Wall ball practicing tips
Tips:
Drills (Do 30 times or more for each hand):
- What you do with one hand should always be evened out by the other! Don't ever just spend time on your right or left hand. Give each hand equal attention.
- Don't just stand with your chest facing the wall. The opposite shoulder and leg of the arm that you are throwing with should be pointing towards the wall.
- Faster is better. Are you going to throw a 10 mph ball in an actual game? I sure hope not. Make the wall as realistic as possible. Crank that thing as hard as you can.
- Practice in full gear.
- Choose a brick or square and throw your ball in it every single time.
- When you drop the ball, treat it like a ground ball in a game. Get as much out if this as you can.
- Have fun!
Drills (Do 30 times or more for each hand):
- Standard: Simple throw while standing still.
- Alternate: Throw with your right hand, catch with your left. Throw with your left, catch with your right. Repeat.
- On-the-run: You will need a long stretch of wall to do this. It can be very hard. Just take it slow at first and get faster as you feel comfortable.
- One handed throwing: This will improve your throwing form and strengthen your wrists.
- One handed on-the-run: When you can easily do all of the above drills, challenge yourself by only using one hand on-the-run.
- Behind the back: When you have spent significant time on the important drills, it's ok to have fun and work on some of your trick throws.
