What are your favorite pitching drills?

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Jun 7, 2020
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I'm looking for drills for my dd to do. We are using a new facility now and I want to change things up a bit. What are your favorite pitching drills and why? Post a short video or link to show the drill.
 
Jan 25, 2022
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It's not a drill per se, but passing with a spin-rite spinner has made a big difference for kids Ive worked with (not a lot). My daughter spends 5-10 minutes with it at most practices and her fastball spin has improved drastically. I'm looking forward to using it for more specific work when the time comes.
 
Nov 26, 2010
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Pitch and fetch. We would finish the session with it. She would pitch. Then run to get the ball from me, run back and pitch again. There would be a time limit from when the ball hit
My glove to when she went into her normal routine. We would do this 10-12 times in a row. Kept track of balls and strikes.

This taught her to pitch while tired and simulated pitching under stress (heart beating fast, sweating, tired…)
 
Jan 25, 2022
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Pitch and fetch. We would finish the session with it. She would pitch. Then run to get the ball from me, run back and pitch again. There would be a time limit from when the ball hit
My glove to when she went into her normal routine. We would do this 10-12 times in a row. Kept track of balls and strikes.

This taught her to pitch while tired and simulated pitching under stress (heart beating fast, sweating, tired…)

That's an interesting one. I like simulating game situations, noise, etc. HC was gone so I ran a practice one day with the P.A. blaring and the girls wearing foam earplugs. It was a disaster for a few minutes, then they started to rely on their eyes, signaling, pointing, and thinking as opposed to counting on someone to tell them where to go. If I ever have a HC position again it'll be done at least once a week. I'd love to get an idea of the long term benefits.
 

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