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Practice organization
Practice organization can be very tricky, whether it's for the tee ball coaches or the experienced college coaches. Let's start with my philosophy for practice. Quality versus quanity. I would rather workout for a shorter period of time and it be intense than to be on the field for three hours and have players standing around. Let's see how many players we can get involved into the practice as we can. Practices need to be focused, well planned to the minute, and need to have a good balance of fundamentals and game simulation.
Let's think about how we practice golf, if we get a chance to. Scrape and hit, scrape and hit. Do we play golf like this on the course. Well, some of you do, I have seen you. We don't, we hit, travel, hit, travel, etc. Hitting different shots from different places with time in between. Now, how do we practice baseball? We practice pieces of the puzzle. We hit, we field, we pitch, etc. I understand we need individual work on fundamentals and I definitley believe in that but what I do not see enough of is game type simulation. Let's spend some time doing things that will take place in the game. Hit off a pitcher from the mound, run to first, etc. Situations on defense and so on. I understand that this game is a game of reps and fine tuning but we also need to practice at playing the game the way it is played when the umpires are out and the stands are full.
Next time you golfers go out to practice, try hitting a ball every five minutes, hitting a different shot to a different target with every swing. Seeing the shot, going through your routine(if you have one) then hitting the shot. Just like on the course. Try and relate that to baseball practice some too.
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