The program follows a 3-day workout rotation. The program assumes the athlete will be playing tournaments on the weekends. I recommend that the athlete schedules strength training on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, or Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
There is no supplementary conditioning or running program. Head Coach - 10th season. Bio Jadyn Wallis became the USAO softball coach prior to the season, and in that time, she has built the Drovers into a softball powerhouse.
Ken Richardson. Assistant Coach - 15th season. Dakota Clouse. Assistant Coach - 3rd season. The purpose of this drill is to practice barrel control to contact and then making sure you get your elbows in the right position at the point of contact.
Make sure the hands are above the barrel. This creates a movement that puts the hitter on plane. Note that in this photo her back toe actually has some pressure on it into the ground. This is because it is after she has made contact with the softball and therefore has essentially caught her balance. You should not squish the bug at contact, and at contact, the back foot should be weightless. It is okay that after contact the toes land on the ground like we see in this photo.
Now it is time to put these drills together in more complex movements and integrate timing with front toss. The get on plane drill helps hitters from chopping at the ball and instead of using torso tilt to adjust to pitches.
This will create an effective path to the softball that will result in a better launch angle , exit speed, and ultimately more hits! Start this drill by having your hitter face the pitcher. Then, they will want to focus on rotating their hips and getting the softball bat behind them when they swing. The bat path drill is another drill that builds off the previous ones before it. By feeling the movement of the bat dropping into the seesaw position and the heel dropping at the same time, it is going to help the hitter over exaggerate the barrel working behind them first instead of pushing towards the ball.
So to integrate this into front toss, have the hitter do reps of feeling the heel fall and the bat fall into plane at the same time before throwing the ball and finishing the swing. To wrap up the front toss station, we want to work on extra rotation after hitting the ball. After pausing, their back should be showing to home plate without pulling their head.
In order to fully unlock your power , we teach our hitters the important of rotation. As simple as it sounds, it is so integral to a great swing. The Finish Your Swing drill is a great drill to help a hitter understand what full rotation feels like. As Coach Lisle has frequently said, getting to live pitching as soon as possible is important to focus on in practice. At The Hitting Vault, we refer to the sequence of a good baseball or softball hitting practice as tee work, front toss and then live pitching.
The tee work and front toss stations are great to focus on to get your hitters warmed up and feeling swing movements, and then you want to amp up the competition to live pitching.
If you had the choice between live pitching and machine pitching, choose live every time! Live pitching is not only great for hitters being able to decide balls and strikes and helps with timing, but it also is very beneficial for pitchers being able to see when a hitter would really swing at a pitch or not.
Live batting practice should be broken into two rounds, getting the job done and a round of swinging away. Runners need to be getting game speed reads here. The defense needs to be playing all these out. This brings competition to practice, this brings speed to the drills, and makes your team better. Defense makes plays, hitters have six to ten swings to do damage. The pitcher should work side to side, up and down, mix in a rise ball if possible, but these hitters need their hacks.
Rotate groups through the rounds two to three times to get them as many reps as you can before entering the competition round.
Remember, quality trumps quantity in batting practice so make sure your hitters are taking quality swings. Check out our article, how many reps for more information on how many swings your hitters should be taking in practice. Credit Coach Frank Niles with this one.
The competition round helped win games in high school because it brings serious intensity, competition, and fun to the end of practice. Pick three captains, and have them draft teams. One team will hit, while the other two plays defense. The team with the most points at the end of the competition round will win. Reward the team for winning, and be creative. A common one is to have the winning team get relieved of picking up the gear at the end of practice.
The defense can turn double plays 4 second time limit to take away 2 points from the team hitting. The team hitting will still have one swing. If it is a hit or an error, a point will be awarded. If an out is recorded, no points will be given. The team hitting, if it is a hit it is a point and the hitter stays up until she no longer records a point. The third round gets loud and intense. Hitters can get hot and stay up as long as they are putting the ball in play for a hit or an error.
The teams will all get a chance to hit. The defense has to make plays under a pressure simulation. To have 21 outs and the competition round and this integrated, practice will be more intense and more competitive. The Hitting Vault shows athletes how to move their body to unlock their most powerful swing.
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