Tryout Practice Plan # 2 0 to :10 -Warm up throwing :10 to :15 -Stretching :15 to :20 ? Warm up run around the outfield :20 to :35 ? Infield practice (Make the play or Know where to go) ;
Outfielders can be working on (Catching flies or Catch and Throw) :35 to :40 ? Water break :40 to :50 ? From the tee (watch for good batting skills from all batters) :50 to 1:10 ? Coach pitching and hitting practice
1. Win, Win, Win The point of sports is learning and having fun, but it is also about winning. Winning is a natural goal of all teams, but coaches who focus only on winning run the risk of demotivating their athletes. Youth sports are an outlet for children to learn, grow, and develop important interpersonal skills. None of these benefits are possible if you, the coach, put the focus only on winning. Winning-focused coaching happens when a coach teaches his/her athletes to ?win no matter the cost,? which includes injuries, penalties, or cheating. It also comes about when parents pay excessive amounts to involve their kids in sports and expect to see results. A winning-focused coach is also one who is very personally emotionally involved in the team and the sport. This type of coach is one who probably played the game as a youth as well and wants to make up for his/her own mistakes through the conduct of the current athletes. This is a recipe for disaster, because the coach is no longer focused on the athletes.
Bunt Drill The bunt is one of baseball?s lost arts, but it can come in very handy. It is a good skill for your players to learn and this drill will help. What you need (set up): The coach will pitch to the players for this drill. The batter will stay at home plate with a bat and helmet. How this drill works: The coach will set up different point areas near the first and third baselines. This will be according to the optimum areas for a bunt to be placed. For example: 5pts for within 12 inches, 3 pts within 24 inches and 1 pt within 36 inches of either baseline. Also the ball will have to reach halfway down the baseline in order to collect points. If it is too far, the third baseman has an easy out; likewise if it is too short, the catcher will be able to make the play. Results: As a coach, you will be able to find yourself a good bunter for those tight game situations. Also, you will teach each player an important skill in baseball.
To work the obliques, athletes should lie on the ground and tilt their knees to one side, so that their torso faces the sky but their knees face the side. Athletes should then to do regular crunches. Instead of working the top of the muscles, like normal crunches, this works the oblique muscles. It is especially hard to keep the head and arms from curving inward on this exercise because it is much more difficult than traditional crunches, so coaches need to watch for athletes whose bodies droop down. This shortens the oblique muscle and gives it less of a chance to lengthen and contract. The last abdominal exercise is called the bridge crunch. Athletes should begin with their legs in the normal crunch position. They should push up, so that their shoulders are on the ground but their hips and knees are in the air. From this position, athletes should attempt to lift their shoulders like a normal crunch. This is very hard to do, because the weight is down near the shoulders, so athletes should not be expected to do more than 1 set of 15.