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These 6 practice plan were originally developed for a 2 time state champion High School Baseball program.
Adjust time frames to meet your age/skill levels & length of practice sessions...its great stuff!
--JP
15 MINUTES: Stretching, Warm Up Arms, Short & Long Toss
15 MINUTES: Infield Practice.
30 MINUTES: 2 Fundamentals Sessions - (Pick two @ 15 minutes each)
- rundown situation
- relay and cut-off drills
- double plays, all through 2B
(from all infield positions, Pitcher & Catcher) - double steal defense
- bunt defense, from 1B
- bunt defense from 2B
- squeeze defense
- pick-off plays
- base running
- sliding
- position instruction
- fly ball defense
90 MINUTES: Hitting Team Defense & Pitchers Practice -3 30 min sessions
Break down and organize as shown below.
Session #1 (30 Min.)
Place starting lineup in field, extras will hit as in a game, begin with 2 strikes, run it out and play every ball as in game situation.
Coach does most of the pitching and talks over every situation before pitch, making corrections after the play. Have coaches at first and third.
Session #2 (30 Min.)
Replace five players in field and play ball just like first 30 minutes.
You may use your pitchers to pitch at half speed; work on delivery, changing speeds and location.
You may want to let hitters know what is coming.
Again as always begin with 2 strikes.
Session #3 (30 Min.)
Replace all other starters with other extras and repeat as in the first two sessions.
Spring Training Notes:
Time your players on 60 yard dash & post their times!
Do this 1 time each week during early training.
After your club is in shape, pair off players with a partner with comparable 60 times & have them race each other from here on to watch ‘em compete and push each other to better times!.
Julian Mock was the scouting director of the Cincinnati Reds from 1990-1997. Prior to that, he was a Reds' territorial scout for 24 years.
Mock was also a successful high school coach for 11 years at Southwest High School and Murphy High in Atlanta. His teams at Murphy won four consecutive Atlanta City championships and two State AAA championships.
Mock is the founder and director of the oldest baseball camp in the Southeast region, the Southeastern Baseball Camp in Alabama, where he has instructed youth players since 1975.
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