Offensive Baseball Drills

Rod Delmonico became head baseball coach at the University of Tennessee in 1989. In his first six seasons he led the Vols to three consecutive Southeastern Conference (SEC) Eastern Division titles, two consecutive SEC overall titles, and a 1995 trip to the College World Series (the school's first in 44 years). His many coaching honors include SEC Coach of the Year (1994 and 1995), American Baseball Coaches Association's South Region Coach of the Year (1995), and Baseball America's Coach of the Year (1995). Rod also was associated with two of the nation's top collegiate programs, spending six seasons as assistant coach at Florida State University and two seasons as a graduate assistant at Clemson University. Rod earned a master's degree in administration and supervision from Clemson University (1983). A popular figure at coaching clinics throughout the nation, Delmonico was recently the featured speaker at the American Baseball Coaches Association Clinic. He is a contributing author to numerous coaching periodicals. His articles have been published in Scholastic Coach and Collegiate Baseball magazines and his first instructional book, Hit and Run Baseball, is now in its second printing.

Chapter 1: Hitting Drills#1 One-Hand LAD Bat Drill#2 No-Hitch Drill #3 Two-Hand LAD Bat Drill #4 Diamond Demon #5 Long Tee Drill #6 Pivot-Rotation Drill #7 Bunting for a Hit #8 Bunting Technique#9 No-Stride Drill #10 Two-Hand Toss #11 Inside-Out Swing Drill #12 Tee Drill#13 Trigger-Stride Drill #14 Hip-Rotation Drill #15 Hitting Fungoes #16 Soft-Toss Drill#17 Tracking the Baseball #18 Bounce Drill#19 One-Knee Drill#20 Opposite-Field Hitting #21 Weight-Shift Drill #22 Inward-Rotation and Stride Drill #23 Pepper Game #24 Short-Toss Station Drill #25 Hit-by-Pitch Drill #26 Hit-Stick Drill #27 Hit-Rite Quick or Die Drill #28 Hit-Rite Off-Speed Drill #29 Swing King #30 Swing Trainer Drill #31 Solar Hitter #32 Towel Bat Drill#33 Double-Tee Inside-Out Swing Drill #34 Double-Tee Swing-Down Drill #35 Swing Hit TrainerChapter 2: Baserunning Drills#36 Reading Pitchers' Moves #37 Getting a Jump #38 Reaction Drill#39 Advancing to Second #40 Advancing from First and Third #41 Crossover Drill #42 Reads in the Outfield #43 First and Third Steal Drill: LHP #44 Three Stops Drill #45 First and Third Steal Drill: RHP#46 Straight-Line Drill #47 Returning to Base #48 Sliding Drill#49 Stealing Home #50 Advancing to Third #51 Stealing Third #52 Overthrows at First #53 Baserunning Conditioning Drill #54 Dirt-Ball Reads #55 Reads at SecondChapter 3: Team Drills#56 ATEC Intrasquad Drill #57 Tri-Station Drill #58 Bunt-and-Run Drill #59 Opposite-Field Scrimmage #60 Squeeze Drill #61 Tag-Up Drill: First and Third#62 Slash Bunt Drill #63 Runner on Second #64 Slides and Steals Drill #65 Runner on Third #66 Two-Strike Drill #67 Hit-and-Run Drill #68 Game-Day Bunting DrillChapter 4: Using Offensive Drills in Practice - Using Drills Effectively- Sample Practice Plans- The Bottom Line