Drill Library

Train with purpose. Every drill includes what it fixes, why it matters, and the cue Coach Steve uses in lessons.

118 of 118 drills

1-2-3 Walk-Up Rhythm Tee

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters build rhythm, load on time, and avoid rushing the swing.

2-Ball Front Toss

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters track the ball, make quicker decisions, and stay on time.

3-Plate Adjustment Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters adjust to different contact points without losing timing.

45 Degrees Closed Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who struggle to hit the inside pitch and get the ball in the air, especially to the pull-side. Will teach hitters to work against their front side, stay connected and maintain their posture to keep the barrel working through the zone.

7 Ball Front Toss

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters recognize the zone, make better decisions, and swing with intent.

Airplane Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control the shoulders and avoid rolling over through contact.

Angle Flips

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters match the angle of the pitch and improve the barrel path.

Anti Rotation Resistance Drill

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel the proper side bend to start their swing

Back Foot Cone Tee

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters load into the back hip, stay balanced, and avoid lunging.

Back Hip Load Tee

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters load the back hip, rotate with intent, and create more power.

Back Net Constraint Tee

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters shorten the hand path and keep the barrel from dragging.

Balance Beam

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control the lower half, stay balanced, and stop lunging.

Ball Hit Front Toss Overhand

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters track overhand toss, get on time, and stay connected.

Band Assisted Hip Hinge

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel hip hinge, and also keeping their heels connected during their swing

Bat-Behind-Hips

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel the lower half lead instead of spinning with the upper body.

Bottom Hand Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the barrel in the zone and avoid rolling over.

Bounce Drill

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters track the ball, control balance, and adjust timing.

Bow and Arrow

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel a stronger load and create stretch before launch.

Change-Up Front Toss

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters wait on off-speed, stay balanced, and stop lunging.

Change-Up Tee

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters hold rhythm and adjust to slower timing without drifting forward.

Color Ball Front Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters see the ball, stay closed, and separate before launch.

Crossover Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters move athletically and carry momentum into contact.

Decline Swings

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters clean up swing plane and avoid cutting across the ball.

Deep Tee Drill

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the hands inside and avoid pushing or barring out front.

Double Ball Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters track the ball longer and make faster swing decisions.

Double Tee Decision Making

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters recognize location, commit on time, and square up the right ball.

Elevated Front with Tee or Noodle Drill

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who drop their hands as the body starts to sequence into the swing. By elevating the ball on a pool noodle, tee, or cone set higher than a normal pitch, the setup acts as a physical restraint—the hitter can't reach the ball unless the hands and barrel stay up and the path goes direct to contact.

Extended Tee

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters finish through the ball and create stronger extension.

Extension and Direction Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay through contact instead of pulling off or rolling over.

First Move Drill

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who immediately pull their head or let their shoulders turn out too early, causing them to lose direction and posture.

Flamingo (One Leg Balanced) Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control balance, hold the load, and avoid lunging forward.

Follow Through Swing

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters finish the swing properly and stay through the baseball.

Foot Strike Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Teaches hitters to sequence the swing from the ground up — pelvis, torso, hands, then barrel — instead of launching the hands first.

FOUNDATION: BEING ON TIME WITH THE PITCH

What this drill helps fix

Everything. A hitter can have a solid swing, strong mechanics, and plenty of bat speed—but if the body is not ready when the pitcher releases the ball, the hitter has to rush everything that comes next. The stride becomes late, the hands fall behind, the barrel has to play catch-up, and the hitter loses the ability to adjust.

Foundation: Contact Point Awareness

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters learn how contact points directly influence their ability to generate power, control the direction of the ball, and hit balls hard more consistently.

Foundation: Deceleration

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Deceleration is simply the body knowing when to slow down and stop rotating. A good hitter does not just keep spinning. The hips and body rotate, then control and slow down so the energy can transfer into the bat.

Foundations: Coiling

What this drill helps fix

Discover how loading into your back hip during the stride creates the explosive energy needed for a powerful, controlled swing. This concept teaches you to build tension like a slingshot, giving you the adjustability and lower-half connection that elite hitters use to stay in control.

