Dodgers #2

Team Name
Dodgers
Location
Field 2
Date
03/16/2019
Start Time
11:45
End Time
13:15
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 11:30 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity 2 Lines, 1 Coach stopwatch 11:30-11:45 timer 15 Minutes
2 Lines, 1 Coach is a simple name for a simple drill.  Options include running this drill as an Early Activity, or during station instruction.  Coach...Read More
notes Notes:
reps no throws
PRACTICE STARTS AT 11:45 (BELOW BLACK)
WARM UP Fundamentals: Dynamic Warm Up stopwatch 11:45-11:55 timer 10 Minutes
The Dynamic Warm Up is today's warm up routine.  Gone are the days of standing in a circle and yanking on arms and legs.  Best way to explain using common...Read More
notes Notes:
Explain Dynamic principles. Teach Dynamic exercises.
THROWING Throwing Progression stopwatch 11:55-12:05 timer 10 Minutes
Throwing Progression is a series of three drills: Two Knee Catch, One Knee Catch, and Feet in Concrete.  All three are supported in the DC Library with...Read More
notes Notes:
Three throwing drills: Two-Knees / One-Knee / Feet-in-Concrete.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How to Coach: Ground Balls #2
stopwatch 12:05-12:17 timer 12 Minutes
Exit Footwork (R / L) becomes POP!
Tennis Racquet Fly Balls
stopwatch 12:17-12:30 timer 13 Minutes
Reinforce dropstep, crossover, go. Then, blastoff!
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
BP Reps: Soft Toss
stopwatch 12:35-12:47 timer 12 Minutes
Swings first, instruction second.
Fundamentals: Bunting
stopwatch 12:47-13:00 timer 13 Minutes
TEACH - Arms
BASERUNNING Base Hit Turns stopwatch 13:00-13:10 timer 10 Minutes
A Base Hit Turn is the action taken by a baserunner while rounding first after a base hit.  The ball has reached the outfield safely, which means the...Read More
notes Notes:
Three moves: (1) Home-to-First (2) Base-Hit-Turns (3) 1st-to-3rd
Mental / Finish Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 13:10-13:15 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:
Short free throw line early in the season.

"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?