Fun & Fundamentals

Team Name
Fun & Fundamentals
Location
A1
Date
09/23/2022
Start Time
5:30
End Time
6:35
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:15 (BELOW GOLD)
EARLY ACTIVITY Backyard Clean Up stopwatch 5:15-5:30 timer 15 Minutes
Backyard Clean up is an activity run during the 15-minute window before practice.  As it is completely centered on fun, Backyard Clean Up could fill any...Read More
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PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:30 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Basketball Lines stopwatch 5:30-5:40 timer 10 Minutes
Basketball Lines - Rekindle your inner hoops player and get "on the line."  A simple change-of-direction move to train agility and condition athletes....Read More
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THROWING Structured Catch Play stopwatch 5:40-5:50 timer 10 Minutes
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
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Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Fundamentals: Ground Balls
stopwatch 5:50-6:02 timer 12 Minutes
GB Fundies overview, then reps from Fielding Triangle (R / L / Shuffle / Throw)
Wiffle Circle
stopwatch 6:02-6:15 timer 13 Minutes
Arm every hitter with a plan for taking a stance
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
BASERUNNING Home to First stopwatch 6:20-6:30 timer 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
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Front of bag, either foot, break down, look right.
Mental / Finish FOCUS / Life Lesson stopwatch 6:30-6:35 timer 5 Minutes
FOCUS What is a focus burst?  Ken Ravizza, the godfather of mental baseball, who we lost in 2018, says... "Take care of the next pitch. Can I bring what...Read More
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Find a focus cue….

"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)