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PRACTICE 13 Focus: Throwing, Fielding/Footwork, Hitting, Team Scrimmage Player Pitching
Agility Warm Up (10 Min)
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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
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Encourage staying athletic
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Do this 3 times to each side
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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)
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Players start throwing to each other
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Knee wrist snaps with glove
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Throwing from the knees
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Regular throws starting close and slowly move back.
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Add a competition for fun having the players attempt to throw into a bucket from 10-12 feet
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The focus is on elevating the ball with a proper release point and wrist snap
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Stay athletic when receiving moving the feet to the ball
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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
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If the players are having difficult feeding to each other and it's not efficient, have the coaches step in
Hitting (25 Min)
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Tee
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Athletic stance with no stride approach
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Feet positioned straight or slightly inward with weight on the inside
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Feet are positioned just outside the shoulders with equal weight on each
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Have the player just get to contact and through to extension starting slow then progressively getting faster maintaining proper form
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Focus on staying athletic through to extension with chin staying down
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Have the player take a full swing finishing high at the shoulder
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Position the tee to the middle contact point and have the player take a full swing
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Soft Toss
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Coach kneels to the side and slightly in front of batter
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Coach slowly tosses the ball to batters strike zone
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Batter swings through with focus points above
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Front Toss
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Coach pitches from 12-15 feet away
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Keep focus on proper mechanics
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Make necessary adjustments
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Team Scrimmage Player Pitching(60 Min)
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Live scrimmage with the player pitching
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Allow the player to pitch a maximum of 4 balls to each batter to keep things moving
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Teams are split up in to groups of 2-3
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They rotate to hit 2 times, then rotate to defense
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Every swing is live with the batter running
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Have the batters stay on the base if they are safe to work on base running as well as having different defensive situations
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Players are in appropriate defensive positions
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Coaches are on the field helping communicate where the play is
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Coaches can walk around asking players if they get the ball where is the play, what are they going to do with the ball
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Encourage communication on the field
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