I’m often asked for advice on coaching baseball to boys. Here’s a simple coaching tip that will pay huge dividends with your team and works well with boys and with girls.
From Nef…
I don’t have a name for this baseball drill, but it’s a bunting drill.
Equipment: 4 cones, strike zone pitching machine, safety balls, and bat.
Instructions: place 2 cones on third baseline and 2 more on first baseline two feet apart.
They are given 20 pitches to bunt.
For every ball bunted in targeted area a point is given.
Make it a competition.
Be sure they are using proper technique
Advanced drill: signal to them first base line or third baseline.
From James…
A hitting drill we do with our 10-12 yr. olds, after soft toss & 2 ball soft toss.
We have a coach stand on a bucket and drop balls, then the coach stands on the ground and drops the ball. We have found this very effective in increasing bat & hand speed through the hitting zone.
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