Foundations: Connection

Medium

What this drill helps fix

This helps hitters who push their hands toward the ball, reach for low pitches, stand up on high pitches, or let the barrel separate from the back shoulder too early. It teaches the hitter to adjust posture, hip hinge, side bend, and elbow position to different pitch heights while keeping the hands and upper body connected.

Foundations: Launch Position

What this drill helps fix

Hitters who don't understand what the launch position is or how to get into it will struggle to develop key aspects of a great swing—bat speed, power, and quality of contact—because failing to reach a good launch position consistently undermines all of them.

Foundations: Quality at Bats

What this drill helps fix

Redefine success beyond just hits and learn how stacking quality at-bats leads to long-term production. A QAB can shift your perspective and removes pressure to help you contribute even without base hits.

Foundations: Stepping in the Bucket

Medium

What this drill helps fix

This helps hitters who take a long stride away from the plate, open their hips too early, pull off the baseball, or struggle to cover the outside pitch. It teaches the hitter that landing slightly open can work only when the stride stays controlled, posture and hip hinge are maintained, and the hips do not rotate before the swing begins.

Foundations: YES, YES, NO

What this drill helps fix

Helps Hitters attack pitches with confidence by staying in a ready-to-hit mindset instead of waiting and reacting. The Yes, Yes, No approach keeps you on time and fully committed to swinging until the ball tells you to shut it down.

Front Hip Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters rotate through the front hip without standing up too early.

Fungo for Hitters

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Help hitters develop total "body-to-barrel" coordination by having the hitter time their own toss and swing fluidly.

Gain Ground Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps players train the specific movement pattern tied to good hip rotation and weight transfer

Get on Plane Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters with a steep bat path who work straight down to the ball instead of getting the barrel on plane early. This drill helps the hitter feel the barrel enter the zone sooner, stay through the hitting zone longer, and create a more efficient swing path.

Half Turn Drill: Ground-Up Power

Happy Gilmore Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters use momentum, load the lower half, and create more power.

Hard Up, Soft Down Drill

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who need to improve pitch recognition and adjust between a fastball up in the zone and a slower off-speed pitch down in the zone. It also trains hitters to maintain good posture, keep the chest over the plate, and drive the ball gap to gap instead of losing posture or changing the swing based on pitch speed.

Heavy Bat Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters build bat speed while keeping the load and barrel path under control.

High Tee Location Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters handle elevated contact without chopping down or rolling over.

Hip Rotation Fix

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters separate the lower half from the hands and stop spinning early.

Hip Velocity Drill

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who struggle with using their lower half in their swing

Hit and Run

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control timing and execute a game situation with purpose.

Hit Pause Drill

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who struggle getting into a strong launch position.

Inside Outside Tee

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters cover different pitch locations without pushing the hands.

Jump Back Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stop drifting forward and control the body before launch.

KaBoom (Learn Correct Tempo) Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters learn tempo, rhythm, and when to fire the swing.

Kickback or Scissor Move

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who pull off the ball or get overly rotational by keeping their direction centered and staying on plane longer.

Knee to Knee Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel the lower half working through the swing.

Knee to Knob Drill

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the hands working tight and stop casting or rolling over.

Kneel to Hip Hinge Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters hold posture, hinge properly, and rotate through contact.

Load Coil Progression Tee Drill

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters load with better coil and keep the backside from collapsing.

Location Tee Training (Proper Placement of Tee!)

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters build awareness of contact point by training the hitter to drive inside, middle, and outside locations correctly

Low Tee

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters cover the low pitch without pushing the hands or losing the path.

Lower Body Coil

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters create a better lower-body coil and load into the back hip.

Medball Band Tension Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters use the lower half with better balance and game-like tension.

Mirror Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters clean up rhythm, stop head drift, and feel better rotation.

Net Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters avoid casting, dropping the hands, and taking a long path.

No Stride Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay centered, control the lower half, and stop lunging.

Off-Speed Front Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters recognize off-speed, keep rhythm, and stay back longer.

One Handed Hitting

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters improve barrel control and stop rolling over with a long path.

One Handed Load

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters hold the load, create separation, and keep the hands from dropping.

Outside Angle Toss

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters cover the outside pitch without spinning off or twisting open.

Outside/Opposite Field Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay through the outside pitch with the right barrel path.

Overload Bat

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters build bat speed and strength without losing the barrel path.

