11U Ho Chunk #1

Team Name
Tinley Park Bobcats
Location
Ho Chunk
Date
01/13/2020
Start Time
5:00
End Time
7:05
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:00 (BELOW GOLD)
PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Opening Talk 11U Ho Chunk #1 stopwatch 5:00-5:05 timer 5 Minutes
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11U Ho Chunk #1 stopwatch 5:05-5:10 timer 5 Minutes
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Warm Up Run. Jog, High Knees, Lead Offs, Run
THROW Structured Catch Play stopwatch 5:10-5:20 timer 10 Minutes
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
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Pop, Chest, Throw! On your verbal, put coaches to work training throwing.
QUICK DEFENSE Four Corner Receiving stopwatch 5:20-5:25 timer 5 Minutes
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
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Another great opportunity to gauge starting skill levels.
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Fundamentals: Ground Balls
stopwatch 5:30-6:00 timer 30 Minutes
Establish fundamentals and language to be used.
Fundamentals: Fly Balls
stopwatch 6:00-6:30 timer 30 Minutes
TEACH: Dropstep, Crossover, Go!
11U Ho Chunk #1
stopwatch 6:30-6:30 timer 0 Minutes
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Pitching with Dennis
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 6:30-6:55 timer 25 Minutes
Reps on field, teaching in cage.
BASERUNNING Home to First stopwatch 6:55-7:00 timer 5 Minutes
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
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2 Movements: Home-to-First followed by Base-Hit-Turns.
MENTAL / FINISH Life Lesson Discussion stopwatch 7:00-7:05 timer 5 Minutes
Life Lesson discussions provide the opportunity to briefly talk about the characteristics of a champion.  Use the Dugout Captain suggestions for each...Read More
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HARD WORK (see below) - Establish expectations for road ahead.

"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)