2/6/17 Practice

Team Name
Red Sox
Location
Solana Vista AAA field
Date
02/06/2017
Start Time
03:30 PM
End Time
4:48
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:15 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Wiffle Cricket stopwatch 3:15-3:30 timer 15 Minutes
Wiffle Cricket is a drill used primarily as an Early Activity.  It involves only wiffle balls, so no athletes are throwing before being warm, and can...Read More
notes Notes:
Three highest point leaders lead Warm-Up lines.
Warm Up Backyard Clean Up stopwatch 3:30-3:40 timer 10 Minutes
Backyard Clean up is an activity run during the 15-minute window before practice.  As it is completely centered on fun, Backyard Clean Up could fill any...Read More
notes Notes:
Structure and familiarity should decrease time spent at Warm Up.
Throw Long Toss Competition stopwatch 3:40-3:50 timer 10 Minutes
Long Toss Competition is a fun throwing competition to run at the end of a throwing segment.  Teach, then throw, finish by competing.  This helps to...Read More
notes Notes:
Structured-Catch-Play followed by Long-Toss-Competition.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Side-to-Side Bucket Fly Balls
stopwatch 3:50-4:03 timer 13 Minutes
Fly Ball Reps + Communication
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 4:08-4:20 timer 12 Minutes
Live arm BP on field / Instruction @ catch net)
3 Step Hitting
stopwatch 4:20-4:33 timer 13 Minutes
Quiet the feet - one step only!
Baserunning Around the World – 4 Runners stopwatch 4:33-4:43 timer 10 Minutes
Around the World is a baserunning drill involving ALL aspects of baserunning.  This is a combination drill involving four athletes and all of the basepaths....Read More
notes Notes:
1. Home to First / 2. Lead & Break / 3. Secondary & Read / 4. Tag Up & Score.
Mental / Finish Relay Races stopwatch 4:43-4:48 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
notes Notes:
NO FEAR - PLAY FREE!
PRACTICE STARTS AT 03:30 PM (BELOW BLACK)

"Missed more than 9000 shots. 26 potential game-winners. Lost 300 games. “Failed” over and over. THAT is why I succeed!"

– Michael Jordan

NO FEAR (of failure)

  •  Play free! Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.
  •  Learn from your mistakes (embrace them, don't endorse them)
  •  Grow, grow, grow - Always learn, always improve, always push ahead.