Practice Makes Permanent

Rough practices plan

Warm-up Routine:  Led by different Player each practice

Line up on 1^st baseline; leader at pitchers rubber

• 10 jumping jacks
• 10 arm rotations each arm
• 10 shoulder/waist twists
• 10 toe-touches
• Run 1 lap around field perimeter

Throw with partner for 5-10 minutes

 Go to “Station Rotation”  15 minutes each

• Throwing
• Fielding
• Hitting
• Baserunning/Rules/Situational What If’s

 End of practice-Name 1 thing you learned today.

Fundamentals

Throwing

Safety First:  Make sure the person you are throwing to is looking, be aware of teammates, i.e., don’t walk in front of them to retrieve ball

Grip

• Step with foot opposite of throwing arm
• Full arm motion
  

Fielding

Safety First:  BE ALERT!   USE GLOVE

• Ready Position

• Move to the ball

• Glove Open

• Use glove on live ball

• Pick up dead ball with bare hand

• Movement when ball is hit!!

Hitting

Safety First:  Make sure no one is near the swinging bat; Wear Helmet

• Gripping the Bat

• Hand and Arm Position

• Feet / Stance

• Stride into the ball
  

Base Running

Safety First:  Use safety base; Wear helmet

• Run through 1st Base-  turning to the right vs. turning to the left

• Stop at 2nd and 3rd

• Run through Home Plate

  Rules

• Ball in play until Umpire calls “TIME”

• 6 pitches; unlimited foul balls on 6th pitch