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Hitting Drill: Color Soft Toss (Baseball & Softball)

Advanced pitch recognition drill using colored balls to develop visual tracking and decision-making mid pitch. Coach tosses two colored balls and tells the player which one to hit.

Instructions

Set up soft toss station with home plate and net with batter in stance. The balls in the bucket should each have a green, blue, or red marking on them Coach tosses two balls like normal soft toss. Call out one color for the player to hit. Hitter should focus on tracking the balls and seeing their colors and then reacting quickly on deciding which to hit. Partners switch after 10 swings

Coaching Points

  • Recognize color and react quickly to simulate mid pitch swing decisions
  • Tracks ball and processes information
  • Slow down speed and add more height to toss if struggling to see colors
  • Develops visual processing and recognition

At a Glance

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Duration
10 minutes
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Players
1-2 players
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Equipment Needed
  • Net
  • home plate
  • bucket of balls
  • markers or colored balls
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Difficulty
advanced