6U – 60 Mins #12

Team Name
6U – 60 Mins #12
Location
field 5
Date
04/02/2019
Start Time
7:00
End Time
8:05
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 6:45 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY Home Run Derby stopwatch 6:45-7:00 timer 15 Minutes
A fun Hitting Station or Early Activity Drill, Home Run Derby brings out coach's inner Chris Berman - back, back, back, back... GONE!  Designed to be...Read More
notes Notes:
Safety First - On deck hitters behind you.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 7:00 (BELOW BLACK)
WARM UP Olympics – Baserunning stopwatch 7:00-7:10 timer 10 Minutes
Offered during the Olympics practice, the baserunning station involves up to five sprints for each athlete.  Armed with a stopwatch and a score sheet...Read More
notes Notes:
Total ALL times: (1) H-to-1st (2) H-to-2nd (3) Home Run
THROW Long Toss Competition stopwatch 7:10-7:20 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:
Ball touches ground = Become a judge
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How to Coach: Ground Balls #3
stopwatch 7:20-7:32 timer 12 Minutes
R/L/Shuffle/Throw... POP!... Add lateral movement.
Tennis Racquet Fly Balls
stopwatch 7:32-7:45 timer 13 Minutes
Tennis racquet fly balls - 'nuff said!
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
BASERUNNING Tagging Up stopwatch 7:50-8:00 timer 10 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:
Introduce the concept of tagging up.
MENTAL / FINISH Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 8:00-8:05 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:
Closer distance to create fun playoff.

"Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to."

– Henry van Dyke (1852-1933)

DETERMINATION

  •  The road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure
  •  Tough times never last, but tough people do
  •  What are we determined to do as a team?