Softball Fielding - Better Footwork for Catching More Fly Balls

I will never repeat it enough: softball is a game of speed and power. In particular, when playing defense, you must be able quickly accelerate in any directions from a fairly still position (defensive position) to field a ball.

In softball, how quickly you get out of your defensive stance and accelerate towards the ball makes all the difference in the world when it comes time to field the ball - it's often the difference between a hit or an out.

Catching a fly ball hit over your head or behind you is especially difficult. You must quickly turn around, accelerate and sprint in the direction of the ball in attempt to catch it. As an example, think of a 2nd baseman trying to catch in fly ball behind the first base in foul territory.

When it comes to teaching how to catch that kind of fly ball, most softball coaches (and baseball coaches too) teach the "drop step" or the "pivot" technique to quickly turn around.

While it works, there is an even better: faster and much easier to learn as it is the body's natural way of doing it. It uses the "plyometric effect" to quickly and very efficiently overcome inertia (your body not moving) and accelerate towards the ball.

It`s call the hip turn technique. It's very effective, much quicker than the traditional "drop step" or "pivot". Every athlete I have taught this technique too has learned it quickly and was much faster at getting going!

Watch the video and apply the concept to your own game and watch yourself "explode out of your static position".

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Get out there and be quick fielder!

What about you? What are your thoughts on this subject?