14U – 60 Mins #6

Team Name
14U – 60 Mins #6
Location
Date
Start Time
04:00 PM
End Time
05:00 PM
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Home Run Derby stopwatch - 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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Mike Trout vs. Bryce Harper? Show coach your best batting stance imitation.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 04:00 PM (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Obstacle Course stopwatch - 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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Even the big kids like a relay race when it involves the dizzy bat!
Throw Long Toss – Time & Distance stopwatch - timer 10 Minutes
Many coach's believe that throwing is the most important drill in practice.  Why then, would catch play be cut short or rushed through?  Dugout Captain...Read More
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Throwing-Progression into Long-Toss (push distance and extend time there).
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Ground Ball Put Outs
stopwatch - timer 12 Minutes
Force Plays & Tag Plays
Side-to-Side Bucket Fly Balls
stopwatch - timer 13 Minutes
Communication round important at this age.
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Baserunning Secondary & Read stopwatch - timer 10 Minutes
The Secondary & Read Drill is a baserunning drill operated at second base.  The goal is to take baserunning instruction one level "deeper."  Athletes...Read More
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Athletes @ 2nd Base. Coach tosses ball up - If CATCH, return to base. If DROP, break for 3rd.
Mental / Finish Bucket Free Throws stopwatch - 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
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Double Play Feed Shots - Underhand / Dart / Backhand Flip
PITCH & CATCH How To Coach: Pitching #4 stopwatch - timer 0 Minutes
How to Coach: Pitching #4 is the fourth lesson in Dugout Captain's series designed to teach pitching.  This segment works to take the rules learned...Read More
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Review #'s. Focus: Distance, Direction, 1-2-1-3 // 32-pitch workout

"The most important quality I look for in a player is accountability. You've got to be accountable for who you are. It's too easy to blame things on someone else."

– Lenny Wilkens (HOF NBA Coach)

ACCOUNTABILITY

  •  The unwillingness to quit, the determination to find a solution, or the desire to complete a task. Get it done!
  •  The effort to get the project or task done when the first, second and third tries all go unsuccessful. Think responsibility 2.0!
  •  The champion holds himself accountable for the performance of the group and finds a way to push everyone towards success and accomplishment. Responsibilities can and will change, accountability does not!