Need practice ideas for softball team with 3rd & 4th Grade Girls?

2 Comments

1. alli says:

   May 22, 2010 at 6:42 pm

   star drill
   catch to 3rd
   3rd to 1st
   1st to second
   second to short
   short to catch
   when the girls catch it
   you could make it mroe fun by
   like having them say their favorite food color book music etc.

   throwing drills
   girls get on their knee (no glove)
   wrist flick
   accel to more of a throw still no glove
   stand up and do the t formation
   then full throw

   fun base running relay
   great for getting the feel of running the bases
   get a group of girls at home and another group at second
   the first girl at each base run the entire diamond
   the first group to be done wins
   make it more interesting make sure they tag the base
   if they dont make them run again

   soft toss batting
   better than a t and easier than the full pitching

   get two lines
   hit some grounders and pops in between
   get them in the habit of calling the ball

   sort of like monkey in the middle great throwing drill
   girl in the middle and one at each end
   end girl starts off with ball throws to middle
   middle catches quickly turns but positions and
   gets a good stance to correctly throw the ball
   to the other end

   hope i helped
2. inSC says:

   May 22, 2010 at 6:42 pm

   We love softball at our house. My two girls have been playing since a young age, they are teens now and still playing. In younger years, my husband and I found that setting up 3 or 4 practice stations on the field…(you need some parent help) works well. Break the girls up into groups and they rotate from station to station.

   Stations:

   Hit off the tee station (batting stance)
   Catch pop fly (getting under the ball)
   Grounders (glove in the dirt)
   Throwing from base to base (step to target)
   Sliding (most fun of all)

   Have fun with it.