Category: Baseball Practice Plans
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 [...]
Baseball Practice Plans – Hitting Basics
I’m coaching a team of first time players this season—all body types and conditioning. The one thing I want to work on with them is hitting—the basics. This may not be new, but I want them to get their early, ugly swings in before they step into the batters box and start hitting in a [...]
T-Ball Practice Drills – T-Ball Throwing Skills
With my 5 and 6 year old boys T-ball team, we tried having the boys throw balls back and forth to each other at our first practice. It went badly because no one can throw well or catch well. The players were afraid they were going to get hit by the wild throws or the [...]
Youth Baseball Practice Drills – Around the Horn Drill
Something that has got all boys playing and practicing each position and understanding what each player does I simply call “around the horn”. I picked it up from an older coach to give each player practice at all positions. Around the Horn Drill We practice this drill a few times and then as we go [...]
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