Soft Toss Drills That Actually Improve Your Swing

Soft toss is everywhere — and most of it is wasted. Tossed too hard, from the wrong angle, with no purpose, it grooves bad habits. Done right, soft toss is one of the best bridges between tee work and live hitting. Here's how to do it well.

The Right Way to Toss

The feeder sits safely off to the hitter's side (behind a screen for harder rounds), and flips the ball to the front hip / contact point with a soft, underhand arc — not firing it in. The goal is rhythm and repeatable contact, not a competition.

Drill 1: Standard Rhythm Toss

Flip to the contact point and let the hitter find a smooth load-and-go rhythm. This is your bread-and-butter timing and contact drill.

Drill 2: Inside / Outside Toss

Toss to the inner third, then the outer third, and have the hitter drive each to the correct field. Trains adjustability and barrel control across the zone.

Drill 3: Rapid-Fire Toss

Quick, controlled tosses one after another to build hand quickness and a short, efficient path. Keep it under control — this builds quickness, not chaos.

Drill 4: High / Low Toss

Vary the height to train the swing plane at the top and bottom of the zone, just like tee high/low work but with a moving ball.

Drill 5: One-Hand Toss (Top Hand / Bottom Hand)

Lighter, shorter swings with one hand on a choked-up bat to isolate barrel control and path. Great for ironing out a long swing.

Programming Soft Toss

Use soft toss after tee work as a rhythm bridge, in focused rounds of 8–12 with a reset between. Stop the moment quality drops — tired, sloppy reps undo good ones.

The Bottom Line

Toss to the contact point, with purpose, safely — and soft toss becomes a swing-builder instead of a habit-breaker. Find a cage to run your rounds →