Youth Softball Practice
Plan: Ages 6 to 10
A season's worth of great girls' softball practice plans!
Coach Jerry Laird presents 20 hour-long practice plans full of girls’ softball drills, skills and coaching tips developed for beginner and intermediate softball players. Each practice plan focuses on a new skill and there are plenty of topics and team building activities throughout. The plans provide an entire season worth of essential softball skills – hitting, fielding, throwing, baserunning, and situational play – that young players need to master, all delivered in an easy-to-follow, time-specific format.
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Table of Contents
- Fundamentals
- Throwing Mechanics
- Catching
- Infield Defense
- Outfield Defense
- Sliding
- Advanced Baserunning
- Pitchers and Catchers
- Situations
- Bunting
- Hitting
- Situations
- Bunt Defense
- Special Plays
- Cut-Offs
- Rundowns
- Live Hitting
- Infield Pop-Ups
- Improve on Weaknesses
- Situations
About the Coach
Jerry Laird managed the Hamilton (N.J.) Hurricanes all-star team that compiled a 50-8 record while winning the 2008 Babe Ruth Softball World Series for 12-and-under players. He is in his second decade of all-star coaching, spanning the 10-and-under to 18-and-under levels. His coaching philosophy centers around developing players both on and off the field and to teach them the right way to play for higher levels.
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