Fun Softball Drills – Line Bunting

Purpose: This drill works on the bunt by giving the hitter lots of bunting practice and works on defense by giving fielders practice in scooping up the bunt.

Procedure: Line up about five fielders, each with a ball. One player stands at home plate with the bat, and another player stands on first. The first fielder tosses the ball to the bunter, who then bunts it down either line. The tosser has to field her ball and throw it to first. She then gets her ball back and goes to the end of the line. At the same time, the next player already tossed her ball to the bunter, and so on and so on. Players should rotate through the tossing line two or three times, and then the next player becomes the bunter, and the former bunter joins the tossing line. You can set up a few "home plates" and "first bases" to have everyone doing this at once.