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PRACTICE 13 Focus: Throwing, Fielding/Footwork, Hitting, Team Scrimmage Player Pitching

Agility Warm Up (10 Min)

With a glove, player shuffles left and when in front of the ball, breaks down into the proper fielding position and then shuffles to the ball opposite and repeats
Encourage staying athletic
Do this 3 times to each side

With a glove, player starts at bottom right cone and sprints forward to the cone ahead, back pedals to bottom left cone and approaches the ladder and ball breaking down into a proper fielding position

Pitchers/Catchers Warm Up (20 Min)

Catching/Throwing (10 Min)

Players start throwing to each other
Knee wrist snaps with glove
Throwing from the knees
Regular throws starting close and slowly move back.
Add a competition for fun having the players attempt to throw into a bucket from 10-12 feet
The focus is on elevating the ball with a proper release point and wrist snap
Stay athletic when receiving moving the feet to the ball
Attempt to catch every ball in the center of the body

Infield Dailies (10 Min)

Dailies are performed by two players that are 5-7 feet apart
If the players are having difficult feeding to each other and it's not efficient, have the coaches step in

Hitting (25 Min)

Tee
- Athletic stance with no stride approach
- Feet positioned straight or slightly inward with weight on the inside
- Feet are positioned just outside the shoulders with equal weight on each
- Have the player just get to contact and through to extension starting slow then progressively getting faster maintaining proper form
- Focus on staying athletic through to extension with chin staying down
- Have the player take a full swing finishing high at the shoulder
- Position the tee to the middle contact point and have the player take a full swing
Soft Toss
- Coach kneels to the side and slightly in front of batter
- Coach slowly tosses the ball to batters strike zone
- Batter swings through with focus points above
Front Toss
- Coach pitches from 12-15 feet away
- Keep focus on proper mechanics
- Make necessary adjustments

Team Scrimmage Player Pitching(60 Min)

Live scrimmage with the player pitching
Allow the player to pitch a maximum of 4 balls to each batter to keep things moving
Teams are split up in to groups of 2-3
They rotate to hit 2 times, then rotate to defense
Every swing is live with the batter running
Have the batters stay on the base if they are safe to work on base running as well as having different defensive situations
Players are in appropriate defensive positions
Coaches are on the field helping communicate where the play is
Coaches can walk around asking players if they get the ball where is the play, what are they going to do with the ball
Encourage communication on the field

With a glove, player shuffles left and when in front of the ball, breaks down into the proper fielding position and then shuffles to the ball opposite and repeats

Encourage staying athletic

Do this 3 times to each side

With a glove, player starts at bottom right cone and sprints forward to the cone ahead, back pedals to bottom left cone and approaches the ladder and ball breaking down into a proper fielding position

Players start throwing to each other

Add a competition for fun having the players attempt to throw into a bucket from 10-12 feet

The focus is on elevating the ball with a proper release point and wrist snap

Attempt to catch every ball in the center of the body

Infield Dailies (10 Min)

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Dailies are performed by two players that are 5-7 feet apart

If the players are having difficult feeding to each other and it's not efficient, have the coaches step in

Tee

Athletic stance with no stride approach

Feet positioned straight or slightly inward with weight on the inside

Feet are positioned just outside the shoulders with equal weight on each

Have the player just get to contact and through to extension starting slow then progressively getting faster maintaining proper form

Focus on staying athletic through to extension with chin staying down

Have the player take a full swing finishing high at the shoulder

Soft Toss

Coach kneels to the side and slightly in front of batter

Coach slowly tosses the ball to batters strike zone

Batter swings through with focus points above

Front Toss

Coach pitches from 12-15 feet away

Keep focus on proper mechanics

Make necessary adjustments

Live scrimmage with the player pitching

Allow the player to pitch a maximum of 4 balls to each batter to keep things moving

Teams are split up in to groups of 2-3

They rotate to hit 2 times, then rotate to defense

Every swing is live with the batter running

Have the batters stay on the base if they are safe to work on base running as well as having different defensive situations

Players are in appropriate defensive positions

Coaches are on the field helping communicate where the play is

Coaches can walk around asking players if they get the ball where is the play, what are they going to do with the ball

Encourage communication on the field