10U – 120 Mins #1
Team Name
LONG BEACH DIRTBAGS
Location
HVLL
Date
01/23/2020
Start Time
4:00
End Time
6:00
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:45 (BELOW GOLD)
Wiffle Circle is an Early Activity drill that can be run during the 15-minutes prior to practice start time. It can also be ran as a pre-game drill...Read More

Practice #1 of Early Activity: Make sure ALL know that it's cool to be early.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Obstacle Course is a Warm Up drill is designed for fun. Run this early in the season to help break the ice and get kids to loosen up and smile. The...Read More

Break the ice, encourage high fives, and get the focus away from Mom & Dad.
Airplane Take Offs is a simple Early Baserunning drill to teach young players an athletic first step movement. While categorized under the title of...Read More

Stay low and 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

Start with Feet in Concrete than move into Structured Catch Play.
Four-Corner Receiving is a drill to work on catching the baseball (basic receiving for beginning baseball players). It is easy to execute, safe for beginning...Read More

Take inventory of where the athletes are at skill-wise.
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Fundamentals: Ground Balls
5:10-5:25
15 Minutes


Teach GB steps (Ready / Approach / Field Triangle / Finish) & language to be used.
WATER BREAK (5min)
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

Front of bag, either foot, break down, look right (#kickdirtoncoach).
Life Lesson discussions provide the opportunity to briefly talk about the characteristics of a champion. Use the Dugout Captain suggestions for each...Read More

HARD WORK
"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)