Practice #11
Team Name
Yankees
Location
Skytower Park
Date
03/06/2019
Start Time
4:00
End Time
6:00
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:45 (BELOW GOLD)
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:
If time is needed to set up, let the kids play a wiffle ball game.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 (BELOW BLACK)
~ SEE "EXECUTION KEYS" BELOW FOR AGE-SPECIFIC SUGGESTION LIST ~ Dynamic Warm Up 6U is a movement-based warm up routine specific to athletes age 6+. The Dynamic...Read More
Notes:
Teach the Carioca - Follow back foot... In front, behind, in front, behind.
Secondary Breaks allow baserunners to practice secondary movements and also what will become the delay-steal. They are to be run during Early Baserunning...Read More
Notes:
Athletic baserunning stance: Feet outside shoulders, knees bent, fingers hanging.
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 standing with Feet in Concrete drill and continue into Structured Catch Play.
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:
GB / GB / QC / QC... rotate. Through line three times.
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
WATER BREAK (5min)
Water Cup Sliding is a baserunning drill designed to train the fundamentals of a proper feet-first slide. Having the athlete hold water cups in both hands...Read More
Notes:
Need a water jug and plastic cups.
GroundBalls - No Goals is a station drill for use after ground ball fundamentals have been introduced. This drill is designed to train and develop infield...Read More
Notes:
BE AGGRESSIVE
"Be aggressive. Be more aggressive. Never be satisfied."
– Pete Rose, Cincinatti Reds ('63-'86)
AGGRESSIVE
- Dictate pace. Be the team that puts pressure on the opponent. Play quickly, throw strikes
- Process vs. Results - Go hard and let results take care of themselves
- We learn from aggressive mistakes. Cautious, passive mistakes waste time