Mid-winter can be a tough time for youth baseball players. It’s cold, snowing, and you can’t play ball outside, at least in northern climates. Also, finding an indoor gym or ball area is difficult or expensive, or both. However, these obstacles shouldn’t stop serious players from working on their game. Dedicated players still need to do at least one thing a day for the upcoming baseball season. Even something as little as 5 minutes a day can work better in season. The following indoor exercises can be done with very little space and can be done while watching TV and will help players improve fundamentals, even those who have a gym or outdoor area to use.

5 Indoor Baseball Drills When Watching TV:

1. Players place a baseball in their glove and see how fast they can get the ball out with the correct 4-seam grip.

2. With a dish towel in the main hitting hand, the players support it on the back shoulder and, from the batting position, buckle the towel toward the pitcher as quickly as they can with a rear lateral pivot.

3. While lying on their back, players throw a “safe” ball a few feet into the air and try to get a good back rotation on the ball and catch it without having to move to reach it. Of course, this exercise is best on your knees or standing, but a high ceiling is needed for those methods.

4. On their knees with a sofa pillow in front of their knees, players have Mom or Dad roll dirt balls toward them. Players must reach out in front of the pillow to catch the ball and see how quickly they can bring the ball back to the throwing side hip with the correct grip. When you have a safe ball and a basement wall, this can be done without the help of another person. Of course, you can also roll left and right players to work on forehand and backhand plays.

5. Players start with hands on hips and, from hitting position, rotate hips as quickly as possible. Having their parents place their hand in front of the player’s front hip is even better for this drill. Next, players should try to propel the hand with their weight shift. Either way, the player’s eyes must roll back to see his elbow make contact with his parent’s hand.

Performing these little drills will help hitters perform the basics of baseball of shooting the hand and front hips when hitting, fielding the ball to the front, throwing the ball with good spin back, and creating a fast, correct and accurate pitch. . In this way, players will be creating good fundamentals even before their regular practices start and making better use of their television time.