Baseball Challenges: 18 Fun Drills Players, Youths and Kids Can Practice At Home
Baseball videos with ideas to train at the ballpark or at home with your team
Coaching baseball doesn’t have to be limited to the ballpark. From MLB Allstars to little league enthusiasts, some of the best baseball training happens individually or with a friend, brother, sister or parent at home. It just takes a little creativity!
Luckily, the youth baseball and little league community came together during the sports shutdown to unload an explosion of baseball drills and skills videos featuring fun challenges players can try at home!
Here’s a list of 18 of the best baseball exercises and workouts for players — from pros, to juniors, kids, and beginners — as chosen by Heja.
18 Baseball Challenges You Can Do At Home
Just don’t go breaking any furniture!
1. The Shuffle Challenge. Baseball footwork and fielding drill by The Baseball Academy. How fast can you complete it?
Get players to upload their videos and their times and see which teammate is the shuffle champion!
2. The Strike Zone challenge! Baseball drill for pitchers to work on skills at home, with Ryan Dempster and Diamond Demos
Challenge your players to have fun seeing how many times they can throw the ball inside their home made strike zone. Who can get 10/10?
“Train with a purpose,” says Coach Dempster. So when they say ‘play ball’, we’ll be ready to go.”
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3. Seven hitting, fielding and footwork drills you can do indoors, broken down by Ultimate Baseball Training’s Coach Justin
“My mom never appreciated it when I would swing a real baseball bat in her house. But if you want to get better, sometimes you have to get better at home. I know all parents will be happy with these drills,” says Coach Justin.
Challenge your players to try the “fence drill” in their living room using just a towel, and other soft ball ideas.
4. Four ‘wall ball’ drills for baseball players. Challenge players to work on ball handling skills at home with Fast Development SD
Set players the challenge to develop their glove work, balance, single-leg strength and mobility by practicing with these skills at home.
“Single leg balance, strength, and stability all translate to any ground ball type but more specifically “on the run” plays requiring more athleticism, arm-slot variability, and glove agility,” says coach Drew Walsh.
5. Best at-home baseball workout for kids, beginners, youth players with Coach Justin. Challenge your team to stay active indoors!
Challenge your team to complete all or some of these seven great workout ideas and get videos of them completing it, using Heja
6. Backyard baseball fielding drills for kids at home with Bill Ripken
7. Hitting practice for baseball players at home. Share this ‘hitting in the mirror’ session with your players, by Coach Sean Casey
8. Baseball hitting challenge! Try the nine ball tee drill with Vilade Baseball Academy and Colorado Rockies’ Ryan Vilade
“This drill helps players hit the ball from multiple plains and locations,” says Coach Vilade. “Being able to hit effectively from each of these spots will help increase power, batting average and help the player hit to all fields.”
9. Twelve tee ball practice drills to challenge kids at home
10. How about following along with the Ballplayer Athletics’ seven-day at-home challenge?
Do you coach, or help run a sports team?
11. Set your team a PVC pipe challenge! Six baseball hitting drills for youth players to try at home by You Go Pro Baseball
Got a tee and a PVC pipe? Challenge kids to work on their swinging fundamentals at home. Great drills to refine your turn, body angle and swing plain.
12. More unique tee drills baseball players can do from anywhere with Baseball Doctor
13. Challenge your team to stay active! Seven baseball footwork drills for speed and fitness to try at home
Got an agility ladder at home, great! If not, challenge #1 is to make your own speed and agility ladder with some good old fashioned tape on the floor!
14. Baseball ‘wall ball’ drill if you’ve got a partner at home, by Fast Development SD
“Here’s a drill to help work on receiving relay throws from the outfield. Find a wall and get creative,” says coach Drew Walsh. Challenge baseball players to give it a go at home, or in a safe spot outside.
15. Challenge players to develop their own infield routine at home — and get better hands with Developing Prospects
Coach Matt says: “A daily infield routine helps not only improve us as fielders, but allow us get ready for practice”. Have fun and get a headstart on a new routine for whenever practice arrives!
16. Get flexible! Share these 10 PVC pipe mobility drills for youth baseball players, by former pro John Madden
17. Baseball skills and infielder ball handling drills. Challenge players to improve their infield game with Winning Baseball’s Coach Mongero
18. BONUS: Mental training tips for youth baseball players
Introduce your team to Ultimate Baseball Training‘s five tips for baseball players to overcome nerves in pressure situations.
These mental training tips for young baseball players include visualization techniques, focusing on what you can control, and developing then sticking to your own routine. These skills can be as useful for baseball players as practicing any technical skill — and can all be done from the comfort of your bedroom!
Train at home and set video challenges for your team using Heja now — free & simple baseball team communication app
