Practice #2

Team Name
Athletics
Location
Clayton
Date
03/20/2023
Start Time
5:00
End Time
6:04
EARLY ACTIVITY DRILL STARTS AT 5:00 (BELOW GOLD)
PRACTICE STARTS AT 5:00 (BELOW BLACK)
Warm Up Fundamentals: Dynamic Warm Up stopwatch 5:00-5:10 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 Throwing Progression stopwatch 5:10-5:20 timer 10 Minutes
Throwing Progression is a series of three drills: Two Knee Catch, One Knee Catch, and Feet in Concrete.  All three are supported in the DC Library with...Read More
notes Notes:
Three throwing drills: Two-Knees / One-Knee / Feet-in-Concrete.
Stations (Groups rotate halfway through block)
How to Coach: Ground Balls #2
stopwatch 5:20-5:28 timer 8 Minutes
Exit footwork becomes POP! movement.
How To Coach: Hitting #2
stopwatch 5:28-5:36 timer 8 Minutes
TEACH - Arms
Practice #2
stopwatch 5:36-5:44 timer 8 Minutes
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  WATER BREAK (5min)  
BASERUNNING Base Hit Turns stopwatch 5:49-5:59 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 5:59-6:04 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?