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Organizing Practices
 
Practice Organization
  1. Time - "You practice long you practice wrong."  " Perfect practice makes perfect."
  2. Stretch, Proper warm-up
  3. Throwing drills - crucial at this age of development
  4. Skills - incorporate all skills into practice (infield, hitting, pitching, catching, base running, etc.)
  5. Situations - incorporate all defensive skills & base running
  6. Batting practice - use tees, soft-toss, short-toss to maximize number of swings
  7. Specificity - practice skills using situations in same manner that you compete (scrimmage-like situations)
  8. Organization - have a detailed plan
  9. Conditioning & base running 
 

 

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Tue, 10/12
7:30 PM