Dynamic Warm-Up Drills

Research shows that dynamic exercises loosen muscles and tendons to increase an athlete’s range of motion and warm up the body. Following are several dynamic drills to properly warm up the body temperature before starting softball drills. Line up the players on the first base line and perform these drills across the infield.

Toe walk	Heel walk	Walking toe touch
Running high knees	Toy soldiers	Walking knee huggers
Walking lunges	Walking lunge with twist	High skips
Walking frog hops—start	Walking frog hops—finish	Alternating walking hips
Lateral running wings—start	Lateral running wings—finish	Arm circles (forward then back)