Rockies 1st Practice

Team Name

Location

Date

03/24/2021

Start Time

3:00

End Time

4:05

EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 3:00 (BELOW GOLD)

PRACTICE STARTS AT 3:00 (BELOW BLACK)

WARM UP Obstacle Course stopwatch

3:00-3:10

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:

Break the ice, bring out smiles, force high-fives.

THROW Hula Hoop Throwing stopwatch

3:10-3:20

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:

Use hula hoops to make throwing fun, observe skill levels.

Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)

How to Coach: Infield #1 (Training)

3:20-3:32

12 Minutes

KEEP HULA HOOPS! Start ball in glove & focus on footwork.

Hitting Grip and Stance

3:32-3:45

13 Minutes

FEET: Right-Left-Right into stance (RH Hitter)

WATER BREAK (5min)

BASERUNNING Home to First stopwatch

3:50-4:00

10 Minutes

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.

MENTAL / FINISH Baseball Basics stopwatch

4:00-4:05

5 Minutes

Baseball Basics is a practice segment scheduled to provide you, the coach, with the opportunity to introduce what's to come! Teach your team the basics...Read More

Notes:

Discussion: Field, positions, dugout etiquette, team rules

"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)