Dynamic Warmup

• Marches on toes
• Butt kicks on toes
• Teeter totters
• Inchworms
• Walking lunge w. twists
• Arm circles
• Self hugs
• High knees
• Butt kicks
• Lateral slide w. touches
• Carioca
• Form runs
• One-knee warmup throws (15 ft, 25 ft)
• Stand and throw; extend out

 

Hand-Eye Drills

• Short hops
• Line tosses – underhand
• Line tosses – overhand

 

Infield Drills

• Bucket drills
  1. Straight on
  2. Forehand / Backhand
  3. Short hops
  4. Focus on using one hand
• Make it fun – form 2 groups and have them compete to see who can make the most plays in 1 minute

 

Outfield Drills

• Underhand fly ball tosses (younger kids)
• Drop step and run drills
  1. Left / Right
  2. Focus on running to spot, with glove down
• Cutoff / Relay throws
  1. Make it a race to see who can go through line 3x

 

Situations

• No one on base – throws to first base
• Runner on first – turn the double play
• First & second – get the force at third
• Runner on second – look the runner back, get the out at first
• First and third – hold the runner, get an out
• Bases loaded – play at the plate
• Put runners on base (w. helmets) to run

 

Field Bunts / Cover Bases / Teach Positions

• More advanced skill progression

 

Hitting Drills

• Batting tee
• Soft toss
• Front toss
• Focus on proper technique
  1. Proper hand position: line up mid-finger knuckles
  2. roper arm position: inverted “V”
  3. Weight over back foot, short stride with front foot
  4. Hip turn for power
  5. Downward plane (Top hand – Frisbee; Bottom hand – skipping stones)
  6. Hit ball out in front, off front foot
  7. Finish with full follow through
• Work on hitting in small groups. Do not have 12 kids standing around while 1 hits.
• Keep as many kids engaged as possible

 

Base Running

• Practice running through the base at 1st
• DO NOT run station to station – teach kids to round the bases and look for opportunities to advance
• Use base coaches and encourage kids to pick up 3B coach as they approach 2B
• Teach aggressive base running!