Keep a full bucket of balls on the pitchers mound, and throw every ball in the dirt in front of the catcher. Vary the pitches – some to the glove side, some right at the catcher, and some to the backhand side. After throwing all the balls in the bucket into the dirt (to practice keeping the ball in front of you) there are usually many balls behind the catcher, against the fence or whatever backstop exists. When the last ball is about to be thrown the pitcher must warn the catcher.

Once this ball gets by the catcher, they have to get every single ball as fast as they can. When the last ball gets by the catcher, the pitcher (usually the coach) must grab the empty bucket and run to home plate. The catcher must make accurate throws to home so the pitcher can refill the bucket. Any wild throws (throws past the pitcher covering home with the bucket) must be retrieved by the catcher.

Try timing this event for increase in speed.

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In order to be a great hitter, it is always important to focus on fundamentals. Regardless of age or skill level, a hitter must learn to keep their eyes on the ball.

The Hawk Eye drill can help in training a player’s eyes to follow the ball from the pitcher’s hand to the contact point where the ball meets the bat. It will serve to solidify the importance of keeping your eye on the ball at any level of play where pitchers are throwing various pitches.

How It’s Done

Invite a number of players (who are not pitchers) out for pitching practice and have them bring their helmets. Tell them they will stand in as a live batter, so that they will be unaware of their task at hand.

After the pitchers are warmed up and throwing their pitches for accuracy and movement, have a hitter step into the batter’s box without a bat, BUT WITH HELMET ON. Her only responsibility is to watch the rotation of the ball from the pitcher’s hand to my glove.

Pitch Recognition

The batter then has to tell me what the rotation of the ball was, what kind of pitch it was (based on the rotation) and if it was a ball or a strike. Each batter reads five pitches and then moves back into the line.

If you have multiple pitchers and catchers, more than one batter can practice ‘seeing’ the ball at the same time, but a coach should be watching each set of players both for safety reasons and to ensure that the hitter’s are calling the pitches correctly.

Through this drill, the player has strengthened their vision’s muscle memory. Reading these pitches will enable her to watch the flight of the pitch, concentrate on the ball and focus on the contact point. It can be a big help in developing the subconscious action of viewing and reacting to a quickly pitched ball.

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This is a two person drill. One person is the hitter, the other is the pitcher and fielder.

The hitter holds the bat close to the knob. The bat is then put behind the back at waist level. The hand and knob will be about the middle of the back. The other arm is then put behind the bat then bent forward so that the bat is held with the bend at the elbow. If this is done correctly the bat is then sticking out beyond the bent arm around 18 to 24 inches.

The pitcher is then is going to pitch the ball slow and flat at waist level to the batter. The batter should be standing as if they were at the plate. To begin, they will want to use an open stance exposing the front of the body to the pitcher. As the pitcher tosses the ball, the hitter attempts to hit the ball by twisting at the waist. The picture will not want to put much arch on the tosses.

With practice it is not all that difficult. This teaches the hitter to keep their eyes on the ball. It encourages them to use their waist when hitting. It helps them to learn to adjust to the level of the ball by bending at the knees, and not just reaching. It is good for loosing up the back and legs. It get the pitcher to bend their legs and warms them up by moving laterally.

Once learned, this little games can take on a quick pace. It is great for working out indoors or outdoors.

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Simply divide the girls into two teams. Have the teams form two lines about 40 to 60 feet apart, with players shoulder to shoulder three feet apart. Place something two feet from each girl at either end of both lines. These are the goal posts. The goal posts can be buckets, cones, balls, or the parents. Hand a ball to one of the players. To play the game, the girls take turns trying to throw grounders through the opposing line. They can throw as hard as they want (make sure they’re spaced far enough apart).

The rules are fairly simple: The player who fails to prevent the ball from going past the imaginary line between goal post is out of the game. The team who loses all its players first loses. The ball must bounce in front of the players to count. If a player’s ball is caught on the fly without bouncing she is out – if it is dropped, she stays in. If a ball goes through the line without bouncing, it has no effect. Any throw outside the goal posts has no effect.

As players are eliminated move the goal posts in until the last player has a goal roughly six feet wide. Hint: if the girls learn to charge the ball, it gives one of their teammates an opportunity to back them up. If there is a question as to which girl allowed the ball to get through the line, the opposing team decide

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Place 3 balls on the ground evenly spaced, about 3/4 of the way from third base to home.

