A Practice 1 – 8/31/17
Team Name
Location
Hunt Field 3
Date
08/31/2017
Start Time
6:00
End Time
6:55
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 6:00 (BELOW GOLD)
PRACTICE STARTS AT 6:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Baseball Basics is a practice segment scheduled to provide you, the coach, with the opportunity to introduce what's to come! Teach your team the basics...Read More

Today -- quick introductions, go over a few rules, then we'll get into practice, some water breaks, then we have snacks at the end and Ill talk again before we wrap it up. NAMES / AGE / PLAYED BEFORE / COLOR / COOKIE Positions: - Ill change positions in the field every inning -- everyone will play every position about every 3 games. every position is important. - When we are fielding - Ill need a few parents assisting out on the field. pointing where to throw, stopping the kids from playing in the dirt, being baseball ready, etc. - GO TO FIELD AND SHOW POSITIONS STARTING AT HOME. - 1 PLAYER ON EACH POSITION. Safety: - Handling bats - repeat after me... I will not / swing a bat / until a coach / says OK. No throwing bats after you swing. - Handling balls - can come and take a ball to begin practicing throwing to each other, but LOOK before you THROW.
Home-to-First coaches the correct way to run through the first base bag. As part of Baserunning or Conditioning, this drill can be run near the end...Read More

Front of bag, either foot, break down, look right. Next one goes on a high 5
WATER BREAK (5min)
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

1-4 = 1 hitter, 5-7 = 2 hitters, 8+ = 3 hitters all others field - no gloves. 5 swings each.
Hula Hoop Throwing is a drill designed to work on basic throwing mechanics. Highlights include stepping with the opposite foot and utilizing a proper...Read More

2 hoops, two teams. line for players to stand behind. focus and step and throw.
"Goal Example: Hit .400 this season. Goals earn us two big things: 1) Achievement; and, 2) Personal Development"
– Dan Keller (Dugout Captain)
GOALS
Achievement: ego, game ball, all-star team (stuff easily forgotten)
Development: Physical (improved swing, more power, better eye) + Character (work ethic, persistence, adversity)
Setting goals is a skill, skills take practice. We start today: What are OUR team goals?