14U – 120 Mins #2
Team Name
14U – 120 Mins #2
Location
Date
Start Time
04:00 PM
End Time
06:00 PM
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT (BELOW GOLD)
Water Balloon BP can be run as a side station during batting practice, or as an Early Activity. Because of a high fun-factor, you WILL have smiles on...Read More

Who doesn't like smashing water balloons?!?!?
PRACTICE STARTS AT 04:00 PM (BELOW BLACK)
~ 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

14U age specific suggestions included in Execution Keys
Secondary Breaks allow baserunners to practice secondary movements and also what will become the delay-steal. They are to be run during Early Baserunning...Read More

Shuffle, Shuffle, Go... then... Shuffle, Shuffle, Read, 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

POP = Loaded power position / CHEST = Receivers ready / THROW = Only on your verbal.
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

1. Long Toss / 2. Ground Ball / 3. Quick Catch / 4. Football Pattern
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
A Base Hit Turn is the action taken by a baserunner while rounding first after a base hit. The ball has reached the outfield safely, which means the...Read More

Bases (3 movements): (1) Home-to-First; (2) Base-Hit-Turns; (3) 1st-to-Third (coach moves to 3rd base box)
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

Bring a prize for all who make. Sunflower seed packet?
How to Coach: Pitching #1 is the first drill in Dugout Captain's series to teach Pitching as a skill. Use with your team to coach-up multiple players,...Read More

Establish stretch stance, balance point, and get each athlete 20 pitches (2 @ time?)
"Goal Example: Hit .400 this season. Goals earn us two big things: 1) Achievement; and, 2) Personal Development"
– Dan Keller (Dugout Captain)
GOALS
Achievement: ego, game ball, all-star team (stuff easily forgotten)
Development: Physical (improved swing, more power, better eye) + Character (work ethic, persistence, adversity)
Setting goals is a skill, skills take practice. We start today: What are OUR team goals?