Practice #1

Team Name
Mead Panthers
Location
Holmberg
Date
03/25/2018
Start Time
5:15
End Time
6:35
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:00 (BELOW GOLD)
Early Activity Wiffle Circle stopwatch 5:00-5:15 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:
Compete to see who can hit the balloon shards the farthest.
PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:15 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Fundamentals: Dynamic Warm Up stopwatch 5:15-5:25 timer 10 Minutes
The Dynamic Warm Up is today's warm up routine.  Gone are the days of standing in a circle and yanking on arms and legs.  Best way to explain using common...Read More
notes Notes:
Explain Dynamic principles. Teach Dynamic exercises.
THROWING Feet In Concrete stopwatch 5:25-5:35 timer 10 Minutes
Feet in Concrete is a throwing drill typically done as part of the Throwing Progression (a routine to follow while warming the arm up).  Depending on...Read More
notes Notes:
Three throwing drills: Two-Knees / One-Knee / Feet-in-Concrete.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How to Coach: Infield #1 (Training)
stopwatch 5:35-5:47 timer 12 Minutes
Exit footwork becomes POP! movement.
How To Coach: Hitting #1
stopwatch 5:47-6:00 timer 13 Minutes
TEACH - Arms
Fundamentals: Fly Balls
stopwatch 6:00-6:15 timer 15 Minutes
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
BASERUNNING Base Hit Turns stopwatch 6:20-6:30 timer 10 Minutes
A Base Hit Turn is the action taken by a baserunner while rounding first after a base hit.  The ball has reached the outfield safely, which means the...Read More
notes Notes:
Three sprints: Home-to-First / Base-Hit-Turns / 1st-to-3rd
Mental / Finish Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 6:30-6:35 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:
Short free-throw line early in the season.

"Goal Example: Hit .400 this season. Goals earn us two big things: 1) Achievement; and, 2) Personal Development"

– Dan Keller (Dugout Captain)

GOALS

  •  Achievement: ego, game ball, all-star team (stuff easily forgotten)
  •  Development: Physical (improved swing, more power, better eye) + Character (work ethic, persistence, adversity)
  •  Setting goals is a skill, skills take practice. We start today: What are OUR team goals?