5U #5

Team Name
5U #5
Location
Date
02/12/2018
Start Time
05:00 PM
End Time
06:20 PM
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 4:45 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY Home Run Derby stopwatch - timer 15 Minutes
A fun Hitting Station or Early Activity Drill, Home Run Derby brings out coach's inner Chris Berman - back, back, back, back... GONE!  Designed to be...Read More
notes Notes:
Set up near the fence & consider using tee.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 05:00 PM (BELOW BLACK)
WARM UP Dyn Warm Up 6U #1 stopwatch - timer 10 Minutes
Dynamic Warm Up 6U is a movement-based warm up routine specific to athletes age 6+.  The Dynamic Warm Up is today's warm up routine.  Gone are the...Read More
notes Notes:
Get your smile muscles loose
THROW Hula Hoop Throwing stopwatch - timer 10 Minutes
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
notes Notes:
Cones guide the steps of the feet ("Ankle Eye")
QUICK DEFENSE Ground Ball Quick Catch stopwatch - timer 15 Minutes
Ground Ball Quick Catch is a simple and effective drill to run during Quick Defense.  It helps to develop basic hands and feet baseball-athleticism and...Read More
notes Notes:
At the warm up cones, R/L/Throw... from GB... then receiving (TRY "POP")
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Review broken movements. R & L become POP!
Four Corner Receiving
stopwatch - timer 13 Minutes
Challenge with pace, distance, unpredictability.
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
BASERUNNING Fundamentals: Sliding stopwatch - timer 10 Minutes
Fundamentals of Sliding is a drill designed to introduce athletes to the proper way to execute a feet-first slide.  Safety is paramount to sliding and...Read More
notes Notes:
Figure Four technique: Hands up, foot tucked behind opposite knee.
MENTAL / FINISH Ground Ball Competition stopwatch - timer 5 Minutes
Ground Ball Competition is a fun infield drill designed to for repetitions and competition. The desired instruction or execution requirements can be enforced...Read More
notes Notes:
Two teams compete for points.

"Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn."

– John Maxwell, Author

SPORTSMANSHIP

  •  Win with class, lose with pride. Either way, have a good time!
  •  Baseball is a game, and games are supposed to be fun.
  •  Beat your opponent in such a way that he wants to compete with you again.