8U – 90 Mins #10
Team Name
8U – 90 Mins #10
Location
Date
Start Time
04:00 PM
End Time
05:30 PM
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT (BELOW GOLD)
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

How's your curveball?
PRACTICE STARTS AT 04:00 PM (BELOW BLACK)
~ 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

Ad-lib as appropriate.
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

Long toss, finish with Competition.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
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

Begin with 8-10 sprints using Sprint Work variations (side start, seated, plank)
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

Closer or farther free throw line?
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

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.