How to Throw a Baseball

I’m often asked for drills or tips to teach how to throw a baseball.  Here are two baseball drills for throwing accuracy that will pay huge dividends with your team.

From Lorena…
I’ve had difficulty with some of my players on throwing accurately.
My favorite drill at practice is to line them up on second base. I hit a grounder to each player and they have to step and throw to home plate, as they would in a game. At home plate I have set up six small plastic trash cans in the form of a pyramid.
It sounds easy to knock the trash cans down, but it’s amazing to see how difficult it can be to accurately throw the ball at the center of the pyramid to knock all the trash cans down. This drill helps improve accurate throws each time.

From Kathy…
Throwing Accuracy:
I attach small hula hoops to a fence and have two cones, 15 and 25 feet away from them.
1) There are 5 balls placed at each cone.  The kids charge the ball and throw at the hoop target.
2) Each player is tossed 5 balls at each cone from forward position and a right angle position. They must retrieve the ball then make the throw to the target.

This is great group work when working with stations.

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