pitchers and catchers to work together on pitch location and tempo — keeping the catcher set up at the corners so the glove barely moves when the pitch is on target. Equipment: Bucket of balls, pitching plate, home plate Players needed: 2 or maybe 3...
This drill teaches outfielders to communicate, call for fly balls, and apply the CF-priority rule under pressure. Equipment: bucket of balls, pitching machine, 2 bases 1. Set up the pitching machine at home plate and aim it for fly balls. 2. Put a base in CF and a...
Teaches hitters to load properly, separate their stride from their swing, and trust their eyes by tracking a small ball. Equipment: Bucket of small wiffle balls, swiftstick Players needed: 1 1. Have the batter pick up the swiftstick so they can take a zillion swings...
Well last practice I ran a drill that I saw online and then in the game our pitcher who did the drill had a good outing. So what’s the drill you ask? You hold a ball in front of the pitcher, they stand on mound. They stride and receive the ball in their glove....
Well over the years I’ve seen other coaches do it, but at yesterday’s practice we were using the pitching machine for fly balls. I also used a new toy I got over the weekend https://www.amazon.com/Accubat-Racket-Baseball-Softball-Training/ (it’s an...
I have watched a lot of games, and not sure i have harped enough on the need for a good pre-game warmup. First of all, players need to stretch before they throw — WARMUP to THROW, do not THROW to WARMUP. Next, it builds team chemistry to have a good warmup...
