Practice 1 – 2/17
Team Name
Nationals
Location
Field 2
Date
02/12/2017
Start Time
4:00 PM
End Time
4:00
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 1:45 (BELOW GOLD)
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
Notes:
Practice #1 of Early Activity: Make sure ALL know that it's cool to be early.
Obstacle Course is a Warm Up drill is designed for fun. Run this early in the season to help break the ice and get kids to loosen up and smile. The...Read More
Notes:
Break the ice, encourage high fives, and get the focus away from Mom & Dad.
Airplane Take Offs is a simple Early Baserunning drill to teach young players an athletic first step movement. While categorized under the title of...Read More
Notes:
Stay low and go!
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:
Start with Feet in Concrete than move into Structured Catch Play.
Four-Corner Receiving is a drill to work on catching the baseball (basic receiving for beginning baseball players). It is easy to execute, safe for beginning...Read More
Notes:
Take inventory of where the athletes are at skill-wise.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Fundamentals: Ground Balls
3:10-3:25 15 Minutes
Teach GB steps (Ready / Approach / Field Triangle / Finish) & language to be used.
WATER BREAK (5min)
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:
Front of bag, either foot, break down, look right (#kickdirtoncoach).
Life Lesson discussions provide the opportunity to briefly talk about the characteristics of a champion. Use the Dugout Captain suggestions for each...Read More
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HARD WORK
PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 PM (BELOW BLACK)
"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)