1. Pitching Assessment Area Min A: Mon/Tues/Thurs, (wk 10-14 Sep 12)
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
Min A: Mon/Tues/Thurs, (wk Sep 12)
1730: Coaches and volunteers meet at Field C 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 4 groups and sends them to stations. 4 X station lead coaches take charge of their players and begin calisthenics (10 minutes) ; assign numbers (Thurs)
1805: League officials (or reps) talk to parents behind home plate (star)
Welcome - League values – Expectations
1810: Calisthenics complete/Drills Begin
Throwing (Brian Tolberg Drill: High elbow toss, break egg, side throw, power step/throw); kids throw to kids; break off players for pitching assessments
Infield: multiple internal stations with coaches receiving throws simultaneously, rotate positions internally (If time allows, include a catcher’s clinic)
Fly ball (split into two groups: cutoff and CF)
Hitting (wide stance, bend in knees, high hands); Use the Field A RF cages for multiple T-ST-coach pitcher stations (rotate internally)
1830/1850/1910: Rotate stations clockwise ( )
1930: Muster players vic. pitcher’s mound for closing comments (league official or rep) / Clinic complete (1930)
1. Throwing Zone
(3 distances: )
Throwing Zone
Coaching Assignments:
Lead: Do / Hubbard
1. Throwing: Schobert, Chris H, Britton, Mangan
2. Infield: Jase H, Mozingo, Heuchan, Mozingo
3. Fly Ball: M. Carideo, Weachter, Merritt
4. Hitting: Doug P, Danzi, Wilson, Jon J., J. Lewis
Player Assessments
(For Thurs Min A Tryouts):
1. Throwing and Pitching
2. Infield:
3. Flyball
4. Hitting:
2. Infield
(5-4 & 6-4)
3. Fly Ball
(Catch & Cutoff)
Coach
Coach
2. Infield
(4-3 & 1-3)
4. Hitting Zone
Field A Cages
(2 X BP & 1 X ST)
Coach
Field maintenance and prep prior to start:
Field C lead: Paul Schobert
Field D lead:
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