The fielding team has a third baseman and a group at second base. Another team is at bat (without bats). When the coach yells, “Go”, the batter (runner) runs as fast as she can to first base and on to second. The fielder at third base runs to the first ball and makes a throw to a teammate at second base, then goes to the second ball and makes a throw to the same fielder at second base and does the same thing with the third ball.

The object of this game is to make 3 good throws from third base (third base line) to second base before the runner gets to second base. If the runner gets there first, or if the fielder makes a bad throw or bad catch, the batters get 1 point (you can use any value you want). If the fielders get all 3 balls to second base before the runner gets there, no points are awarded.

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Players can do this drill after warming up their arms, with their partner.

One player keeps their glove on, the other takes their glove off. The partner with the glove rolls them the ball. The fielder must get down on the ball, or they will miss it.

They also learn they must get completely in front of the ball, and scoop or “funnel” the ball to their waist.

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Get behind the plate in full gear, and have the coach, or pitcher throw, or pitch balls to both sides of you.

The point is to be able to get your body in front of the ball, so it never gets away from you. You do this for 50 balls once at the beginning and once at the end of practice. It’s very tiring because you don’t have time to get up and walk back to the plate.

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a batting beam with pieces of 2″ x 4″s. The main piece should be about 4′ long. Two cross pieces about 18″ should be nailed about 16″ from each end of main piece. Have player stand on this during soft toss. The player should remain on beam throughout swing.

The beam encourages the batter to be on the balls of the her feet and to maintain a balanced swing. It also helps the batter to take their timing step straight to the pitcher. The players don’t like this beam at first, but it does help.

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Have the batter set up approximately 3ft. from a fence in her batting stance just as she would at the plate. With one exception, have her bat resting on her shoulder.

The coach then tosses a softball up to her, the batter must then attempt to hit the ball with only the butt (End cap on the handle) of the bat. NO SWINGING ALLOWED! The coach can toss the ball in various locations (High, Low, Inside, Outside, etc.,…).

This drills teaches the girls to move there head/eyes to and with the ball and take there hands to the ball as opposed to just swinging and hoping for the best.

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The drill uses a whiffle ball and a plastic bat. First set the bases at about 40 feet apart. Divide your team in two. One half fields and the other bats. Fielders do not use their gloves. We want to teach them that the hands are the real tools in catching the ball.

The ball is pitched from about 20 feet away. The batter has only three chances to hit the ball. (There are no balls or walks in this drill.) Once the ball is hit, the batter must run the bases until she reaches home plate or is tagged out. The fielders must always try to tag the runner out at first. You bat the entire line up. Then you change sides. We usually do this drill twice a week for about 20 minutes at a very fast pace.

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This is a line drive and pop up fielding drill which teaches players to catch three types of fly balls.

1) a line drive right at them,
2) a line drive that they must stretch for,
3) and last a flyball that they must sprint to catch. This is how the drill works.

Line your players up in a single file line, players should start on the fair line just behind first base at the edge of the outfield grass. The coach will be in right-center field with a bucket of balls. The players will be running in a straight line about 50 to 60 feet away from the coach. (Running from first towards second.) One player at a time and they need their gloves.

The coach starts by throwing a line drive right at the players, the player catches it and will still running the coach throws the second ball in front of the player making her reach to catch it, while the player is still running the coach throws the third ball, which is a high pop fly out away from the player that she must track down and catch it. After player one has been she returns to the back of the line and it is time for the next player.

Keys importance to this drill:

1) Once the players starts running (she never stops nor hesitates) she sprints all the way, catching all the balls on the run.
2) Once the players catches a ball she quickly throws it down and looks for the next ball.
3) After the player has finish she retreats and picks up the three balls and gets in the back of the line. (balls on the ground may cause a twisted ankle)
4) The coach needs to be quick and accurate with his/her throws. A line drive right at them starts it off, then the second throw must be where they reach out for, and the last throw is a fly ball out away from the player which they must hustle down and catch.
5) This drill really works on catches you may encounter during a game.
6) There is a big difference between running and sprinting we like our players to sprint while doing this drill.

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To develop bat control and short, quick swing.

