Baseball Plays – THe FBH Drill & the 4 Watch the Bunt Play
Try these two ideas with your team next practice. The first is a drill I call the FBH (Fake, Bunt, and Hit) drill. The second idea is a bunt play that you’ll be glad to use in your next game. FBH Drill I call this the FBH drill (Fake, Bunt and Hit Drill). This is [...]
Baseball Flexibility and Agility Drills – Get Dirty
One of the best current practice drills I use is one I call “Get Dirty”. Not only is this a great drill, but it also is an excellent bonding opportunity for the players, making great stops, diving, throwing, plus a great workout. “Get Dirty” Areas of Focus: Infield Speed (lateral/explosive) Vision and Throwing Conditioning Instructions: [...]
Baseball Hitting Drill – Bunting Practice Drill
I used to use a nice, slow, old pitching machine to teach bunting. I wasn’t getting the results I wanted, so I have abandoned the machine and now take a two pronged approach. Bunting Practice Drill I throw bunting to each player on the team, from about 15 feet, as often as I can, working [...]
Coaching Youth Baseball – Warm-Up Drill & Throwing Tip
My favorite baseball warm-up drill at the start of practice is to have half the players at the pitchers mound (for 8U) or at the short stop position (for 10U) and the other half at first base. Baseball Warm-Up Drill I stand at home plate. The pitchers mound/shortstop players field the ball from me and [...]
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. [...]
Baseball Throwing Drills – The Target Drill
I spend a lot of time working on accurate throws and aiming at a target with my 9th grade team. I call this the Target Drill. Target Drill We divide the players into equal teams of 4 or 5. Have one player sit on a bucket on the 3rd baseline and the rest of their [...]
Baseball Fielding Drill
I have a baseball drill used for fielding ground balls; it works for me and the kids always seem to like it. It builds eye coordination, technique on fielding, cardio, and of course confidence. Baseball Fielding Drill Set up: Place 5 balls in a spot along the third base line, making 3 more piles of [...]
How to Teach or Correct Batting Stance
I noticed after looking at pictures and videos of my players last season that alot of them had all kinds of different batting stances. Some looked good and some just were not right. So, I decided I would fix it from the first day of practice. The problem was how to fix it fast and [...]
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