Practice #12

Team Name
Yankees
Location
Skytower Park
Date
03/08/2019
Start Time
4:00
End Time
6:00
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:45 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Home Run Derby stopwatch 3:45-4:00 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:
Safety First - On deck hitters behind you.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Obstacle Course stopwatch 4:00-4:10 timer 10 Minutes
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 Notes:
Add a cartwheel, somersault, or other wacky movement.
Early Baserunning Fundamentals: Sliding stopwatch 4:10-4:15 timer 5 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:
Last time to teach sliding.
Throwing Catch & Pop stopwatch 4:15-4:25 timer 10 Minutes
Catch & Pop is a Quick Defense drill to drill the athletic movement of an infielder catching and getting rid of the ball. This movement is used all...Read More
notes Notes:
Structured Catch Play followed by partner Catch & Pop (challenging!!)
Quick Defense Buffet Drill stopwatch 4:25-4:30 timer 5 Minutes
The Buffet Drill is most effectively run as a Quick Defense drill and combines four movements of baseball athleticism into a fun, quick activity.  Run...Read More
notes Notes:
1. Long toss / 2. Ground Ball / 3. Quick Catch / 4. Football pattern.
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How to Coach: Ground Balls #3
stopwatch 4:35-4:50 timer 15 Minutes
Work through progression of GB steps (R/L/Shuffle/Throw)
No Goals – GB Competition
stopwatch 4:50-5:05 timer 15 Minutes
One all athlete comp before Live BP
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 5:10-5:40 timer 30 Minutes
Live on field + cages (bunting?)
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Baserunning Around the World – 3 Runners stopwatch 5:45-5:55 timer 10 Minutes
Around the World is a baserunning drill involving ALL aspects of baserunning.  This is a combination drill involving four athletes and all of the basepaths....Read More
notes Notes:
BASE HIT TURN / Breaks / Secondary & Go / Tag Up & Score
Mental / Finish Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 5:55-6:00 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:
Closer distance to create fun playoff.

"Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to."

– Henry van Dyke (1852-1933)

DETERMINATION

  •  The road to athletic greatness is not marked by perfection, but the ability to constantly overcome adversity and failure
  •  Tough times never last, but tough people do
  •  What are we determined to do as a team?