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Skills & Drills

Softball: Softball Hitting Skills, Drills & Tips


  • Bounce Throw Competition

    Objective: Work on getting your outfielders to throw the…

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  • Relay Competition

    Objective: Work on hitting the cut off properly while making…

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  • Power Hand Drill

    A hitter's power comes from the bottom or pull hand.…

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  • Fixing an Incorrect Stride

    A common mistake that hitters make is striding out or back…

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  • Fixing an Incorrect Stride

    A common mistake that hitters make is striding out or back…

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  • Getting Loose At the Plate

    Ryan Howard explains why they ket to getting loose at the…

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  • Hitting the Inside Pitch

    Ryan Howard isn't afraid of the inside pitch, and you…

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  • The Rise Ball

    In this youth softball drill, Olympic gold medalist and…

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  • Establishing a Routine Between Pitches

    Patience at the plate is all about finding a routine in…

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  • Handling Pressure

    No matter how big the game or how bright the spotlight,…

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  • Fixing the Overstride

    With some PVC piping or any long stick, you can help correct…

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  • Fixing the Overstride

    With some PVC piping or any long stick, you can help correct…

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  • Hip Isolation

    This drill is designed to help hitters learn to use the…

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  • Hip Isolation

    This drill is designed to help hitters learn to use the…

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  • Rising Lid Drill

    A great, but challenging drill for a hitter's hand-eye…

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  • Rising Lid Drill

    A great, but challenging drill for a hitter's hand-eye…

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  • Tempo Swings

    This drill begins with a batter taking easy, relaxed swings,…

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  • Soft Toss Drill

    With a coach of teammate tossing whiffle balls or softballs…

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  • Soft Toss Drill

    With a coach of teammate tossing whiffle balls or softballs…

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  • Short Arming

    A good way to identfy and correct the problem of a batter…

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  • Short Arming

    A good way to identify and correct the problem of a batter…

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  • One Knee Swing

    While sitting on the back knee and taking cuts, we isolate…

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  • The Swing Basics

    Learn the basics of the softball swing to help make all…

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  • Pizza Toss

    Watch a great drill to help your players improve their swing…

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  • Key Positions

    A key for getting coaches and players communicating about…

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  • Key Positions

    A key for getting coaches and players communicating about…

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  • Softball Hitting Tips: The Hard Slap

    Learning to hard slap will give hitters the ability to make…

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  • 5 Tips on Softball Hitting Techniques

    Softball hitting is one of the most, if the not the most,…

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  • Diamond Drill

    Purpose: To have the softball infield turn double plays…

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  • Soft-Toss Drill

    Purpose: To learn how to trigger, strike, and swing when…

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  • Runner on Second

    Purpose: To learn how to advance a runner to third base…

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  • Weight-Shift Drill

    Purpose: To develop proper stride technique for softball…

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  • Rise Ball Pitch

    Purpose: To practice hitting a rise ball for softball hitting.…

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  • Target Hitting

    Purpose: This drill is for softball hitting. It's main…

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  • The Triangle Drill

    Split your fielders up into 3 even groups and put them at…

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  • How to Generate More Bat Speed

    How to Generate More Bat Speed

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  • How to Increase Batting Power

    Transcription: Our first technical drill to enhance batting…

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  • Handling Pressure

    Super Bowl veteran, Shaun Alexander is always ready to play.…

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  • Hold your Shirt

    Often time batters over extended themselves when they try…

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  • Hold your Shirt

    Often time batters over extended themselves when they try…

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  • Balloon Drill

    This drill will help to teach the players the right stride…

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  • Merry Go Round

    Goal: To warm up or work on conditioning while fielding…

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  • Batting Practice “Scrimmage”

    "My favorite drill is scrimmaging in order to get our batting…

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  • Short-Arm Batting

    "We have these little short arm bats and it just works…

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  • Eye Focusing Exercise

    One simple way to speed up your focusing ability is to practice…

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  • Numbers Game

    Use a marker to write numbers (0-9) on two sides of the…

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  • Colored Ball Drill

    Mark balls with three different colors (dots the size of…

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  • 25 Strong Swings

    This is something that can be done while players are waiting…

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  • 25 Strong Swings

    This is something that can be done while players are waiting…

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  • Quick Toss for Bat Speed

    This is just like regular soft toss where a coach or another…

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  • Quick Toss for Bat Speed

    This is just like regular soft toss where a coach or another…

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  • Frisbee/Lid Drill

    "Pitcher" stands about 15 feet away from the batter and…

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  • Frisbee/Lid Drill

    "Pitcher" stands about 15 feet away from the batter and…

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