Defensive Drills (baseball too)
Video Podcast with Jay Miller
, Head Softball Coach
Mississippi State University
This is a series of defensive warm-up drills that help develop and enforce fundamental skills, build competitiveness and sharpen your athletes skills. This drill is great for softball and baseball!
Softball Defensive Drills: Overview - Fundamental skills drills shouldn't be ignored and your team should "play catch" every single day.
Softball Drills: Circle Drill - The circle drill is a fun softball drill and your kids have 2 things to remember: who's throwing to them and who they throw it to.
Softball Drills: Four Corner Drill - Another great drill to start practice with and it's one of the only drills that lest your softball players catch, throw, run bases and tag a runner.
Softball Drills: Tent Drill and Synchronized Throws - Quickness is important, but accuracy makes this drill tough and is a great way to build a competitive spirit with your team.
Softball Drills: Relay Drill - Here's a drill to work on relay skills for your softball players.
Short Hop Drills - Practice fielding short hops on a regular basis. Work from the middle of the body to backhand to the forehand.
Infield Crossfire - Fielders are positioned in the field and you've got two hitters in this drill which results in a lot of options and rotations to cover many possible situations.
Infield Crossfire - Part 2 - The Infield Crossfire drill has many rotations, and this segment covers more rotations on the same drill.