13U – 90 Mins 5/20/19

Team Name
13U – 90 Mins 5/20/19
Location
M6
Date
05/20/2019
Start Time
7:30
End Time
9:02
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 7:15 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Ground Ball Reps – No Throw and Flip stopwatch 7:15-7:30 timer 15 Minutes
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 Notes:
Free throws? Backhand flips? Finger-rolls?
PRACTICE STARTS AT 7:30 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 14U #2 stopwatch 7:30-7:40 timer 10 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:
Try it backwards... add an overhead reach... speed up Carioca feet.
Throw Quick Catch Competition stopwatch 7:40-7:50 timer 10 Minutes
Quick Catch Competition is an execution drill to finish the throwing segment.  It helps to train throwing accuracy, baseball athleticism (hands working...Read More
notes Notes:
Catch play into competition: Long-Toss-Comp & Quick-Catch-Comp
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Side-to-Side Bucket Fly Balls
stopwatch 7:50-8:02 timer 12 Minutes
High fly ball reps on run.
Five Feeds Drill
stopwatch 8:02-8:15 timer 13 Minutes
Bring prop to throw at!
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 8:20-8:32 timer 12 Minutes
Individualized instruction on field and in cage (foul territory)
Foul Line Drill
stopwatch 8:32-8:47 timer 15 Minutes
Baserunning Fastest Man Standing stopwatch 8:47-8:57 timer 10 Minutes
Fastest Man Standing (FMS) involves a combination of sprint work and competition.  The sprint variations help to hold the focus of athletes and shift...Read More
notes Notes:
Leads-&-Breaks first... then down the line for Fastest-Man-Standing.
Mental / Finish Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 8:57-9:02 timer 5 Minutes
Bucket Free Throws is a fun competition to finish practice with.  It is, as it sounds, the simple challenge of making a baseball into a bucket.  Just...Read More
notes Notes:
Find some quarters. It's time to teach Life's Lesson on getting paaaaaiiiid.
PITCH & CATCH Freeze Drill: #1-2-1-3 stopwatch 9:02-9:02 timer 0 Minutes
Pitcher's Freeze Drill #1 - 2 - 1 - 3 - Video not yet available.  Consider this text description from Dan Keller's book Coaching the Beginning Pitcher :...Read More
notes Notes:
Load baby load!! Forwards and backwards. Feel the burn in the back leg.

"Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to."

– Henry van Dyke (1852-1933)

DETERMINATION

  •  The road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure
  •  Tough times never last, but tough people do
  •  What are we determined to do as a team?