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PRACTICE 6 Focus: Competition Day! Catching, Throwing, Footwork, Hitting

Agility Warm Up (10 Min)

Player starts in the middle facing the coach with feet moving in place
The coach points to a cone and the player sprints and touches the cones and returns to the middle with feet still moving
The cones can be picked randomly and in no particular order
Do this for 5-6 touches

Player shuffles laterally right and left around the outside of the cone with glove tucked

Stationary feeds to a player with no glove
Have player get into a proper fielding position and roll balls directly to them so their feet can stay stationary
Focus is on getting the player into the proper fielding position and reaching out for the ball with their glove hand palm facing the ball and throwing hand over the glove hand
Roll 3 to each and rotate

Catching Competition (15 Min)

Warm up by tossing balls to players in various locations
After a good warm up, toss each player from a comfortable distance 10 balls
Award a player 1 point for a ball that touches their glove and 2 points for a catch
Reward players with a prize (i.e. a small piece of candy)

Agility Competition (10 Min)

Player starts at front left cone with their glove and shuffles laterally to the right in an athletic position
Once past the front right cone, the player sprints forward until past the cone ahead
Once past, the player shuffles to the left
When the player reaches the front of the ladder, they move forward with quick feet stepping one foot in each
When player exits the ladder they use the proper footwork to enter the second ladder breaking down into a fielding position and extending the glove to the ball

Hitting Competition (30 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
- Position the tee and the middle contact point and have the player take a full swing
- Focus on staying athletic through to extension with chin staying down
- Have the player take a full swing finishing high at the shoulder
- Move the tee to inside and outside contact points
- Make necessary adjustments to a player’s swing

After a good warm up…
COMPETITION..
Set up a series of cones in front of home plate 10-15 feet out
Players setup at home plate
Have the players take 10 swings off of the tee
Award a point for every ball that clears the cones on the fly

Throwing (15 Min)

Players continue to throw to coaches
Knee wrist snaps with glove
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 or through a hula hoop
The focus is on elevating the ball with a proper release point and wrist snap

Player starts in the middle facing the coach with feet moving in place

The coach points to a cone and the player sprints and touches the cones and returns to the middle with feet still moving

The cones can be picked randomly and in no particular order

Do this for 5-6 touches

Player shuffles laterally right and left around the outside of the cone with glove tucked

Stationary feeds to a player with no glove

Have player get into a proper fielding position and roll balls directly to them so their feet can stay stationary

Focus is on getting the player into the proper fielding position and reaching out for the ball with their glove hand palm facing the ball and throwing hand over the glove hand

Roll 3 to each and rotate

Warm up by tossing balls to players in various locations

After a good warm up, toss each player from a comfortable distance 10 balls

Award a player 1 point for a ball that touches their glove and 2 points for a catch

Reward players with a prize (i.e. a small piece of candy)

Player starts at front left cone with their glove and shuffles laterally to the right in an athletic position

Once past the front right cone, the player sprints forward until past the cone ahead

Once past, the player shuffles to the left

When the player reaches the front of the ladder, they move forward with quick feet stepping one foot in each

When player exits the ladder they use the proper footwork to enter the second ladder breaking down into a fielding position and extending the glove to the ball

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

Position the tee and the middle contact point and have the player take a full swing

Focus on staying athletic through to extension with chin staying down

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

Move the tee to inside and outside contact points

Make necessary adjustments to a player’s swing

After a good warm up…

COMPETITION..

Set up a series of cones in front of home plate 10-15 feet out

Players setup at home plate

Have the players take 10 swings off of the tee

Award a point for every ball that clears the cones on the fly

Players continue to throw to coaches

Knee wrist snaps with glove

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 or through a hula hoop

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