Stand approximately 22 feet away from the three fielders who position themselves two feet apart. Hit the ball using a short, quick, downward stroke. Hit the ball sharply with one or two hops (ground balls) to the fielders.

A fielder fields the ball and quickly tosses a half to three quarter speed pitch back to be hit. Hit the ball where it is pitched. Preferably use four players in this drill and not more than five.

Hit the inside pitch to the fielder to your left (for a right handed batter). Hit the pitch in the middle to the fielder directly in front of you. Hit the outside pitch to the fielder to your right (for a right handed batter).

To make the drill more difficult, use two softballs at once, keeping the hitter constantly ready to swing and fielders always head-up.

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Stand next to a wall, approximately 4 to 6 inches away, feet angled at a 45 degree, then go through the motion of either slingshot or windmill.

When they do actually pitch, they do not drop their shoulders and make that swooping motion.

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Full Motion To help a pitcher keep her weight back, have her deliver a pitch at 75% speed driving her back knee into her front knee and holding that balanced position until the catcher returns the ball.

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For pitchers who can’t keep weight back during stride.

Set up to pitch in front of wall and perform full motion without releasing ball.

Also, coach can hold rubber surgical tubing around the pitcher’s waist to help her keep her weight back.

Also can have pitcher stride onto inside toe area and not drop heel until after pitch is released.

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Stand in stride position with glove open next to left thigh.

Wrist Snaps, Pull Downs, “K” Drill, Arm Circle Drill, and full motion can be performed with ball released into the glove.

Have pitcher follow through to bent arm position after releasing the ball.

Use a sock ball or other soft ball to perform these drills indoors.

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Players pair up and kneel with both knees on ground 5 yards apart.

Players support throwing elbow with glove and, using only wrist action, throw to each other for desired period.

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To help a pitcher keep her weight back, have her stand in stride position and perform a full arm circle drill.

With glove and hand pointed towards catcher, have her perform one arm circle, driving the back knee in to the front knee at ball release.

She should immediately take a step back with the back leg giving her a sense of falling back.

She should fall back along the power line or she was off balance at ball release.

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Stand in release position.

Raise stride knee off the ground (thigh parallel to the ground and calf perpendicular to the ground).

Balance weight on the pivot leg.

Extend throwing arm over left thigh and knee, and glove arm over throwing arm.

Push glove arm and throwing arm towards catcher while pushing out with stride leg.

Perform full arm circle while striding forward. Release ball, complete full follow through.

Repeat 15 to 20 times.

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Stand in stride position. Extend throwing arm to rear, parallel to the ground, and glove arm forward, parallel to the ground.

Pull down the throwing arm and glove arm and release the ball with a full wrist snap. Do not stride, but shift weight slightly to the stride leg and close hips towards the catcher after release.

Allow throwing arm to follow through to bent release position. Repeat 15 to 20 times.

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1. Stand facing toward the wall in your stride position (standing sideways). Take a ball and flick your ball straight to the wall and it should come right back to you. Only use you wrist no windmill. This drill can be done indoors with a rubber or incrediball, or outside with a regular ball against a pitchback.

2. This drill is also to be done in or outdoors. Stand 8ft. Away from the wall in your stride position, do your windmill and close your hips and the ball should come right back to you

3. This one is also to be done in or outdoors. Stand 6ft away from a wall in your stride position and just do your windmill do not close your hips, the ball should come right back to you, time yourself for 15 seconds and see how many you can do. Every time you do it see if you can get more than the time before.

4. The last drill should be done outside with a catcher. Get a weight ball and kneel down on one knee with your other knee facing the catcher. And only using your wrist snap flick the ball to your target or catcher. As you do 15 move back a couple of feet. When you’re about 10ft from the plate use a regular ball. Then when you’re about 20ft away from the plate do the windmill, until you can do this all the way from the rubber.

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1. Go and get a towel.

2. If you are a right handed pitcher then you would face to the right of the rubber and put your knee on towel which is on the rubber.

3. Next you will put your other knee facing home plate.

4. Put your hands in front of you.

5. Then you will do the windmill motion.

6. On your way around stop your left hand right above your knee.

7. Come all the way around with to your right hand.

8. Then drop both of your hands and pop your wrist and the ball should go right across the plate. It will take a while to get the accuracy down.

