5.5.19

Team Name
EYB 7u All Stars
Location
Kit Carson - Pinto North
Date
05/05/2019
Start Time
4:00
End Time
6:00
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:45 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY 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
notes Notes:
How's your curveball?
PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 (BELOW BLACK)
WARM UP Dyn Warm Up 8U #2 stopwatch 4:00-4:10 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:
Ad-lib as appropriate.
EARLY BASERUNNING Tagging Up stopwatch 4:10-4:15 timer 5 Minutes
DC recommends running Tagging Up during Early Baserunning.  Use final 4-6 sprints and review tagging up fundamentals. EXECUTION - First athlete jogs...Read More
notes Notes:
Knees bend as ball gets lower - Get low with the ball!
THROWING Long Toss Competition stopwatch 4:15-4:25 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:
Long toss, finish with Competition.
QUICK DEFENSE Buffet Drill stopwatch 4:25-4:30 timer 5 Minutes
The Buffet Drill is most effectively run as a Quick Defense drill and combines four movements of baseball athleticism into a fun, quick activity.  Run...Read More
notes Notes:
1. Shuffle, Shuffle, Toss / 2. GB / 3. Quick Catch / 4. Football Pattern
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Five Feeds Drill
stopwatch 4:35-4:50 timer 15 Minutes
Underhand, overhand, sidearm, backhand... finish.
Ground Ball Competition
stopwatch 4:50-5:05 timer 15 Minutes
Compete!
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 5:10-5:40 timer 30 Minutes
Live Arm + Live Arm Wiffle
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
BASERUNNING Breaks stopwatch 5:45-5:55 timer 10 Minutes
Breaks are essentially steal first-movements, done without a lead.  For those athletes that can NOT leadoff, breaks work the athletic position at the...Read More
notes Notes:
Two Groups: (1) Breaks @ Warm Up Cones; (2) Bases
FINISH How To Coach: Pitching #4 stopwatch 5:55-6:00 timer 5 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
notes Notes:
Closer or farther free throw line?
PITCH & CATCH How To Coach: Pitching #4 stopwatch 6:00-6:00 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
notes Notes:
Lesson #4 - Distance & Direction (1-2-1-3) // 36-pitch bullpens

"Lock in! Watch, listen, think... right here, right now."

– Dan Keller (Dugout Captain)

FOCUS

  •  Understand the why and how behind each drill at practice.
  •  Hear, don’t just listen
  •  Focus Reset Button for competition: Routine to follow when focus has slipped.