How to Run a College or High School Baseball Practice
Running a practice poses many unforeseeable challenges, but many of those challenges can be addressed by having practice routines. In designing a practice, it's critical that coaches understand the mental and physical demands they are placing on their players (college and high school age youth).
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How to Run a College or High School Baseball Practice
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Consult with your assistant coaches on areas of improvement and possible drills. The main concerns that coaches have with a college or high school baseball team are fundamentals and conditioning because players have less experience and less training time.
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Break up the practice period. Keep in mind which players need rest, especially pitchers, and which players need to be more involved in drills, such as outfielders.
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Divide the practice evenly. Players should always be given an opportunity to improve base running, batting, pitching and fielding.
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Address the needs of specific players. Developing players require more attention and different training approaches. One player might need encouragement after a bad pitching effort, and another will need to be humbled after giving up a grand slam in a game.
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Encourage team chemistry by evenly distributing responsibility and scheduling study periods after practice for students to get to know one another. It is important that drills and practices are not divisive because that will promote acrimony in the clubhouse.
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