Indoor Practice

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Originally posted by coach2709:
Is this a business that is letting you use their facility? If so that is a pretty good deal.

First, is this two hours one day or two hours built up over the whole week or an hour one day / hour another day?

Second, how mobile are the tunnels? If they are mobile then you can get them out of the way to work on some fielding techniques.

If you got 4 machines then you could set up stations

Machine #1 - work on bunting
Machine #2 - work on hitting behind
Machine #3 - work on sac fly
Machine #4 - get cuts in

This way you can create an assembly line for your hitters and get many cuts on different aspects of offense quickly. Personally, I'm not a fan of machines but if you got them use them.

I like the idea of the tees and front toss but how many kids do you have hitting at once? You could probably get around 5 kids hitting off a tee in one tunnel if they hit into the sides. You could have an inside pitch tee, outside pitch tee, high pitch tee or other things.

The biggest thing is create many different stations and small blocks of time. This keeps their minds fresh and open to the different drills.

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Originally posted by trojan-skipper:
Since you asked:
I do believe that stretching before aerobic exercise is useless. I took the time last year to read 4-5 comprehensive studies on this topic. It is an interesting topic and you can easily google it or use an advanced Educational Reseach engine like ERIC to get plenty of studies.

The conclusion of the best, most meticulous research out there is that the athlete needs to have increased blood flow and increased muscle temperature.

So... do some jogging and running protocols, then stretch. imo

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Originally posted by OHdaddio:
I'm interested in your thoughts on the best way to structure an indoor practice. We're blessed to have 2 hours per week in our facility which includes 4 pitching machines from 40 to 80 mph, a pitching lane, a large hitting lane and an additional lane similar to the pitching lane. All concrete floors.

So far we've been using the pitching lane to review some basic rotational hitting mechanics off the tee, the hitting lane for some front toss, the pitching machines for bunting and swings and we've turned the machines off and utilized that area for some ground ball work. We'll work with the catchers
starting this week

I hope I've described the facility well enough for you to envision how you would use it. Have some fun and design a practice schedule given these resources. What drills would you use and how would you alot the time?

Thanks,
OHdaddio