Purpose: To stress the importance of bunting as a crucial run-producing tactic. It is important to practice every aspect of the game including base running when coaching softball.

Procedure: Equipment needed are one softball, a bat, gloves and helmet. One player is in the batter's box, the other players take their infield positions, and a runner stays at third. The pitcher throws the ball, and the batter bunts the ball toward third base.

The base runner bounces off third base as pitch is released. The third baseman fields the ball and throws it to first, The base runner breaks for home as the third baseman lets go of the balL

Purpose: To teach the art of  softball sliding while turning into a fun game.

Procedure:  Divide the team into groups of four. One group of four should move out to a square area (about twenty by twenty feet) marked on the field, with a "base" in each corner and a player on each base. At the whistle, the player at home takes off for first, sliding in. When she touches the bag, the player standing there at first takes off for second. When she slides in, the runner on second base takes off toward third. This continues around the horn until the player who began at home gets back home again. Whichever team does this the fastest is the winner. If you do not have enough room to have all your groups going at once, then you can use a stopwatch to see which group is the fastest.

Purpose: To learn different softball sliding techniques.

Procedure: The team's divided into two groups. Group 1 is in the outfield on the right sideline, and group 2 is in the outfield on the left sideline. A 30 foot piece of cardboard is put 30 feet away from each sideline. A moveable based is put around 3 feet from the end of the cardboard. The head coach and the assistant coaches are at separata sliding stations in a position to help the players. The first player in each line runs toward the appropriate base and practices a particular sliding technique. After sliding, the players go to the end of their respective lines, and the drill will continue for as long as desired.

Purpose: To learn the pop-up softball sliding technique.

Procedure: All players are in the outfield in a mass drill formation. The head coach stands facing the group. All players are on the ground in a bent leg sliding position. The players shift their weight forward onto the lead leg and stand up. The drill is repeated for as long as desired.

Purpose: To improve the different softball sliding techniques.

Procedure: Four or more runners are at each base and the head coach is in the pitching area. The first runner in each line will run toward the next base and do a specific slide. An example would be, the runner going into second base does a bent-leg or pop-up slide, the runner going into third base does a head-first slide, and the runner going into home does a hook slide. After the runner slides at home plate, the runner jogs to first base, and the drill is repeated for as long as desired.

Purpose: To improve the head-first softball sliding technique.

Procedure: All the players are at home plate and the manager is in the left field on the edge of the outfield grass. The coach has a full bucket of balls and the head coach is near the second base, and the assistant coach is in the coach's box at first base. The first runner has to run to first base and gets a signal by the assistant coach to turn and look to see if it's possible to move to second base. As the runner rounds first base, the runner spots the manager in left field. The manager is holding a ball. If the manager drops the ball, the runner moves to second base and does a bent-leg slide but if the manager brings the ball back in a throwing motions and acts like the ball is actually going to be thrown to first base, the runner hurries and returns to first base and does a head-first slide.

Purpose: To determine the player's "tucked leg" for softball sliding.

Procedure: All players are in the outfield in a mass drill formation. The head coach stands facing the group. The player sits on the ground with the arms extended in back to support the upper body. The legs are extended in front with the knees slightly bent. The player raises the body on the hands and feet an then falls backwards, while tucking one leg underneath in a "4" shape. When the player falls backwards, the arms are thrown in front of the body with the hands in the air.

Purpose: Drill for softball sliding that has players review various slides and steals, including bent leg, pop up, head first, back door, and pop tag.

Procedure: Divide players into four groups: one group each at home, first, second, and third. The group at home works on reading the first baseman coming of the bag and avoiding a tag by using the pop-tag slide method. The group at first works on stealing second, using either a bent-leg slide or a pop-tag slide. The group at second works on stealing third, using the head-first slide. The group at third work on stealing home, using the pop-up slide. Also have this group work on pop-tag and back-door slides as if they were scoring from second. Rotate stations every three minutes, and rotate groups of runners after about 15 minutes.

Purpose: To develop proper sliding technique and eliminate fear of the ball. Good drill that focuses on basics of base running.

Procedure: Wet down the area without getting too much standing water and pair up players. One player sits on her side and buttocks, extending her lead leg and tucking her other leg under; her partner pulls her several feet. Players take time pulling and sliding.

Purpose: This drill is for softball sliding and is used more with kids. One of the biggest hurdles for learning how to slide is figuring out how far away from the base you should begin to slide. Get low helps the players gauge the proper distances for them.

Procedure:The youngster gets into her ready base-running stance at first base. The two coaches position themselves in front of second base, each holding one end of a broom at about stomach level. On a coach's command, the runner breaks for second base. As she nears the broom, she drops into her slide, at which point the two coaches raise the brom so the player's hands don't touch it. Give the youngster feedback on her technique. If she ends up too far away from the bag, move closer to it and tell her to begin her slide a step or two later next time.