DDMBA Practice Planning and Drills

29 youtube Rall Cap drills for U5 and U7 - U5 to U9

U11 and U13 Gold Star practice plan drills for everything

https://www.baseballpositive.com/practice-plans#90minutepracticeplans - U11 and above

http://www.kvmba.ca/baseball-videoscoach-training.html - various

Baseball Relays and CutOffs (probaseballinsider.com)

Catcher training drills:

Blocking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoYcHSJcibk

• Lead with glove to smother/block
• Reaction time: duck walk up to 4 balls
• Good form keeps you from getting hit in non-padded areas

Improve pop up time:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liD5iyG5r1w

• The exchange: catch the ball deep to your body; move feet with transfer, feet and elbow point to target - keep it short and quick!!!
• To improve arm strength - long toss, band work, weighted balls

One knee down technique:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0PiNTFyrqU

• Cover wide not narrow
• Switch legs - right knee down for pitches breaking that way
• Target - then lower glove and bring up

Catcher warm up drills:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWIXNYXWmcU

• Balance - balancing disc? Rapid fire; different balls

Pitching Drills:

Improve arm action:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZICNwjEe60

Hitting:

Tee work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iRFFuA0jQM

Add power:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRBkJwBrENM

More HRs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSyjScQnvqk

No striking out:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PUq8imDBao

Tee Ball Drills:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-l7B0PGcs

• Keep it fun and keep it safe
• Defend the castle - ground balls

Indoor drills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hTCHsKaMrs

• Whiffle ball batting practice

Fielding Drill:

4 Outfield Catch (and Throw) Drill (3-4 players): - place pylons zig-zag gradually increasing distance

Catch #1 - player catches a ball moving to their right towards pylon #1; plant foot and throw ball back and run to next pylon. 

Catch #2 - big pop fly moving to their left yelling ‘I GOT IT’ (only when the ball is on the way down); throw the ball back and run to next pylon. 

Catch #3 catch a throw (line drive ish) near the pylon; plant foot and throw ball back and run towards last pylon. 

Catch #4 is a dive to make the grab.  Get up and throw in to coach.

This is a confidence drill so start out easy and make more difficult based on player’s speed/ability.  Have players stay at the end and do over again in the opposite direction