Start with groups of three to four players with their gloves off, about 15 feet away from the coach.

The players are to be in an athletic position with the glove hand out in front as if they are going to receive the ball. With the palm of their glove hand facing down and fingers spread, toss the ball at the player. Their only goal is to tap the ball straight down to the ground with the palm of the glove hand.

Progress to the next step, only when the first is mastered, and introduce the throwing hand. Literally have the player tap the ball into the throwing hand, not catching the ball, but tapping the ball into the throwing hand.

There should be two soft sounds: the first is the ball hitting the glove hand, and the second is the ball falling into the throwing hand.

Progress to the next step and do the same as above but add the foot work to get them into a throwing position.

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Have the players throw balls back and forth between one another. At random, call out “Statue!” All of the players must become statues in the throwing position with the proper grip. Because they are “frozen”, it allows coaches an opportunity to check grips and body form carefully.

As they are checking for these things, the game for the coach is to try and make the player laugh (making funny faces, saying funny things, etc.) and become a “non-statue”, one player at a time, spending 10-15 seconds trying to make each kid laugh.

The best “statue” wins that round. The kids love the aspect of trying not to laugh, and the “freeze frame” gives the coach enough peace to note what aspects need work. Several rounds in a row are easily workable.

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Split the players into 2 equally skilled teams.

Set out 2 cones 15-20′ apart and then 2 more cones 40′ away, again 15-20′ apart.
Spread the girls out between the cones evenly. There should be 2 lines of players in between the cones facing one another.

Give 1 team a ball and have them begin throwing grounders at the opposing team.

If a grounder gets through the opposing line then the girl who missed the ball is out.

If 2 or more girls go for and miss the ball then the throwing team chooses which one is out!

This drill really helps to reinforce teamwork and also helps players learn to catch grounders.

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Set three cones out in a “Z” shape. A hitter stands behind the player as she runs to the first cone and hits a ball towards her.

Vary the way the balls are hit – grounder or fly ball. Have each player run towards each cone looking for the ball, and where the ball is placed (high, low, front or back, etc.) to ensure players are tracking the ball and reacting accordingly.

Once caught, or retrieved, they have to have square up, get a good base and make a good throw back to the coach. As the coach catches it, they should turn and run towards the next cone, preparing for the next hit.

This drill helps to improve reaction and tracking, agility with quick starts and stops, and the transition from running, fielding and throwing.

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Place two bases 40-60 ft. apart. Only three people are needed – one at each base and one to be the runner. Use tennis balls to avoid getting hurt.

The fielder with the ball should begin at the bag opposite the runner. Starting with his foot on the bag, the runner gets a 3-to-5 second lead toward the base in front of them. After they touch the first base and get a start back to the other base, the fielder they just ran from throws the ball to the other fielder to try and tag the runner out. If the ball gets past the fielder or they drop it, the runner can turn around after touching that base and run back to the other.

The runner would just go back and forth as many times they can until they get into a pickle. If the fielder catches the ball, they can run the runner back to the base like a real pickle situation in a game. The runner cannot get credit for this base because they didn’t touch the other base, yet.

The goal of this game is to touch the bases as many times as possible without being tagged out. The runner must keep track of how many times they touch the base before a fielder tags them out. When that runner gets out, they rotate positions so that the fielders can be the runner. After everyone has ran, they compare their scores (bases touched).

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Have the players lay on the ground in a circle with their heads toward the middle of the circle. Designate a player to start the action.

When she starts, she gets up and runs over every player in the circle until she gets to an open spot (vacated by the first player she has run over)and then she lays down on the ground (usually falls down). After the starter has run over the FIRST player on the ground, SHE gets up and runs over every player until she finds an open spot (vacated by the FIRST player SHE has run over) and then lays down.

When played right, there will be 3 or 4 girls running over players and falling down at all times. This drill is very good as a warmup exercise.

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The runner is on the base in her ready position (ready for her lead off). Another player or coach is a short distance from her, in the base path from 1st to 2nd base.

