2022 Farm #3

Team Name
Dragons
Location
Booksin
Date
02/14/2022
Start Time
4:30
End Time
5:40
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 4:10 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY Wiffle Circle stopwatch 4:10-4:25 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
notes Notes:
Goal: Batters use proper grip, proper stance, and swing HARD!
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:30 (BELOW BLACK)
WARM UP Fundamentals: Dynamic Warm Up stopwatch 4:30-4:40 timer 10 Minutes
The Dynamic Warm Up is today's warm up routine.  Gone are the days of standing in a circle and yanking on arms and legs.  Best way to explain using common...Read More
notes Notes:
4 lines set up with cones, 4 more cones on finish line 20 ft away. Warm up run, High Knees and butt kicks, High leg kick Arm circle skips, Super Marios, shuffle, tapioca
THROW No Partner Throwing #2 stopwatch 4:40-4:50 timer 10 Minutes
No Partner Throwing is designed for the youngest players and run early in the season.  The set up and structure allow for safety as athletes will throw...Read More
notes Notes:
Focus on legs and the loaded throwing position. Feel the burn!!
Fielding Triangle Fundamentals: Ground Balls stopwatch 4:50-4:55 timer 5 Minutes
Fundamentals: Ground Balls is a drill designed to assist both coach and player to understand the complete ground ball process, as one would watch on...Read More
notes Notes:
Back to Hitting cones Get to Position - Pop to Ready Stance - Fielding Triangle -
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How To Coach: Hitting #1
stopwatch 4:55-5:05 timer 10 Minutes
Legs Only. Stride, Balance, power
Two Spot Receiving
stopwatch 5:05-5:15 timer 10 Minutes
Above belt = "Thumbs up" / Below belt = "Pinkies down"
How to Coach: Ground Balls #2
stopwatch 5:15-5:25 timer 10 Minutes
HULA HOOPS for Target! Start ball in glove & focus on footwork.
BASERUNNING Base Hit Turns stopwatch 5:25-5:35 timer 10 Minutes
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 Notes:
First review Home-to-First. Then, use cones to force the banana curve. Encourage aggressive turn.
MENTAL / FINISH Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 5:35-5:40 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
notes Notes:
Find a backstop, set the line, everyone gets two shots.

"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?