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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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
Notes:
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?