Softball Drills and Skills Videos

This is a softball training video presented by Megan Remblack on her YouTube channel, Magram Softball. Megan provides a step-by-step guide on how to perform different softball drills to improve hitting techniques. The first drill Megan introduces is called Happy Gilmore. She explains that the player should place the tee far from the home base and step with the back foot in front of the front foot while maintaining balance in the legs. She emphasizes the importance of staying in the legs while performing the slow swing. Megan then moves on to the second drill, where the player needs to [More]

During the above video, you’re going to learn about a killer softball hitting drill that will help your players work on getting quick hands. It’s called the quick side bounce drill. This softball hitting drill works on throwing the hands quickly to the low inside pitch. You, the coach, will kneel in front of your hitter because it’s an inside pitch, and she wants to make contact out in front of her. You’ll say, “stride,” and then quickly bounce the ball to her from the side. If the hitter’s hands are a little late, the ball will get too far [More]

During the above video, you’ll learn about the importance of the two strike stance and about a softball drill great for getting your players comfortable and ready for this type of situation. The two strike stance is one that you use in a game situation where the batter has two strikes. We want the hitter to feel comfortable in that situation knowing that they open their zone a little bit, they widen their stance, and they shorten their swing. We practice this softball drill every day at practice so that the players are comfortable in that two strike situation. It’s [More]

This drill focuses on soft toss batting practice. Demonstrates how to simulate a change-up with soft toss.

Softball drills instruction begins around the :53 mark in the video.  These are basic drills for beginners and focus on habits that need to be formed early when learning to hit a softball. Instructor is Crissy Rapp.

This video comes from Fastpitch.tv and features softball coach Kirk Walker and Olympian Lisa Fernandez. Coach Kirk focuses on opposite field hitting and Lisa stresses proper mechanics with tee drills.