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Baseball Practice Plans and Drills

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Our practice plans are built using fun drills and useful game speed scenarios.

We have practice plans for beginners (tee ball, 6 and 7 year olds), novice (8 and 9 year olds) as well as older players (10, 11, 12 and 13 year olds).

Hitters Checklist

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Hitting Skills Checklist

Playing Catch & Proper Throwing

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Throwing is a fundamental that most players do not take seriously enough. Master playing catch utilizing a proper grip and throwing technique and you will give yourself an advantage over the opposition.

Switch Hitting

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Whether you want to train a kid to be a switch hitter or you just want to work on arm strength and coordination, try our guide to switch hitting to teach this fun topic.

Tee Work Fundamentals

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The tee is absolutely one of the best hitting tools around. Inside every major league clubhouse you will see a tee. There may be different variations of it, but the concept remains the same. The better you can get at utilizing the tee, the better your hitters will become. The tee is an excellent tool for showing the hitter where in the hitting zone pitches need to be hit and an excellent tool for creating muscle memory. Here are few tips to ensure that you are using the tee properly.

Transitioning From Batting Cage to the Game

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/19/2009 - 10:54am.
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Here is a question I got recently from the parent of one of my students: How can I get my son to translate the success he has in the batting practice cage into the game?

To answer this question, I will make some assumptions. One, in batting practice, the coach is closer than normal. Two, he is not throwing as hard. Three, it's practice. No pressure. And four, the fear factor.

Baserunning Skill Checklist

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Good baserunning is a key component to winning baseball games. We created a list of important skills to master to help you achieve your goal of becoming a good baserunner.

Infielder Skill Checklist

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Becoming a good infielder is a challenging goal. We created a list of important skills to master to help you achieve your goal of becoming a good infielder.

Outfielder Skill Checklist

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Becoming a good outfielder is a challenging goal. We created a list of important skills to master to help you achieve your goal of becoming a good outfielder.

The First Day of Practice

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/01/2009 - 11:43am.
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Wow. It’s finally here, the first day of practice. We’ve waited all winter for this. For some of us, we’ve been practicing for months. For others, we’ve just begun. Either way, that first outside practice is exhilarating. The sound and feel of being cooped up in a cage for seemingly weeks on end hitting into nets, off tees and from coaches throwing from 25’ is over and the world has now opened up. For us Midwesterners, the world is now in equilibrium. Before we begin, it is important to understand a few things to make the transition seemless.

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