Practice 4

Team Name
Nationals
Location
Sunrise Park
Date
05/10/2019
Start Time
6:00
End Time
7:30
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:45 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY Wiffle Circle stopwatch 5:45-6:00 timer 15 Minutes
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 Notes:
Practice #1 of Early Activity: Make sure ALL know that it's cool to be early.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 6:00 (BELOW BLACK)
WARM UP Dyn Warm Up 10U #1 stopwatch 6:00-6:10 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:
Suggestions for 10U warm up exercises.
THROWING Long Toss Competition stopwatch 6:10-6:20 timer 10 Minutes
Long Toss Competition is a fun throwing competition to run at the end of a throwing segment.  Teach, then throw, finish by competing.  This helps to...Read More
notes Notes:
Start with Structured-Catch-Play, finish with Long-Toss-Competition.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Rundown FlyBy’s
stopwatch 6:20-6:32 timer 12 Minutes
Show ball, establish lane, go hard, toss dart... then football pattern.
Fundamentals: Sliding
stopwatch 6:32-6:45 timer 13 Minutes
Teach the Figure 4: Both hands up and foot tucked behind opposite knee.
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Live BP
stopwatch 6:50-7:02 timer 12 Minutes
Tee Work on field plus live defense making plays.
3 Step Hitting
stopwatch 7:02-7:15 timer 13 Minutes
Quiet the feet - one step ONLY.
BASERUNNING Tagging Up stopwatch 7:15-7:25 timer 10 Minutes
DC recommends running Tagging Up during Early Baserunning.  Use final 4-6 sprints and review tagging up fundamentals. EXECUTION - First athlete jogs...Read More
notes Notes:
Teach the Figure 4: Both hands up and foot tucked behind opposite knee.
FINISH Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 7:25-7:30 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:
Bucket Free Throws

"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.