02/012/21 Indoor Practice #6
Team Name
14U Tomahawks
Location
Foster's Sports Barn
Date
02/12/2021
Start Time
7:00
End Time
9:10
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 6:45 (BELOW GOLD)
Ground Ball Reps - No Throw + Flip is an infield drill used during Station Instruction or as an Early Activity. One coach can easily entertain an entire...Read More
Notes:
no hard throwing.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 7:00 (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:
Sprint 25/50%, Walking Arm Circles, High Knees, Twists, Butt Kickers, Inch Worms, Sprint 100%
Throwing Progression is a series of three drills: Two Knee Catch, One Knee Catch, and Feet in Concrete. All three are supported in the DC Library with...Read More
Notes:
1 Knee, Feet in Concrete, Regular throws to full court length. 10 throws each station.
The third drill in DC's How-to-Coach Ground Balls series, the purpose of this drill is to introduce and drill “centering the baseball.” Execution...Read More
Notes:
Front, Forehand, and Backhand drills, on one knee, with partner
Wiffle Dodgeball is a wacky-fun drill. There's some speed/agility value, but beyond that... we're having fun here. With a keen eye placed on athlete-safety,...Read More
Notes:
have fun. use the same amount of wiffles as players on 1 team.
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How to Coach: Ground Balls #3
8:25-8:35 10 Minutes
3 Cone BackHand side fielding. Work quick to the ball.
How to Coach: Ground Balls #3
8:35-8:45 10 Minutes
Partner Short hop Pivot Drill. Switch 45 degree pivot, to work angled short hops. Use backhand, on non-glove side
WATER BREAK (5min)
Fundamentals - Bunting is a drill designed to teach, train, and practice bunting fundamentals. While there are many bunting drills that involve scoring...Read More
Notes:
2 lines. Coaches slow pitch. Switch to next, after 5 pitches. Try to get everyone through 2 or 3 times. After the first time, try for the batter to place the ball up the 3rd base line.
"Missed more than 9000 shots. 26 potential game-winners. Lost 300 games. “Failed” over and over. THAT is why I succeed!"
– Michael Jordan
NO FEAR (of failure)
- Play free! Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.
- Learn from your mistakes (embrace them, don't endorse them)
- Grow, grow, grow - Always learn, always improve, always push ahead.