Purpose: To develop quick hands, a small stride, and forearm and wrist strength for softball hitting.

Procedure: The partner stands six feet from the batter and tosses balls in rapid succession to the contact point of the strike zone. The hitter is standing up and drives one ball after another into a net by taking her swing and snapping the bat back to the starting position in preparation for the next toss.

Purpose:  To isolate the snap and your grip when practicing advanced pitches for softball pitching.

Procedure: Stand sideways, as if you have already taken your stride, about ten feet from a partner. Throw your pitch without the windup and with just a slight backswing, working on getting most of your power from your wrist snap. Work on all the pitches this way until you feel comfortable with the different releases.

Purpose: To develop proper hip rotation while pivoting on your back foot and remaining balanced when softball hitting.

Procedure: Put your bat behind your back and lock your arms around the bat. Take your normal stance and pop your hips quickly rotating your trunk while pivoting on your back foot and after you rotate, stay balanced and don't move either foot.

Purpose: To teach baserunners to cut tight corners and get around the bases as fast as possible. This drill works on the basics of base running.

Procedure: Set up an infield with no pitcher. Your baserunner tosses the ball to herself and hits a ground ball. She then takes off around the bases as fast as she can, going from first to second to third to home. The infield also circles the bases with their throws, trying to get the ball to home plate before the runner gets there. If it's an inexperienced team, it should be about even. More advanced teams have to take the ball back to first each time – that means, field it, go to first, go to second, back to first, go to third, back to first, and then home. The person who fields the ball is not allowed to be involved in covering a base, just as it is in a game. Every baserunner who makes it home before the ball gets a point. Make it a contest to see who can get the most points.

Purpose: To simulate game conditions for  softball fielding a pop-up fly ball.

Procedure: All nine players take their positions in the field. Standing at home plate, the coach hits randomly placed pop-ups. The player who's in the best position for catching the ball should yell "ball-ball-ball." The other players nearby should respond to the player's call b yelling "take it – take it." The player to whom the ball is hit should catch it and throw it back to the coach.

Purpose: To improve the batter's hand quickness when softball hitting.

Procedure: Using a regulation bat or a stick cut to the length of a bat, the player takes a hitting stance. The feeder stands a safe distance from the hitter, but close enough to be able to drop a whiffle golf ball into one of the three hitting zones. The feeder should be able to drop a ball that simulates either an inside pitch, an outside pitch, or a pitch down the middle. To drop the whiffle golf ball into the batter's inside hitting zone, the feeder should drop the ball in front of the hitter at a point on the inside corner of the plate. To drop the whiffle golf ball into the outside hitting zone, the feeder should drop the ball in front of the hitter to the batter's outside corner of the plate. To drop the whiffle golf ball into the middle of the batter's hitting zone, the feeder should drop the ball in front of the hitter at a point in the middle of the plate.

Purpose: To learn how to steal third base and work on the basics of base running.

Procedure: A pitcher is on the mound and three runners are at second base. The pitcher comes to a set position and goes through her routine (one look or two looks, etc). The runners read the pitcher, slide up the baseline with a secondary lead, and steal third.

Purpose: To train the fielder to stay low and allow her the opportunity to experience the feeling from the correct lower body position when softball fielding a ground ball.

Purpose: Two players face each other a short distance apart. The fielder sits on the front edge of the chair's seat. The right-handed fielder should position her feet with the left foot slightly in front of the right. The feeder should toss ground balls to the glove side of the fielder, straight at the fielder, and to the fielder's backhand. The fielder can use a glove, a paddle or her barehand.

Purpose: To improve the opening of the hips during softball hitting.

Procedure: The hitter puts the bat behind her back and interlocks both elbows. Without moving the feet, the hitter whips the hips open. The coach should make sure that the hitter pivots on the ball of the rear foot.

Purpose: To improve softball catchers' technique in throwing to third base on a pickoff.

Procedure: Wearing her equipment, the catcher takes her proper stance behind home plate for a situation in which a runner is on third base. A coach stands halfway between the pitching mound and home plate and throws balls to the catcher. A right-handed catcher should use the "replace-feet" technique as she throws to third base. The catcher should use the raking technique to bring the ball to a throwing position and make a strong throw to third base.