Starts with the grip

It is a good time to think about things you can do in the confines of our small Capitol Hill homes to improve before Spring. Many of these indoor drills are boring and repetitive but can be done in front of the TV or even in the back seat of a car on a long road trip or commute to school.

Today we'll focus on the ball transfer from glove to hand and into the standard four seam grip. We should be reinforcing in the kids a need to at all times throw with a standard four seam grip. The ability to quickly and consistently get the ball from the glove to the throwing hand and into a four seam grip is critical to their development. Unfortunately this is a skill that is not being reinforced for many kids and leads to less accurate throwing.

This can be down while seated or for a variation lying on your back. 

1. Throw the ball up if lying or just from hand to glove if seated and catch it with your glove.
2. Transfer the ball quickly to the throwing hand.
3. As quickly as possible, get a four seam grip on the ball without looking at it.(Check yourself each time)
4. Repeat over and over again to develop muscle memory in your hands for getting a four seam grip.

If you have any cold weather indoor drills that you do at home add a comment below and we can cover it in a later post.