Pitching Assessment Area Tues/Thurs, 17 & 19 January 2012 (Min B) Station Leads: Be organized / have a plan Bring your own Ts, equipment and balls (everyone else bring extras) Less talk, more play Simultaneous activity—minimize standing around time for players Stick to the timeline (as best we can) Continue to recruit volunteers Let the majors coaches assess Tues/Thurs, 17 & 19 January 2012 (Min B) 1730: Coaches and volunteers meet at Field D stands for clinic overview and final planning; prep field / maint 1750: Coaches set up stations 1800: Players drop off equipment and Hubbard lines up players between 1st and 2nd. Hub divides players into three groups and sends them to stations. 3 X station lead coaches take charge of their players and begin calisthenics (10 minutes) ; assign numbers 1805: League officials (or reps) talk to parents behind home plate (star) Welcome - League values – Expectations 1815: Calisthenics complete/Drills Begin Infield: multiple stations, use screens to receive throws, multiple coaches throw to multiple positions simultaneously, rotate positions internally Hitting (wide stance, bend in knees, high hands); 3-4 Tee and Soft Toss stations (rotate internally) Throwing (Brian Tolberg Drill: High elbow toss, break egg, side throw, power step/throw); kids throw to kids; break off players for pitching assessments 1835: Rotate stations clockwise (physically walk your players to the next station). Throwing to infield to hitting; hitting to throwing, etc. 1900: Rotate stations clockwise (physically walk your players to the next station) 1925: Muster players vic. pitcher’s mound 1925: Closing comments (league official or rep) / Clinic complete (1930) Throwing Zone Coaching Assignments: Lead: Hubbard Hitting: Doug P, Wilson, Jon J., R Mangan Fielding: Jase H, Leto, Mozingo Throwing: M. Carideo, Carl, Dennis, Kevin N, Chris H Player Assessments: Lead: Damon Ramirez Throwing: D. Ramirez, Allen Graybill, Steve Cohen Hitting: D. Little, Greg Jones, Paul Royak Fielding: Joe Scionti, J. Lasek 3. Fly ball (Catch & Cutoff) Infield (5-4 & 6-4) Coach Screen Infield (4-3 & 3-1) Field maintenance and prep prior to start: Lead: Jim Mozingo Screen T ST T ST Hitting Zone (TB) = Cone