Category: Baseball Practice Plans
How to Cure Baseball Practice Boredom – Bandana Drill
I found my younger players getting quickly bored with some of our standard drills and they were making fundamental mistakes when just practicing throwing, catching and fielding exercises. We had a particularly bad training session and they were becoming very despondent. I realized they needed COMPETITION!! Bandana Drill I prepared 6 blue and 6 red [...]
Baseball Pitching Drills – Feed the Gorilla & Water Bottle Slam
If you’re looking for some excellent pitching drills for your younger players, give these two a try. They provide quick improvements and the kids have fun with them while getting great conditioning. Feed the Gorilla Here’s a fun pitching drill it’s called feed the gorilla. You get two pitchers to double up as a team. [...]
Baseball Practice – Triangle Drill
If you set up in a triangle it works turning the DP with middle player acting as 2nd base. I love this drill. Simple to explain, fun, and accomplishes so much in a short time! Triangle Drill Groups of 3 players: 1 group on the foul line, 1 at 15 yds into outfield, and 1 [...]
Baseball Practice Drill – Zig-Zag Drill
This is a fast paced baseball drill that can be varied (during the drill) to stretch the better player and softened for the emerging player. I call it the Zig-Zag Drill. Zig-Zag Drill Set-Up: Set three cones out that if connected with a line, it would form the letter Z. You should vary the distance [...]
Baseball Practice Drills – Lead Shoulder & Hip Drill
The object of this drill is to get the fielder’s body (leading with shoulders & hips) in proper throwing posititon, alignment and gaining momentum towards 1st. LEAD SHOULDER & HIP DRILL Position fielder at S. Have 3 markers 3′ or so apart on an angle towards 1st to the left of the fielder. [...]
Free Baseball Practice Drills Ideas – Dead Ball Drill & Outfield Cut-Off Drill
If you’re looking to liven up your practices try these free baseball practice drills ideas. The Dead Ball drill is great when you are short on coaching staff and the outfield cut-off drill is a fast-paced drill that gets your players competitive juices flowing! Dead Ball Drill We use a drill called “Dead-ball drill” in [...]
Youth Baseball Baserunning Drills – Baserunning Relay Drill
This is one of the youth baseball baserunning drills I created for my 8U team. It is designed for younger players to help reinforce the concept of running through first base (and home plate). Baserunning Relay Drill I created relay teams of 4 players on each team. (If your team doesn’t have 12 or 16 [...]
Baseball Practice Drills – Short Hop Drill
This is one of the practice drills we do a lot especially if we have several errors where the ball goes under our glove in a game or during practice. The drill is called the Short Hop Drill. Short Hop Drill You start 3 players at 2nd base and you have 3 players at 3rd [...]
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