Babe Ruth – Practice #5

Team Name
Worland (13-15)
Location
Legion Field
Date
05/05/2022
Start Time
06:00
End Time
7:32
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:45 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Wiffle Cricket stopwatch 5:45-6:00 timer 15 Minutes
Wiffle Cricket is a drill used primarily as an Early Activity.  It involves only wiffle balls, so no athletes are throwing before being warm, and can...Read More
notes Notes:
HIT = Points earned per base touched & hit again / OUT = Everyone rotates one spot.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 06:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 14U #2 stopwatch 6:00-6:10 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:
Involve your own exercises if you have them. If you don't, probably time to get to the gym.
Throw Buffet Drill stopwatch 6:10-6:20 timer 10 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:
Long Toss, Grounder, Quick Catch, Fly Ball
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Rundown FlyBy’s
stopwatch 6:25-6:37 timer 12 Minutes
Show ball, est lane, go hard, toss dart. Finish with football pattern.
Cone & Tee Drill
stopwatch 6:37-6:50 timer 13 Minutes
Set Up, then down & through the ball
Wiffle Circle
stopwatch 6:50-7:05 timer 15 Minutes
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 7:05-7:17 timer 12 Minutes
BP Reps: Live Arm
Baserunning Around the World – 4 Runners stopwatch 7:17-7:27 timer 10 Minutes
Around the World is a baserunning drill involving ALL aspects of baserunning.  This is a combination drill involving four athletes and all of the basepaths....Read More
notes Notes:
1. Home to First / 2. DELAY STEAL to Second / 3. Secondary & Read to 3rd / 4. Tag Up & Score to Home.
Mental / Finish Life Lesson Discussion stopwatch 7:27-7:32 timer 5 Minutes
Life Lesson discussions provide the opportunity to briefly talk about the characteristics of a champion.  Use the Dugout Captain suggestions for each...Read More
notes Notes:
NO FEAR - Play free! See discussion notes below.

"Missed more than 9000 shots. 26 potential game-winners. Lost 300 games. “Failed” over and over. THAT is why I succeed!"

– Michael Jordan

NO FEAR (of failure)

  •  Play free! Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.
  •  Learn from your mistakes (embrace them, don't endorse them)
  •  Grow, grow, grow - Always learn, always improve, always push ahead.