The best baseball practice drills are designed to help improve your overall hitting techniques as well as your fielding and throwing techniques. While many baseball practice drills should be performed with a team or partner, individual practice drills can help you improve your basic fundamentals and technique.
Colored Baseball Drill
The colored baseball drill is designed to improve your ability to identify a pitch while at bat, according to Coach John Peter's Baseball Tips. Start by standing in the batter's box in your regular stance. Have a coach or friend stand at the pitcher's mound with a bucket of baseballs that are different colors. If you don't have multicolored baseballs, place different colored dots on the balls with a marker. From here, have the pitcher throw the balls toward home plate. Instead of swinging, call out the color you see as soon as you recognize it. As your recognition improves, decide on one color that you will swing at and only swing when that color crosses the plate.
Pitching Accuracy Drill
The pitching accuracy drill is designed to improve your overall accuracy as a pitcher. Stand at the mound and have a catcher line up behind home plate. According to QC Baseball, in addition to catching, it is the catcher's job to call balls and strikes. Have the catcher pick a spot behind the plate and set up a big target for you to throw to. Imagine a batter is up at the plate and you have to strike him out. For every strikeout you get a point, and for every walk you lose a point. Keep track of your points for nine batters before completing the drill.
Sacrifice Bunt Drill
The sacrifice bunt drill is designed to help improve your bunting accuracy and form. Start by placing three cones on the infield grass. One cone should be a foot off the third baseline and another cone should be a foot off the first base line. The last cone should be 15 feet in front of the pitcher's mound. Get into a basic bunting stance and have your coach throw you balls from the pitcher's mound. Try to punt the first five pitches between the first base cone and center cone. Try to bunt the next five pitches between the third base cone and center cone. Try to bunt the last five pitches directly at the center cone. In terms of distance, try to keep all your bunts from going past the cones.
Infield Fielding Drill
The infield fielding drill is designed to improve your fielding range as well as consistency. Start the drill by lining up at the shortstop or second base position. Have a teammate stand at first base to catch your throws. From here, have your coach stand a few feet in front of home plate with a bucket of baseballs and a bat. Have him hit 10 grounders to the left side of your body. Try to field each ball cleanly and throw an accurate toss to the first baseman. From here, have your coach hit 10 grounders to the right side of your body. Repeat this drill until fatigued.
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