1St Team Practice

Team Name
1St Team Practice
Location
The Wearhouse
Date
10/03/2019
Start Time
18:00
End Time
20:00
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 18:00 (BELOW GOLD)
PRACTICE STARTS AT 18:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 8U #1 stopwatch 18:00-18:10 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:
In open area to start practice - have fun with this
Early Airplane Take Offs stopwatch 18:10-18:20 timer 10 Minutes
Airplane Take Offs is a simple Early Baserunning drill to teach young players an athletic first step movement.  While categorized under the title of...Read More
notes Notes:
Quick way to engage kids and work on basic running and finish warm up. 4 or 5 lines to get several rep of this
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Throwing Two Knee Catch stopwatch 18:25-18:35 timer 10 Minutes
Two Knee Catch is a throwing drill typically done as part of the Throwing Progression (a routine to follow while warming the arm up).  Depending on...Read More
notes Notes:
Break down to basic throwing. Kids to be 15ft apart or so to make this fun as we want kids to have success
Throwing One Knee Catch stopwatch 18:35-18:45 timer 10 Minutes
One Knee Catch is a throwing drill typically done as part of the Throwing Progression (a routine to follow while warming the arm up).  Depending on...Read More
notes Notes:
Build on two knee throwing, keep distance close. This is about proper technique not distance
Infielding Ground Ball Reps – No Throw and Flip stopwatch 18:45-19:00 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:
Basic ground balls and under hand toss into a bucket. This is a fun drill to focus on proper fielding.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Hitting Grip and Stance
stopwatch 19:00-19:10 timer 10 Minutes
Review with all will use main hitting lanes
3 Step Hitting
stopwatch 19:10-19:30 timer 20 Minutes
Split kids into groups and hit off tee
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
BP Reps: Soft Toss
stopwatch 19:30-19:45 timer 15 Minutes
As time permits, two soft toss stations and two live hitting stations. Rotate kids to each station, prefernece is for kids to have two chances at each station
1St Team Practice
stopwatch 19:45-20:00 timer 15 Minutes
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Pitching Machine 35mph