The coach holds a tennis ball at eye height. As the ball is dropped on a piece of flat wood, the runner leaves the base and attempts to catch the ball before it bounces off the wood a second time.

The distance for this drill is determined by the skill level of the runners, but start out close so that she can easily catch the ball and slowly move back to challenge her.

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Take a thick broom handle or a 1″ thick dowel and cut it to about 2 foot in length. Drill a hole in the center of the dowel, and tie a rope through it. Attach a weight to the other end of the rope.

Have the pitcher hold the dowel with both hands straight in front of them with arms locked out, and roll their wrists forward until they have wound up the rope and the weight has reached the dowel. Then have them reverse the motion to unwind the rope until the weight touches the ground again. Adjust the weight as she gets stronger.

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This drill is particularly effective for pitchers who “rush” their motion, fall forward too soon, have trouble getting “on top” of the baseball into a high- 3/4 arm slot, or are imbalanced in the balance position.

A coach or another player is needed for this drill.

To begin, a pitcher will go through her full wind-up without the ball. When she gets to the balance position, the pitcher will stop, hold, turn her head and wait for the coach to hand her the baseball.

The coach should vary how quickly he hands his pitcher the ball. It should be anywhere from three to five seconds.

Once the pitcher has received the ball from her coach from the balance position, she will turn her head again and throw to her target, emphasizing a good follow-through.

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At the beginning of practice or as a warm-up, incorporate these running exercises.

• Players run straight ahead at 3/4 speed. They should concentrate arm swing andr un at 3/4 speed, accelerate to full speed, and then slow down (about 30 yds.)
• Players move sideways by sliding their right foot out and following with their left foot. They should avoid crossing or hitting their feet together. Players hsould keep their shoulders level and facing home plate.
• Players lead off from the base. They should be standing with feet parallel to the base next to them. Have them swing their left leg over towards their right to start a run towards another base. Run to the other base. Make sure they do no turn or swivel their feet and run to the next base.
• Players keep their left foot on base. Their right foot should be behind the base facing the next base. Run to the next base.
• Runners should shuffle 3 to 4 times and then return to an imaginary base. Put their left foot on the base and look towards the outfield. They will then run on your command of “go”.

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Starting with a light weight (4 pound) dumbbell, do arm curls, butterflies, and wrist snaps in 10 rep sets. Once the pitcher can do 3 sets of 10 reps, increase the weight and start with 1 set and work up.

Make sure she does not overexert and make sure to consult a doctor before installing a weight program for your pitchers!

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Catchers should be well-taught on how to give signs to the pitcher. Remind the catcher of these few simple rules:

• Finger movements should be slow and controlled. There is no need to rush. The pitcher should be able to see the signs easily and in a relaxed manner.
• The catchers hand should be placed back against the cup or groin.
• The fingers should be pointing down. If the fingers are at an angle, it will be hard to see from the pitcher’s mound.
• Be sure the fingers are not placed too low. The hand should not be so low that the on-deck hitter or individuals behind the catcher can see the signs.
• Close off both knees. The knees should be facing toward the pitcher. If the knees are open, the coaches in the coaching box may be able to see your signs and relay them to the hitter. There is nothing wrong with stealing signs if the catcher is doing a poor job.
• Have as little hand movement as possible. Don’t give away location of pitches with loud arm and hand movements. The key to sign giving is to be slow, deliberate, and subtle.

There are a few simple drills that can help catchers practice giving signs. Have the catcher get into position several feet away from a mirror and giver her signs. This gives her a good idea of what the pitcher can and can not see.

During practice, have the catcher and pitcher go through the entire process of a pitch, starting with sign-giving. This gives the coaches a good chance to see with their own eyes where problems may be and fix them immediately.

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This drill is designed to help shortstops and second basemen, but can be adapted to help outfielders as well.

