Tag: "fun baseball drills"
Warm Weather Hitting & Catching Baseball Drill
When I have done this with my 10u team, they really enjoyed it. The drill works on bat speed and hand/eye coordination for all. This is a fun drill and a good drill to end a practice with. Fun (Warm Weather) Hitting/Catching Drill Equipment: Bucket Water (at least a few 2 liter bottles worth) Water [...]
Baseball Practice Drills – End of Practice Fun & No Legs Drill
One of my goals as a coach is to make sure I use fun baseball practice drills. I always end a practice with a 15 minute fun game for the kids. While it is fun, it is also working on throwing, fielding, and moving in front of the ball. The No Legs drill helps your [...]
Practice Drills for the Outfield
I like to use this as a fun drill to keep kids moving at an outfielder station in practice. As outfielders it keeps them running and builds endurance as there is not alot of down time before it is their turn again. Outfield Practice Drill Coach and player(s) on the foul line in outfield grass. [...]
Coaching Baseball – Statue Throwing Drill
Nothing wild here, but a slight take off on your “Show the Ball” drill that worked well with my team was incorporating it into a game of “Statue”. Statue Throwing Drill When you call out “Statue”, all of the kids are supposed to become statues in the throwing position with the proper grip. Because they [...]
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 Hitting Drills – Beach Ball Hitting Drill
I’ve come up with a pretty cool and really fun hitting drill for the kids. It goes along the same theme as your tee drill hitting square targets on a fence. Then you can give the wooden plank a try. It goes right along with this Beach Ball Hitting Drill. Beach Ball Hitting Drill Depending [...]
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 [...]
Fun Baseball Drills – COACH SAYS Drill & GLOVE SIDE Drill
These are two fun baseball drills I use with my younger players a lot. They enjoy these and forget that they are practicing drills. They’re great for teamwork as well. “Coach Says” Drill This is a twist to one of the popular ideas for “show me the ball”, “invisible bat”, and “coach says”. I have [...]
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