1st Team Practice

Team Name
1st Team Practice
Location
Cox
Date
02/05/2019
Start Time
4:00
End Time
5:10
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:45 (BELOW GOLD)
Wiffle Circle stopwatch 3:45-4:00 timer 15 Minutes
Wiffle Circle is an Early Activity drill that can be run during the 15-minutes prior to practice start time.  It can also be ran as a pre-game drill...Read More
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PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 8U #1 stopwatch 4:00-4:05 timer 5 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
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Throwing Structured Catch Play stopwatch 4:05-4:15 timer 10 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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Baseball Basics stopwatch 4:15-4:20 timer 5 Minutes
Baseball Basics is a practice segment scheduled to provide you, the coach, with the opportunity to introduce what's to come!  Teach your team the basics...Read More
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Intro of Players, practice rules
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 4:20-4:35 timer 15 Minutes
Soft Toss & Ball Shaggers
Buffet Drill
stopwatch 4:35-4:50 timer 15 Minutes
Long Throw/Ground Ball/Fly Ball/ Running Catch
Baserunning Home to First stopwatch 4:50-4:55 timer 5 Minutes
Home-to-First coaches the correct way to run through the first base bag.  As part of Baserunning or Conditioning, this drill can be run near the end...Read More
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Through 1st Base/ Base Hit Turns
Ground Ball Quick Catch stopwatch 4:55-5:05 timer 10 Minutes
Ground Ball Quick Catch is a simple and effective drill to run during Quick Defense.  It helps to develop basic hands and feet baseball-athleticism and...Read More
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Ground Balls, Throw to First
Finish Relay Races stopwatch 5:05-5:10 timer 5 Minutes
Relay Races are a baseball friendly version of the standard relay race. Let's not make this more complicated that it is. Two equal lines, everybody runs,...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)