Partner Toss Behind The Hitter

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay through the ball and adjust to a later visual angle.

Power V Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters to achieve and hold the “Power V” position—barrel below hands, palms up/down, bat tip aligned up the middle or opposite field—to reinforce proper barrel path and wrist alignment at launch. It also enforces chin-on-back-shoulder posture to prevent pulling off the ball and maintain plate coverage.

PVC Full Speed to Contact Movement

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters move at game speed while keeping rhythm and barrel direction.

PVC Pipe Drill: Hip to Shoulder Separation Knee Drive

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters separate the hips and shoulders while staying balanced and connected.

PVC Stride Separation Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stride with control while creating separation before the swing.

Random Front Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who struggle with poor timing across mixed locations and speeds, swing decisions without visual control

Rapid Fire Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters speed up the barrel and stay ready under game-like pressure.

Recoil Drill

What this drill helps fix

The Recoil Drill helps hitters learn proper deceleration and solid contact positioning.

Reverse Flamingo Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control balance and feel the load before moving forward.

Reverse Stride

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay back, control the stride, and stop drifting forward.

Rhythm Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters build rhythm and load on time before the swing.

Rock The Baby Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters create rhythm in the load and launch on time with the lower half.

Roll the Ball on Ground Front Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters improve attack angle, stay through low pitches, and avoid lunging.

Scap Load Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who collapse their backside or struggle to create a strong scap load during the forward move.

See Saw to Contact Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the hands tight and avoid dragging, pushing, or barring.

Seesaw Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters feel a cleaner barrel path and stop pushing the hands.

Separation Progression Tee

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters create better separation, rotate harder, and build more bat speed.

Short Bat Top Hand Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters clean up the top-hand path and stay through the ball.

Shoulder Slot Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters correct improper barrel path and poor separation by teaching them to slot the bat in a position that matches the pitch plane, promoting a level, efficient swing path. It also addresses timing problems by reinforcing proper sequencing of hip fire before barrel delivery.

Shuffle Ups

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who tend to lunge or struggle with balance to stay centered over their front leg and maintain posture through the swing. This drill fixes the tendency to overstride or step out too far, which can cause loss of power and inconsistent contact.

Side Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control timing and barrel direction from a side-toss angle.

Slow - Controlled - Explode Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters control the load, build tempo, and explode at the right time.

Slow to Fast Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters stay controlled early and accelerate the swing with better timing.

Soft Toss

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters get on time, clean up the path, and make better contact.

Stance Distance Check

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters set up the right distance so the barrel can cover the plate.

Step Back Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters create rhythm, load the lower half, and move through the ball.

Step Over Drill

What this drill helps fix

Help hitters learn how to work against a firm front side and decelerate their hips and torso. It will give hitters a feeling of their direction working through the middle as well as their barrel staying long through the ball, creating adjustability.

Stride Separation Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters land under control and separate before rotating.

Target Tee

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters deliver the barrel with direction and create stronger contact.

Tee Close to Belly Button

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the barrel tight and avoid early extension through contact.

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Three Count Rhythm Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Timing Issues,Bat Path Issues,No Rhythm

Three Plate Indoor Flips

Easy

Tight Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the swing compact and stop the barrel from dragging.

Top Drop Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters keep the barrel working through the ball instead of rolling over.

Top Hand Deceleration Drills

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters avoid casting, dropping the hands, and taking a long path.

Top Hand Drill: Compact Path

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters build a compact top-hand path and control the barrel.

Top Hand Tee

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters use the top hand to stay on path and avoid rolling over.

Toss From Behind Hitter

Hard

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters adjust timing, stay connected, and keep the barrel in the zone.

Track and Catch Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

The Track and Catch Drill helps hitters who tend to pull their head off the ball—one of the most common flaws in youth baseball and softball.

Walkthrough Drill

Easy

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters use the lower half, create separation, and move with direction.

Wall Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters load into the back hip and stop pulling open too early.

Wide Base Drill

Medium

What this drill helps fix

Helps hitters who struggle to coil into the back hip, lose pressure in the back foot, open the upper body too early, or allow the hands and barrel to separate from the body. It trains the hitter to load with control, rotate the hips first, maintain barrel connection, and stay inside the ball through contact.