Baseball Practice Drills

Special thanks to Brandon and to Rich for sending these in.  If you’re looking for fresh ideas for youth baseball practice drills, you should try these out!

From Brandon…
Soft hands baseball drill ~ Plain and simple.

Bare-handed, players roll a ball back and forth slowly on a roll and field the ball in front of them.  They bring the ball up into their bodies and ready themselves to throw.  (I explain that as a receiver catching a ball in a drill, you don’t just stop, you turn upfield and run)  20-30 reps, 20 -30 backhands, and then throw on a glove and do it again!

From Rich…
Hit a grounder or line drive at an infielder and have fielder make the throw to the catcher. Your catcher tosses out a short bunt in front of the plate so that the infielder has to keep charging.

As soon as the infielder fields the bunt and tosses it to the catcher, throw (or hit) a pop fly back out so the infielder has to catch it over his or her shoulder or head.

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