Fun Softball Drills – Slides and Steals Drill

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.