1. 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