120 Minutes #2

Team Name
120 Minutes #2
Location
Mead Sports Complex
Date
04/09/2018
Start Time
5:15
End Time
7:45
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:00 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Home Run Derby stopwatch 5:00-5:15 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
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PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:15 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Obstacle Course stopwatch 5:15-5:25 timer 10 Minutes
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
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Early Breaks stopwatch 5:25-5:30 timer 5 Minutes
Breaks are essentially steal first-movements, done without a lead.  For those athletes that can NOT leadoff, breaks work the athletic position at the...Read More
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Throwing Leads & Breaks stopwatch 5:30-5:40 timer 10 Minutes
Leads & Breaks is run either at the beginning (Early Baserunning) or end of practice (Baserunning).  It involves sprint work infused with leadoff...Read More
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Quick Defense Structured Catch Play stopwatch 5:40-5:45 timer 5 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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  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Fundamentals: Ground Balls
stopwatch 5:50-6:05 timer 15 Minutes
Fundamentals: Pitching
stopwatch 6:05-6:20 timer 15 Minutes
Fundamentals: Fly Balls
stopwatch 6:20-6:35 timer 15 Minutes
Mound Progression
stopwatch 6:35-6:50 timer 15 Minutes
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 6:55-7:10 timer 15 Minutes
How To Coach: Hitting #1
stopwatch 7:10-7:25 timer 15 Minutes
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Baserunning Trash Can Toss stopwatch 7:30-7:40 timer 10 Minutes
Trash Can Toss is primarily fun.  The coaching relevance to this drill is a "do or die" play from the outfield.  This means that the winning run is...Read More
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Finish Work Hard / Life Lesson stopwatch 7:40-7:45 timer 5 Minutes
Work Hard It’s Hard Work to Work Hard There are many quotes, cliches, and stereotypes associated with hard work. With my Dad being from the Midwest and...Read More
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"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)