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Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Drills For Softball Pitching Machines


By Eugene Rischall

Softball pitching machines are a great way of improving your softball hitting. Softball pitching machines can be used for fastballs, slow pitch, curveballs, sliders, knuckleballs, risers and dropballs. You can adjust the speed of the pitches to as slow as 15 mph. Drills can be used in different count situations, as well as how many outs, and also which bases the runners occupy.

A contact drill is just to try to hit the ball and keep it in play. Try to hit the ball to the outfield. In line drive drills try to hit the ball to short outfield. Hit the gap drill to the gap as many times as possible. Pitching machines are also good for hitting behind the runner. A slow pitch of 15 mph is good for hitting both high and low balls. Another good slow pitch drill is use one hand to notice the difference in strength with each hand. If you have a pitching machine that throws both fastballs and breaking pitches, you can try to guess which pitch is coming out of your pitching machine. This will help you to focus better when you are at bat.

Trying these different drills will give you a more comfortable feeling at the plate. Some of these drills can be used for baseball pitching machines. The drills discussed in this article are are just a few of the different drills you can use with your softball pitching machine. The drills are there to improve your game if you are willing to work hard.

Author-Eugene Rischall, Owner, Baseball Training Emporium http://www.baseballtrainingemporium.com

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