10U – 120 Mins #1
Team Name
10U – 120 Mins #1
Location
richland park
Date
04/01/2019
Start Time
5:30
End Time
7:20
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:30 (BELOW GOLD)
PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:30 (BELOW BLACK)
~ SEE "EXECUTION KEYS" BELOW FOR AGE-SPECIFIC SUGGESTION LIST ~ The Dynamic Warm Up is today's warm up routine. Gone are the days of standing in a...Read More
Notes:
Break the ice, encourage high fives, and get the focus away from Mom & Dad.
Home-to-First coaches the correct way to run through the first base bag. As part of Baserunning or Conditioning, this drill can be run near the end...Read More
Notes:
home to first, Base hit turns (coach on base - cones mark curve), secondary reads (toss ball - back or go)
Playing catch is the most important "drill" you will ever run as a coach! Structured Catch Play is more than just a drill. It's actually more of an organized,...Read More
Notes:
POP! – On this verbal, throwers move athletically into the loaded, power position. Check for weight back, hands extended, and eyes locked on target. CHEST! – On this verbal, receivers move into the athletic ready position (feet outside shoulders, knees slightly bent, thumbs together to force hands in front of chest). THROW! – Throwers fire and receivers catch… at least that’s how cleanly it’s supposed to happen. Or whistle
Long Toss Competition is a fun throwing competition to run at the end of a throwing segment. Teach, then throw, finish by competing. This helps to...Read More
Notes:
Take inventory of where the athletes are at skill-wise.
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Fundamentals: Ground Balls
6:00-6:10 10 Minutes
Teach GB steps (Ready / Approach / Field Triangle / Finish) - right/left/shuffle
Fundamentals: Pitching
6:20-6:30 10 Minutes
Position #0 – STANCE / Feet, hands, eyes Position #1 – BALANCE / Knee up, foot out, toe down Position #2 – POWER / 4 pieces: Glove arm up, hand high/away, front foot closed/up on toe, weight back Position #3 – FINISH
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do."
– Derek Jeter, NY Yankees ('95-'14)
HARD WORK
- Working hard is a habit, and habits must be earned. DECIDE to work hard daily!
- Find a way. Won’t always feel like working hard. Compete, challenge another, grind.
- "Practice is what you make of it,” Raul Ibanez (1996-2014)