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

🏠 At-home drills — minimal equipment

Work you can do in the yard or garage with little or no gear.

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 Resistance band Weights Plyo box/step Mat

Beginner

Circle-Change Arm-Speed & Feel Throwdown Drill
A low-stress changeup feel drill that teaches you to keep full fastball arm speed while the grip — not your arm — pulls the speed off, so the pitch sells fastball and arrives slow.
PitchingBaseballIn-seasonOff-season

Intermediate

Football-Throw Curveball Spin Drill
Throw a small football to teach high-school pitchers tight, finger-led topspin and a clean curveball spin axis without yanking or twisting the wrist.
PitchingBaseballOff-seasonAt-home (no equipment)

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At-home (no equipment)

Warm-up

Glove-Side Pull-to-Target Direction Command Drill

A low-stress drill that uses your glove arm to steer your whole body straight at the target, so you stop flying open, stay on line, and command the ball where you're looking.

PitchingIn-seasonOff-seasonAt-home (no equipment)Warm-up

Mound Tempo, Breath & Reset Routine

A repeatable between-pitch routine that uses a single deep breath, a physical anchor, and a steady 10-15 second tempo to keep you calm, in rhythm, and competing one pitch at a time.

PitchingIn-seasonWarm-upAt-home (no equipment)

One-Knee Arm-Action & Balanced Finish Drill

A foundational kneeling drill for 8-12 year-old pitchers that isolates the upper half to groom a clean down-out-up arm path, an on-time hand break, and a balanced glove-side finish for better command.

PitchingBaseballWarm-upAt-home (no equipment)In-seasonOff-seasonArm care

Pitch Smart Workload & Recovery Routine

A simple weekly system for young pitchers to log their pitch counts, earn the right number of rest days, and protect their arm for the whole season using the MLB Pitch Smart guidelines.

PitchingIn-seasonOff-seasonArm careRecoveryAt-home (no equipment)

Release Window Flat-Ground Repeatable Release Point Drill

A controlled flat-ground drill that trains you to deliver the ball through the same release window every pitch, so your command stops drifting and the catcher stops moving the glove.

PitchingIn-seasonOff-seasonAt-home (no equipment)Warm-up

Towel-Drill Arm-Path Sequencing

A no-ball, no-stress pitching drill that grooves full extension and a clean arm path at home. Swap the ball for a towel, snap it past a target, and build repeatable mechanics one rep at a time.

PitchingBaseballAt-home (no equipment)Warm-upOff-season

Wall-Drill Single-Leg Balance Hold

A simple at-home pitching drill that uses a wall to teach a controlled, balanced leg lift — the foundation every pitcher's repeatable command is built on.

PitchingBaseballAt-home (no equipment)Warm-upArm care

Youth Starter Grip Menu: Fastballs & First Changeup

A beginner-friendly grip menu for young pitchers: master the four-seam, add a two-seam, and learn when - and how - to add a safe three-finger changeup. No breaking balls.

PitchingBaseballIn-seasonOff-seasonAt-home (no equipment)Warm-up

Arm care

Garage-Door Beat-the-Timer Delivery Quickness Drill

A solo, at-home pitching drill that turns a garage door or wall, a strip of tape, and a phone camera into a time-to-plate lab. Pitchers deliver from the stretch, film in slow motion, and measure the exact seconds from first move to ball impact so they can shrink their delivery clock and stop giving away bases.

PitchingAt-home (no equipment)In-seasonOff-season

Glove-Side Wall Stay-Closed Command Drill

A wall-feedback throwing drill that trains high school pitchers to keep the glove side firm and the front shoulder closed to the target, eliminating the early fly-open that causes arm-side and high misses.

PitchingBaseballIn-seasonOff-seasonAt-home (no equipment)Arm care

Marked-Ball Spin-Axis Feedback Catch Drill

A close-range catch drill using a half-colored baseball so you can actually SEE your spin axis — train the tight, efficient backspin behind a true four-seam fastball and the clean tilt behind movement.

PitchingOff-seasonIn-seasonAt-home (no equipment)Warm-upMinor

Tee-Topper: Knock the Ball Off the Corner (Command Constraint Drill)

A constraint bullpen that turns a batting tee into your target: balance a soft ball on the tee at a chosen edge and height, then try to knock it off with your fastball. The tee gives honest, instant pass/fail feedback on whether you actually hit your spot.

PitchingIn-seasonOff-seasonShowcase PrepAt-home (no equipment)Minor

Walk-In Momentum Throws: At-Home Fastball Velocity Ladder

A backyard, one-ball velocity builder: take a few walking strides to load the lower half, then throw with graduated max intent into a net so your body learns to turn linear momentum into arm speed and add mph to your fastball.

PitchingAt-home (no equipment)Off-seasonShowcase Prep