Drills for Baseball & Softball
Introduction
Equipment & Safety Notes
Warm-up Recommendation
Some Websites
General Advice
0.0.1
Working Hard
0.0.2
Good Warmup Catch
1
Throwing and Throwing Mechanics
1.1
Basics of Throwing Mechanics
1.1.1
Work the Stretch
1.1.2
Work the Shuffle
1.1.3
Get to Tight V Position
1.2
Throwing Warmup Routine
1.2.1
Standard Trent Mongero Routine
1.3
Plyo Drills
1.3.1
Daily Routine
1.3.2
Driveline Plyo
1.4
J-Band Exercises
1.4.1
On a Fence
1.4.2
Daily Band Work (Driveline)
2
Dailies by Position
2.1
Catcher Dailies
2.1.1
Receiving Progression:
2.1.2
Throwing Footwork Routine:
2.1.3
Blocking Routine:
2.2
Infield Dailies
2.2.1
Knee Short Hop Daily
2.2.2
Standing GB, SH, BH
2.2.3
Ladder Forehands
2.2.4
Ladder Forehand/ Backhand
2.2.5
Drop Ball Drill
2.2.6
Ladder Drop Step Daily
2.2.7
No Panic
2.2.8
Over and Backs
2.3
Outfield Dailies
2.3.1
Drop Step Barehand (45 – 60 degrees)
2.3.2
Drop Step Barehand (70 – 90 degrees)
2.3.3
Change Direction Drill
2.3.4
Get Behind the Ball
2.3.5
Ground Ball Preload
2.3.6
Rolled Ground Balls
2.3.7
Off the Wall Drill
2.4
First Base Dailies
3
Fielding Drills
3.1
Forehand
3.1.1
Getting Around the Ball
3.1.2
Crossover Dailies
3.1.3
Pancake Hoop Drill
3.1.4
Flat Glove Work
3.1.5
Footwork Shuffle
3.1.6
Advanced Knee Ground Balls (Fungo)
3.1.7
Short Forehand Fungos
3.1.8
Active Feet Middle Infield
3.2
Backhand
3.2.1
Fix Your Backhand in 30 Seconds
3.2.2
Backhand Daily From a Cone
3.2.3
Backhand Ladder
3.2.4
Rolled Backhand Daily
3.2.5
Backhand Angles
3.3
Reaction/ Speed
3.3.1
First Step Quickness
3.3.2
Diving Play Up The Middle
3.4
Double Play / Pivot Work
3.4.1
Double Plays with Ladder
3.4.2
Double Play Side-Arm Feeds
3.4.3
Flip Follow Move
3.5
Footwork
3.5.1
Footwork Cross Overs
3.5.2
Triangle Drop Shuffle
3.5.3
Advanced Triangle Drill
3.5.4
Footwork To Power with Shuffle
3.5.5
Chatter and Hunt
3.6
Other
3.6.1
Backhand, Forehand and Fly
3.6.2
Catching and Tagging
3.6.3
Group Tag Drill
3.7
First Base Specific Drills
3.7.1
Batted Picks
3.7.2
First Base Footwork
3.8
Third Base Specific Drills
3.8.1
Throwing on the Run (Bunt Defense)
4
Outfield Drills
4.1
Fly Ball Fundamentals
4.1.1
Drop Steps
4.1.2
Push Drill
4.2
Tracking Drills
4.2.1
Over Shoulder (Both Shoulders)
4.2.2
Wind Drill
4.2.3
Ground Balls and Fly Balls
4.2.4
“Oh Shit” part II
4.2.5
Find it, Get under it
4.2.6
The “Y” Drill
4.2.7
Tennis ball (and 2 tennis balls?)
4.2.8
Which one?
4.3
Throwing & Relays
4.3.1
Footwork for Do-Or-Die
4.4
Communication Drills
5
Catching Drills
Stances & Why Catch Wtih Knee Down
5.1
Receiving & Framing
5.1.1
Short Hops
5.1.2
Plyo Receiving
5.1.3
Dry Feels
5.1.4
Barehand Flips
5.1.5
Super Basic For Beginners
5.2
Blocking Drills
5.3
Throwing Drills
5.3.1
Work the Transfers
5.3.2
Work Foot Down
5.3.3
Footwork Standing Up
5.3.4
Shoulder Switch
5.3.5
Throw from Knees
5.3.6
The Math Behind A Sub 2.0 Pop Time
5.3.7
Molina Drills
5.4
Game Management
6
Hitting Drills
6.1
Mechanics & Fundamentals
6.1.1
Where do we Hit The Ball?
6.1.2
What is a Disconnected Swing
6.1.3
Turn Behind the Baseball
6.1.4
Hands By Your Shoulder (Don’t load too much)
6.2
Med Ball Work
6.2.1
Med Ball Swings
6.2.2
Med Ball Routine
6.3
Tee Work Drills
6.3.1
Palm Up, Palm Down
6.3.2
Ball Drill for Disconnected Swing
6.3.3
Ball on Neck Drill for Disconnected Swing
6.3.4
Stay Back Ramp Drill
6.3.5
Babe Ruth Drill
6.4
Front Toss / Live BP
6.4.1
Basic Font Toss
6.4.2
Front Toss with Shadow Tee
6.4.3
Jumpback Swings
6.5
Power & Bat Speed Drills
6.6
Situational Hitting
6.6.1
Slapping
7
Baserunning Drills
7.1
Starts & Leads
7.2
Sliding Techniques
7.2.1
Slide Back to First
7.3
Running Efficiency
7.4
Decision-Making Drills
8
Team Drills
8.0.1
Infield DP Full Team
9
Conditioning
9.1
Agility Drills
9.1.1
5 Cone Deceleration Drill
9.1.2
Backpedaling COD Drill
9.1.3
Lateral Power and COD Drill
9.1.4
Turn and Run Drill Progression
9.1.5
Lateral Bound to 90 Degree Broad Jump
9.1.6
Cop Around Cones Drill
9.1.7
PunchWall Drill
9.1.8
Circuit Ladder, Gates, Rails
9.1.9
Ladder Quick Feet Come Around
9.1.10
Quick Feet
9.1.11
Sprint Drill
9.1.12
Change of Direction and Agility Drill
9.1.13
Ladder Drills
9.2
Footwork
9.2.1
Cone Drill (Infielder Footwork)
9.2.2
Staying Low and Giving Ground
9.3
Shuffles, Sprint and Change of Direction
9.4
Strength and Weight Training
9.4.1
Kettle Bell Work for Softball
9.5
Speed Training
9.5.1
Circle Tag
10
Baseball Drills
Chapter 4
Outfield Drills
4.1
Fly Ball Fundamentals
4.1.1
Drop Steps
4.1.2
Push Drill
4.2
Tracking Drills
4.2.1
Over Shoulder (Both Shoulders)
4.2.2
Wind Drill
4.2.3
Ground Balls and Fly Balls
4.2.4
“Oh Shit” part II
4.2.5
Find it, Get under it
4.2.6
The “Y” Drill
4.2.7
Tennis ball (and 2 tennis balls?)
4.2.8
Which one?
4.3
Throwing & Relays
4.3.1
Footwork for Do-Or-Die
4.4
Communication Drills
Calling for fly balls, teamwork exercises
Cues Glossary