Take a bucket of balls about ten feet behind where the shortstop or the second basemen would normally line up. Scatter the balls across the ground. Have the fielder, with their back to the infield, jog to the balls one at a time and pick them up and throw them to home plate. They should alternate between picking up the balls with their glove and their bare hand. If there is no catcher to help, set a bucket about five feet away from home plate down what would be the third base line. The fielder would then need to throw the towards home plate. If the ball does not go to home plate, at least make sure it goes in between home plate and the bucket. This is the out zone.

The purpose of this drill is to get the fielder, who is often cut off from the rest of the team, a good practice session. This drill gives them practice at getting the ball with their back to the infield, and turning, finding home plate, and throwing the ball to home plate.

The bucket should be a target for the fielder. The reason for having it on the third base side is, if the fielder cant hit home plate, they should at least miss on the third base side so the catcher still has a chance at getting the out.

To modify this drill for outfielders, scatter the bucket of balls about ten feet in front of where the out fielder would line up. Have them charge the balls one at a time and throw them to home plate.

This drill is for getting the out fielder to charge balls on the ground, and then throw them while on the move. It lets them work on their throw to the plate.

If they can not get the ball to the plate, it is important for them to know what direction their throws go when the ball hits the dirt. The ball will usually consistently jump slightly one direction or another. It is good for the fielder to see this, and remember this. They should practice trying to get the ball to roll through the out zone between home plate and the bucket on the third base line. Knowing how to do this as well as throwing it through that zone in the air will help the fielder and the catcher.

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To practice throwing form, have someone standing about 5 feet directly behind the player. She should take a ball and, from the hand in glove position (as if the ball were just fielded), separate the hands with the ball hand swinging first down, then back and up until her throwing arm bicep is parallel with the ground and she has a 90 degree angle with her forearm pointing up and the ball facing backwards.

Looking at this motion from the third base side, the ball hand starts at 9 o’clock, swings down to 6 o’clock then up to 12 o’clock (if the player is a right handed thrower). If the ball is released at about 3 o’clock and the player’s form is correct, the ball should be easily caught by the person standing behind her. If the ball goes to the left or right of the catcher, she is not using a proper path for her arm.

When the player has the proper arm motion, have her go into your throwing motion instead of releasing the ball. She should stride with her lead foot and follow through.

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Split the players into 3 teams. The game works well with 12 girls (3 teams of 4 players) and 2 coaches. One team goes to the outfield, one team plays the infield and the other team is up to bat.

One coach pitches and one catches. If there is only one coach, use a tee and have the coach play catcher. Once the ball has been hit, the team who touches the ball first has to pass the ball under their legs until it has been touched by every girl on their team. The last girl has to throw the ball to the catcher before the batter/runner makes it home. The throw home has to be a good throw and the coach receiving the throw home can stand on home plate and can stretch to catch the ball. However, he can’t leave the plate.

If the ball arrives before the runner then the home team has one out. After three outs, the players rotate – the team at bat goes to outfield, the outfield team goes to infield, and the infield team goes to bat. The catch is that the pitcher can pitch as soon as a batter is up to the plate with a helmet on, so if a girl’s team was just at bat, she had better be running to position herself in the outfield.

Some girls who play this game don’t even take their helmets off so that they can get out as quickly as possible. They also learn teamwork. Girls will have each others gloves ready for their teammates on their way to the field and they usually have the girl with the best arm line up at the end of the line to assure a good throw home.

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Set up a pitching machine at the pitcher’s mound and shoot balls into the ground just behind home plate and in front of home plate. The catcher must be in full gear and catch the balls so that they do not go behind her.

A variation of this drill is to tie the catcher’s hands behind their back and throw sponge balls onto the floor. The catcher must block them by using her body and moving side-to-side. Do not use regular balls for this version – only sponge balls!

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Have the players line up in a line stretching to the outfield. The first player throws the ball to the glove side of the second player in the line. She throws to the glove side of the player next to her. Continue until the ball has traveled all the way down the line, and then have it brought back down the line.

This drill teaches the proper location for the relay throw and also helps players develop a quick turn and release of the throw.

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This game requires two teams of at least 5 players.

