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Organized by skill level. Each drill lists the equipment you need — sign in to view the full step-by-step.

⚾ In-season maintenance

Short, sharp work that keeps you fresh without adding fatigue.

SkillAll Hitting Pitching Fielding Baserunning Strength & conditioning General

LevelAll Beginner Intermediate Advanced

SportAll Baseball Softball

TagAll Showcase Prep Warm-up In-season Off-season At-home (no equipment)Arm care Mobility Posture Recovery

EquipmentAny Balls Weighted/plyo balls Bat Tee Glove/mitt Catcher's gear Batting helmet Net/screen Pitching machine Cones/markers Bases & home plate Mound/rubber Resistance band Weights Plyo box/step Agility ladder Mat

Beginner

Partner Pepper Contact-Rate Station: Alternating-Feed Barrel Control
A fast, competitive partner (or small-group) station that reworks classic pepper into a scored barrel-control game: partners rapid-feed short flips while the hitter makes clean, controlled contact and the group tracks made-contact percentage every round.
HittingWarm-upIn-seasonAt-home (no equipment)

Intermediate

Shrink-the-Ball Tee: Small-Ball Barrel-Precision Contact Drill
A tee-based constraint drill that swaps the regulation ball for a golf-sized target so hitters must center the barrel to make clean contact. By shrinking the ball and rotating the tee through nine locations, it isolates and trains bat-to-ball precision (contact rate) without adding speed or fear.
HittingAt-home (no equipment)Off-seasonIn-season

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Rhythm & Load: The Continuous Soft-Toss Drill

A beginner soft-toss drill where you keep loading and striding in a smooth, repeating rhythm and only swing when the ball is tossed - building balanced timing and a calm, on-time load.

HittingIn-seasonWarm-upOff-season

Shrink-the-Ball At-Home Contact Ladder

A minimal-equipment home drill where you self-toss progressively smaller balls - big plastic ball down to a bottle cap - and only shrink the target once you square up 8 of 10, forcing your eyes and barrel to get precise and driving up your contact rate.

HittingAt-home (no equipment)Off-seasonIn-seasonWarm-up

Slow-Load, Fast-Swing Rhythm & Timing Drill

A front-toss timing drill that syncs your load to the pitch using a simple out-loud count — slow, smooth load and stride, then an explosive swing — so your foot gets down on time and you stop being early or late.

HittingIn-seasonOff-seasonWarm-up

Warm-up

Soft-to-Hard Focus Release-Point Tracking Drill

A no-bat vision drill that trains hitters to start with a soft focus on the pitcher, shift their eyes to the release-point window at the right instant, and pick the ball up out of the hand so the pitch looks slower.

HittingIn-seasonOff-seasonWarm-up

Step-Behind Gather: Lower-Half Footwork Isolation for Exit Velo

A controlled crossover "gather" step that isolates the load-and-stride footwork of the swing, teaching hitters to build directional ground force and convert linear momentum into rotation so more energy reaches the barrel as exit velocity.

HittingOff-seasonShowcase PrepWarm-upIn-seasonMinor