Day 11 - Practice Plan

Review and Repetition.

Wild Pitch/Passed Ball Communication introduced.

The daily, step-by-step development of the batting swing and pitching delivery continues.

Extra Ground Ball work.

0:00-0:15       

Skill Building Warm-up

  1.   Cut-Relay to Home - Cut 3  (mini diamond)

  2.   Turns & Touches @ 2B (Accelerate off the bag: let’s go first to third a lot this year!!)

  3.   Wild Pitch/Passed Ball Communication 

 

0:15-0:30

Playing Catch Practice

Instruction

  • Batting - Firm Front Side

  • Pitching & Throwing - Rhythm, 4-8-10

 

No Bat Drills  / No Ball Drills

 

PCP Routine

  1.   Pitching Practice

  2.   Position Player Throwing

  3.   Replaying the Ball

 

 

0:30-0:55

Team Drills

Three Groups Drills

  1.   6-4 going away (going away) Feet & Wrist

  2.   3-6

  3.   3-1

 

 

0:55-1:00 <Break>

 

 

1:00-1:35

Batting Practice - 12-Player Drill

  I. Batting Group 

 II. Fielders Group 

III. Skills Group 

 

1:35-2:00

Scrimmage

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BATTING

Instruction

Straight Line Path of Hands (Bottom Hand Path Awareness)

  • The sequence of the Straight-line actions with the hands:

  •  Bottom Hand: directed at the line to the inside edge of the ball

  •  Top-Hand: Wrist snaps straight forward, like Skipping a Rock

  •  Extension: After the Wrist Snap, Point the Knuckle of the Thumb

  •  Bottom Hand: remains on the Swing Line until Top-Hand arm is fully extended

 

Coordinating Both Hands Together (Straight Lines)

  • The Bottom Hand moves forward only as a result of the actions of the top hand. Top Hand Skip moves bottom hand forward.

 

Skip-a-Rock - 3 (Drill)

  • Start w/Both Hands at back Arm Pit

  • Hands together...no effort w/Bottom Hand)

 

 

No Bat Drills

  1. Bottom Hand       x8

  2. Switch Heels        x3 (Firm Front Side)

  3. Skip-a-Rock          x6 (start w/Both Hands at Arm Pit)

      [Moving forward, always, when doing Skip-a-rock]

 

 

Tee Work

  1. Sideways Karate (Bottom Hand Inside the Ball) x5

  2. Skip-a-Rock (Bottom Hand Awareness) …until time to rotate

 

PITCHING & THROWING

Pitching Instruction

Rhythm, 4-8-10

Review the three phases of the delivery (Practice #9).  Incorporate the Drive & Pull, just prior to the landing of the stride foot (Practice #10).

 

 

No Ball Drills

Throwing

  • Wrist Action    6-7 seconds

 

Pitching

  1. Turn & Pull    x5

  2. Drive & Pull   x5

  3. Leg Drive (& Pull) at End of Stride   x7

Playing Catch Practice

  • Rocking: Elbow to Belt (allow TILT)

  • Rhythm, 4-8-10

 

 

Skills Station

  • Rhythm, 4-8-10

 

Skill Building Warm-up

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