One team takes the field at 1st base, 2nd base, shortstop, 3rd base, and catcher. The other team is at bat. The batter hits a ground ball. This can be done from a tee, a soft toss, or by throwing the ball up and hitting it. Fly balls are strikes.

An infielder catches the ball and throws to 1st base. 1st base then throws to one of the other infielders. That fielder throws back to 1st base. 1st base then throws to the other infielder who hasn’t yet touched the ball, who throws back to 1st base. The ball then goes around the horn: 1st base to short stop to 2nd base to 3rd base. Then it is thrown to the catcher.

Each fielder must touch her base before throwing except for when the ball is thrown around the horn and home. If the batter-runner can run all the way home before the ball gets home, they score a run. If the ball gets home first, They have one out. In that case, the fielders rotate one position clockwise and the next batter hits.

For every batter, each fielder has caught 3 balls and made 3 throws. Every catch and throw must be accurate or the batting team scores one run. Batters need to wear helmets. Fielders can rotate in at 3rd base if you are playing with more than 5 players on each team.

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Flip tennis can lids frisbee-style towards the batter. Vary which edge is up to imitate a curve, screwball, etc. Have the batter use either a regular bat or a Thunderstick.

This drill helps players keep their weight back and encourages snap and eye tracking.

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Players form two lines facing each other about 15 – 20 feet apart. The coach flips a ball to the first player. That player throws to the player across from her. That player immediately throws the ball to the next player in line across from her. This continues until the catcher receives the ball. The catcher then drops ball into the bucket.

After the first ball is flipped by the coach, another is tossed in by the coach. Depending upon the skill level of the players, the coach may flip the ball immediately, or he may wait a few seconds. This continues until the coach runs out of softballs.

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Have two players stand 10-20 feet apart.

Player one throws a ground ball to Player Two. Player Two fields and throws back to Player
One.

Player Two then runs toward Player One. She will circle Player One, returning to her spot.
Player One will throw a flyball back to her.

After Player Two gets the ball, she throws it back to Player One. Then Player One throws
back to Player Two. Then Player Two gives the ground ball to Player One repeating the process.

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Write numbers on the balls in different colors 1-5. Have the girls field the ball and call out the color the number is written in.

When they get the hang of that, have them call out the number written. Use permanent marker and depending on the age, determine what size to make the numbers.

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The following speed drill also works for accuracy, while building arm strength. Have the pitchers pitch 10 balls from approximately 20 feet. Then I have them move in ten foot increments back until they are throwing from as far back as 60 feet.

Once the “comfortable accurate distance” for the drill had been reached, move them to the rubber, and have them throw 20-50 hard pitches. Combining the short and long distances works on two things at the same time: arm strength (speed) and accuracy.

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Throw 50 balls in the dirt to help the catcher practice blocking the plate. Make them throw 50 to second off the pitch.

To practice for flyballs, have them crouch with the coach on his knees in front of her, with ball in hand stretched out so the catcher can see it like a pitch coming in. Then, have the coach flip it in the air in different directions so she can practice getting the mask off and finding the ball.

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A catcher should always bring their hand up to their ear and throw (of course with a snap). When a catcher throws, their glove (which should be extended towards their target) should cross their chest. To gain speed on the throw down to second, a catcher has to pop-up after they have caught the ball. When they pop-up, their feet should be at a 90 degree angle to what they were at before.

A good drill to practice the popping up on steals is to draw a cross in front of the catcher. Crouching down on one of the lines a catcher should be able to pop-up and land on the other line that crosses it.

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Place a ball on the tee at hip height. Have the batter hold a bat behind her hips and take a normal batting stance. Have her pivot and knock the ball off the tee. This teaches proper hip rotation and explosion.

Next, locate the tee at the proper impact point for inside pitches and then outside pitches. Place the balls on the tee and have the batter hit from a normal stance. This teaches the proper technique for hitting these pitches.

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Draw sections in the dirt in front of home plate. In each section, write a number representing a point value based on what the coach considers the perfect bunt. For example, a two-foot diameter circle in that no-man’s area between the pitcher, catcher and either 1st or 3rd base.

