10 Exercises that will change your game dramatically Exercise number 3-sprinting skills. This is a very broad subject but I'm keeping it to Quick Acceleration drills. The first steps in speed are crucial in determining the outcome of the play being performed. This is better known as First Step Quickness. Your initial step and drive is tremendous in softball yet I see many players that don't pick up speed until their third or fourth step. Here's a drill that I like to use to teach transitions fro