Dynamic Warm-up Drills

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 stretching or softball drills. Line up the players on the first base line and perform these drills across the infield.

Toe walk

Heel walk

Running high knees

Toy soldiers

Walking knee huggers

Walking lunge with twist

High skips

Walking lunges

Walking frog hops—start

Walking frog hops—finish

Lateral running wings—start

Lateral running wings—finish

Walking toe touch

Alternating walking hips

Arm circles (forward then back)