Divide the girls up into teams. Each girl takes her turn bunting. She is awarded the point value of the section that the ball stops in (not lands in). After every player has taken her turn, total up the points and reward the winners.

After the girls have played this game, let them take turns drawing sections in the dirt and assigning point values. Even if they give high point values to what would be considered a bad bunt, they are still learning how to control the bunt and put it where they want it. When used with pitchers, this drill also gives them practice.

Be aware that the pitching machine balls tend to be more bouncy than real softballs and are more difficult to control. Make the sections larger and explain why to the players.

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This drill is used to have everyone participate in fielding, catching and throwing.

Have everyone spread out evenly into a deep infield position. One player on first and another player for backup to the first baseman. Have an assistant be the catcher or use another player.

Start the drill by having the coach saying ready. This is a cue for getting all the players into a ready position.

Hit grounder or fly balls to them. They will need to be sure and call it if it is a fly ball. Make sure fielders set up in proper fielding positoin. Once the catch is made a good throw to first base is then made. The first basemen then throws the ball to the catcher.

If a ball is missed the player missing the ball runs and retrieves the ball, runs back, and rolls the ball into the backstop while everyone else continues on with the drill. After they all have received at least one ball hit to them, tell the players to switch positions. At that time the player that is backing up the first baseman becomes the first baseman. The first baseman goes to where third would be and everyone else rotates toward first.

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A catcher stands between first and second base with a discard bucket. The rest of the team stands between third base and home with gloves.

Place three balls on the first baseline, spacing them a few feet apart. Do the same on the second baseline. Place 5 balls in the center of the field, vertically between catcher and player.

This drill should be run one player at a time. The player sprints to any ball on the field, and throws it to the catcher. (If the throw is not good, the ball is replaced by another player for a second try.) They then sprint back to where they started, and go after another ball.

This goes on until all of the balls are in the bucket. This drill should be tiring, and should be run at a sprint. Time the players if they need motivation. The other players on the team should be cheering on the runner.

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These drills are done as a series for warm-up and allow the players to focus on the “mechanics” of proper throwing techniques, using certain isolation drills.

1) Indian style: Have the players start approximately 10-12 yards from their partners sitting Indian style. By throwing in this position, the players isolate the upper body motion, using the glove hand for proper shoulder rotation. To help emphasize proper follow through, the players should follow through with their throwing arm elbow outside their knee, as if picking a blade of grass. This can also be done in the kneeling position with both knees on the ground, bodies square to their partners.

2) One Knee: Have the players proceed to the one knee position, stride leg in front pointing towards their partners. The players should move back to approximately 15-20 yards. This focuses on upper body mechanics and accuracy. Again, the players should follow through with their throwing elbows outside their knee with bend in the waist.

3.) Standing: Players put all three together and begin throwing from the standing position. Again, emphasize using the glove hand to point at the target as well as proper follow through (throwing wrist should brush the outside of the knee).

4) Crane: Players begin in the “crane” position. That is, with their stride leg raised in the air (knee bent), their glove hand pointing at their target, their throwing hand in the launch position (ball outside ear), players hold in this position for 2-3 seconds before releasing the ball. To ensure proper follow through, the players then take one full step towards their partner after releasing the throw. This helps the players focus on properly using their glove hand for emphasis on shoulder hip and knee rotation. For right-handed players, the left shoulder, hip and knee point at their target and when they are done, their right shoulder hip and knee should be pointing at their target.

5) Quick throw: Players work on framing and quick release. Players catch and throw without hesitation for approximately 1-1.5 minutes straight.

6) Tags: While partners are working their “Crane” positioning, the receivers set up in the straddle position. When the throw comes in, they perform sweep tags. This allows the receivers to train as well as the throwers.

7) Throwing for distance: Once the series has gone through, continue to have the players back up until they are able to make accurate, strong throws DIRECTLY to the receiver. No lob throws. This allows arm strengthening.

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