8U – 90 Mins #10

Team Name
8U – 90 Mins #10
Location
Date
02/14/2017
Start Time
04:00 PM
End Time
5:30
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?
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.
THROWING Long Toss Competition stopwatch 4:10-4:20 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:
Long toss, finish with Competition.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Four Corner Receiving
stopwatch 4:20-4:32 timer 12 Minutes
Toss predictably. Quicker tosses. Then unpredictable.
Ground Ball Competition
stopwatch 4:32-4:45 timer 13 Minutes
Compete!
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 4:50-5:15 timer 25 Minutes
Live Arm + Live Arm Wiffle
BASERUNNING Fastest Man Standing stopwatch 5:15-5:25 timer 10 Minutes
Fastest Man Standing (FMS) involves a combination of sprint work and competition.  The sprint variations help to hold the focus of athletes and shift...Read More
notes Notes:
Begin with 8-10 sprints using Sprint Work variations (side start, seated, plank)
FINISH Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 5:25-5:30 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 or farther free throw line?
PITCH & CATCH How To Coach: Pitching #4 stopwatch 5:30-5:30 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
PRACTICE STARTS AT 04:00 PM (BELOW BLACK)

"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.