022617 Practice

Team Name
Location
ww
Date
02/26/2017
Start Time
10:15 PM
End Time
12:15
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 10:00 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY Home Run Derby stopwatch 10:00-10:15 timer 15 Minutes
A fun Hitting Station or Early Activity Drill, Home Run Derby brings out coach's inner Chris Berman - back, back, back, back... GONE!  Designed to be...Read More
notes Notes:
Change up the park. Find a different fence.
WARM UP Dyn Warm Up 8U #2 stopwatch 10:15-10:20 timer 5 Minutes
~ 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 Notes:
Have you tried any new movements with your trainer?
EARLY BASERUNNING Basketball Lines stopwatch 10:20-10:25 timer 5 Minutes
Basketball Lines - Rekindle your inner hoops player and get "on the line."  A simple change-of-direction move to train agility and condition athletes....Read More
notes Notes:
Teach technique of changing directions.
THROWING Long Toss – Time & Distance stopwatch 10:25-10:35 timer 10 Minutes
Many coach's believe that throwing is the most important drill in practice.  Why then, would catch play be cut short or rushed through?  Dugout Captain...Read More
notes Notes:
Extend distance as a group.
QUICK DEFENSE Buffet Drill stopwatch 10:35-10:45 timer 10 Minutes
The Buffet Drill is most effectively run as a Quick Defense drill and combines four movements of baseball athleticism into a fun, quick activity.  Run...Read More
notes Notes:
Pick up pace if possible.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Olympics – Infield
stopwatch 10:45-11:00 timer 15 Minutes
Live BP
stopwatch 11:00-11:45 timer 45 Minutes
Batting Practice
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Scrimmage
stopwatch 11:45-12:15 timer 30 Minutes
Athlete Pitch
PRACTICE STARTS AT 10:15 PM (BELOW BLACK)

"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)