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This is a two person drill. One person is the hitter, the other is the pitcher and fielder.

The hitter holds the bat close to the knob. The bat is then put behind the back at waist level. The hand and knob will be about the middle of the back. The other arm is then put behind the bat then bent forward so that the bat is held with the bend at the elbow. If this is done correctly the bat is then sticking out beyond the bent arm around 18 to 24 inches.

The pitcher is then is going to pitch the ball slow and flat at waist level to the batter. The batter should be standing as if they were at the plate. To begin, they will want to use an open stance exposing the front of the body to the pitcher. As the pitcher tosses the ball, the hitter attempts to hit the ball by twisting at the waist. The picture will not want to put much arch on the tosses.

With practice it is not all that difficult. This teaches the hitter to keep their eyes on the ball. It encourages them to use their waist when hitting. It helps them to learn to adjust to the level of the ball by bending at the knees, and not just reaching. It is good for loosing up the back and legs. It get the pitcher to bend their legs and warms them up by moving laterally.

Once learned, this little games can take on a quick pace. It is great for working out indoors or outside. I like to have the team do this before each game after they have warmed their arms up.

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This can be done with one person, but I like to see it done with two. It only benefits the hitter when two people are involved.

It is quit simple. The hitter is standing in front of a fence or net five or six feet away. The team mate or coach gets down on one knee with a number of balls about four or five feet away. The hitter should face the fence as if that is where the pitcher will be throwing the ball from. The team mate or coach will be tossing the ball from the direction of where first base would be. It would be the third base direction if the hitter is left handed. The team mate or coach tosses the ball in the air, and the hitter drives it into the fence. I feel it is most successful when the ball is thrown out away from the hitter more towards the fence so that they have to reach to hit it. Not to far though.

Once the hitter starts hitting the ball well, the team mate or coach should throw the balls a little quicker, so that the hitter is hitting them one right after another.

A hitter can do this them self, and it is helpful. I like for it to be a two person drill. I feel this helps the hitter even more with their bat eye coordination. This is a good pre game or pre practice warm up. It loosen the arm muscle that are used for hitting. It also get the hitter into keeping their eye on the ball.

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Have one team at bat, and one team in the field with a fielder on third base and one at first base. The batter must take a bat and place the knob to her forehead and the other end on the ground. She now spins around 5-7 times, then hits (or tries to hit) a ball off a tee and runs the bases until both the fielders have touched the ball in the outfield (or where ever it has gone). If you have some uptight players, this will loosen them up in a big hurry.

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Use some type of back-stop and a bucket or old milk crate. Have one player hold the ball at shoulder height and drop it straight down into the strike-zone. The batter must see the ball and react fast enough to hit it. This drill teaches the batter to take their hands straight to the ball. Have the player dropping the balls, drop them at different times so the batter does not “cheat”. The batter can watch the release of the ball, but cannot move prior to the ball being dropped.

This drill has increased our team bat speed a lot. We use this drill in warm-ups before every game and as a team, we are making contact with the ball in .900 range. Something must be working!!!.

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The drill involves a cone, a ball,a 36 inch piece of thick rope (taped at both ends to stop fraying) and a lot of concentration. Place a ball on top of the cone and attempt to take a proper swing with the rope and hit the ball solidly. You will want to tell the girls to release their top hand to prevent hitting themselves in the back with the rope. If this is the perfect drill to practice as it will aid in concentration, stride and hand positioning.

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Construct a batting beam with pieces of 2″ x 4″s. The main piece should be about 4′ long. Two cross pieces about 18″ should be nailed about 16″ from each end of main piece. Have player stand on this during soft toss. The player should remain on beam throughout swing.

The beam encourages the batter to be on the balls of the her feet and to maintain a balanced swing. It also helps the batter to take their timing step straight to the pitcher. The players don’t like this beam at first, but it does help.

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This is a great drill for teaching follow-through. Get a couple of old basketballs, and take most of the air out of them.

Place them on one of those orange cones you see at construction sites. Have the batter take her normal swing and follow-through right through the basketball. HAVE THEM WEAR HELMETS!!! Use regular sized bats for this drill.

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Have the player swing as many times correctly as possible, while timing them. Time them, See how many times they can swing in 60 seconds. Make sure each swing is done correctly.

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