Marlin’s First Practice

Team Name
Marlins
Location
Civic Center Diamon #3
Date
05/23/2019
Start Time
5:45
End Time
7:35
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:30 (BELOW GOLD)
Parent Meeting Car Ride Home / Relationships stopwatch 5:30-5:45 timer 15 Minutes
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notes Notes:
PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:45 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 12U #1 stopwatch 5:45-5:55 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:
Warm up to throw, not throw to warm up!
Inro to Throwing What is: Throwing? stopwatch 5:55-6:00 timer 5 Minutes
Throwing happens after Warm Up and immediately before Quick Defense. The term throwing can vary wildly depending on athlete age and ability, but the importance...Read More
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Grip and Proper Mechanics
Throwing Structured Catch Play stopwatch 6:00-6:10 timer 10 Minutes
Playing catch is the most important "drill" you will ever run as a coach! Structured Catch Play is more than just a drill.  It's actually more of an organized,...Read More
notes Notes:
Snake Bite / Break / Thumbs Down / Step / Throw - on command at first
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
2 Lines, 1 Coach
stopwatch 6:15-6:25 timer 10 Minutes
Triangle / Fielding grounders
Fundamentals: Fly Balls
stopwatch 6:25-6:35 timer 10 Minutes
Outfield Pop flys / 4 cones
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 6:40-7:15 timer 35 Minutes
6 pitches / Pitcher max 20
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Baserunning Home to First stopwatch 7:20-7:30 timer 10 Minutes
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
notes Notes:
Home to First / rounding First / First to Third
Finish Work Hard / Life Lesson stopwatch 7:30-7:35 timer 5 Minutes
Work Hard It’s Hard Work to Work Hard There are many quotes, cliches, and stereotypes associated with hard work. With my Dad being from the Midwest and...Read More
notes Notes:

"There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do."

– Derek Jeter, NY Yankees ('95-'14)

HARD WORK

  •  Working hard is a habit, and habits must be earned. DECIDE to work hard daily!
  •  Find a way. Won’t always feel like working hard. Compete, challenge another, grind.
  •  "Practice is what you make of it,” Raul Ibanez (1996-2014)