Originally Posted by CoachB25:
Coach, I am not in your practices and so perhaps you are already doing this but nothing can replace situational hitting and defense. So, when I threw BP to my teams, hitting off of me was "special" and so, I did not lay it in there for them. I really pitched and gave game situations. Sometimes with runners on base and sometimes without. When we did defense, we always incorporated a part of practice with runners and a "hitter" standing in the left hand box and running out balls I hit. That is how you teach the game.
Show me and I see. Tell me and I hear. Let me do and I remember.
And it takes a lot of time and repetition. Given that they are HS kids, you probably need to double the time you think it should take. Good luck.