#1 – 1/26/22

Team Name
PADRES
Location
Courreges Elementary
Date
01/26/2022
Start Time
4:00
End Time
5:30
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
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PRACTICE STARTS AT 4:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Dyn Warm Up 10U #1 stopwatch 4:00-4:10 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
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Get to leadoffs quick!
Baserunning Fundamentals: Leadoffs stopwatch 4:10-4:20 timer 10 Minutes
Fundamentals: Leadoffs is a drill to teach basics of taking a lead.  Initially, it can be run during Baserunning segment of practice.  Then, these fundamentals...Read More
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Start the process now!
Throwing Structured Catch Play stopwatch 4:20-4:35 timer 15 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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Catch play is IMPORTANT
Quick Defense Buffet Drill stopwatch 4:35-4:45 timer 10 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
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Assess athlete ability
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
Foul Line Drill
stopwatch 4:50-5:05 timer 15 Minutes
Prepare for live cuts/relays
Live BP
stopwatch 5:05-5:20 timer 15 Minutes
Tee+Catch Net / Wiffle / Live+Defense
  WATER BREAK (5min)  
Finish Bucket Free Throws stopwatch 5:25-5:30 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
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Free throws for candy?

"Missed more than 9000 shots. 26 potential game-winners. Lost 300 games. “Failed” over and over. THAT is why I succeed!"

– Michael Jordan

NO FEAR (of failure)

  •  Play free! Failure is a bruise, not a tattoo.
  •  Learn from your mistakes (embrace them, don't endorse them)
  •  Grow, grow, grow - Always learn, always improve, always push ahead.