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WATER BALLOON BATTING PRACTICE (view full drill here)

Here are some fun videos from the Mighty Mighty 5U Padres in action Monday, 4/9/18:

We involve LOTS of parents, uncles, godfathers, and older siblings at practice. Smashing water balloons is a great way to say thank you to the hired help:

Go down and get it!

Solid, solid contact!  Check out the athlete jumping up and down back right of this one:

Shout out to Coach Todd for outstanding front toss water ballooning:

And of course, there were a fair amount of swings and misses. However, NO water balloons are ever “wasted” when it comes to this drill:

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