When is your begin date and what are you doing now, if anything?
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We begin practice Feb. 28th and our first game is March 18. We are currently lifting, hitting and doing the athletic pitcher program. We also have began our catching workouts, and will work defensively with our infielders and outfielders in January.
This is a very important time of the year. It seems that a lot of players want to take Nov/Dec "off", then they come around in January and realize they are behind and overdo things.
This is a very important time of the year. It seems that a lot of players want to take Nov/Dec "off", then they come around in January and realize they are behind and overdo things.
I'm not a coach, but I'll share anyway. Our start date for tryouts is January 31. Coaches are not allowed to do any baseball stuff with the kids other than 2 on 1 until that time. However, coaches are conducting speed and agility training and conditioning sessions with the kids. 4 days a week, they are out there running and working on core. I believe the pitching coach is going to start doing bullpens with pitchers soon. He is allowed to have two players involved - catcher and pitcher - so, hopefully the kids will be ready to hit the ground running come the end of January.
I would also consider encouraging the kids to be hitting the cages and throwing on their own soon to get their arms ready by the time the season starts.
I would also consider encouraging the kids to be hitting the cages and throwing on their own soon to get their arms ready by the time the season starts.
In Missouri we can not start until Feb. 28th. Until then we can have open gyms and are in the weight room following our program with the kids and getting ready for day one.
We are so limited by the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TSSAA). We can only condition, which thankfully does include throwing. Our position players/non-pitchers are throwing/long tossing three times per week and our pitchers are currently throwing 15 pitch pens at 70% of their max. I want to do things the right way, so we are not looking to break any rules, but it is frustrating knowing that many schools in our conference and region are going full tilt right now. We can not start hitting until January 1st, and even then it's open facility, which is a time that coaches are not supposed to give instruction as they watch their players take bad swings after bad swings, only making that bad muscle memory more ingrained.
quote:Originally posted by Nicholas25:
We are so limited by the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TSSAA). We can only condition, which thankfully does include throwing. Our position players/non-pitchers are throwing/long tossing three times per week and our pitchers are currently throwing 15 pitch pens at 70% of their max. I want to do things the right way, so we are not looking to break any rules, but it is frustrating knowing that many schools in our conference and region are going full tilt right now. We can not start hitting until January 1st, and even then it's open facility, which is a time that coaches are not supposed to give instruction as they watch their players take bad swings after bad swings, only making that bad muscle memory more ingrained.
I feel your pain but this is where you can use your older players. Let them coach the younger guys on how you want things done. Now granted you have to have the older guys truly buy into the program to do things the way you want.
When this happens your job as a coach gets so much easier because you don't have to focus on everything. I've made other posts about stuff like this but I'm telling you that when my guys bought in my program took off. It got to the point all I had to do was tell them what we were doing for conditioning and they just did it. I would say we were going to run bases, distance or sprints and they did it on their own. I didn't have to tell them how many or how hard because they knew they had to work to get better and they did it right.
To do this you have to pick the right type of people and it does take some time to put it in place. Once it happens you will love it.
Here in Louisiana we can officially start Jan 24 with games beginning Feb 24th. We can condition year round, which includes throwing, but not bats. Like someone else said, I know many programs are already practicing, but we are doing thins by the rules. We are lifting, running, throwing, etc.
quote:Originally posted by coach2709:
I feel your pain but this is where you can use your older players. Let them coach the younger guys on how you want things done. Now granted you have to have the older guys truly buy into the program to do things the way you want.
When this happens your job as a coach gets so much easier because you don't have to focus on everything. I've made other posts about stuff like this but I'm telling you that when my guys bought in my program took off. It got to the point all I had to do was tell them what we were doing for conditioning and they just did it. I would say we were going to run bases, distance or sprints and they did it on their own. I didn't have to tell them how many or how hard because they knew they had to work to get better and they did it right.
To do this you have to pick the right type of people and it does take some time to put it in place. Once it happens you will love it.
This is just now where we are getting. I have even had to leave for parts of their workouts, etc., and I know the work is still getting done because guys see results. My first year at this school, it was difficult to get more than 5 kids to work out. Now, we have kids working out with us that may end up getting cut. It has been a very difficult road, but the future looks very bright.
Our tryo outs start the first week in March and our first game is about 3 weeks after that.
We start conditioning in JAN and can't do any baseball teaching until try out week. We cna do conditioning and lifting until then and that is it.
We start conditioning in JAN and can't do any baseball teaching until try out week. We cna do conditioning and lifting until then and that is it.
As for our school,
We started 3x weekly strength and conditioning since September. Voluntary on-field workouts 2x/week until field was re-seeded. Had 1 tournament in November.
Continuing conditioning in December and concentrate on Finals. School Winter camp for Freshmen and Sophomores before Christmas and possible post-Christmas Wood Bat Tournament for varsity.
Winter Wood Bat League on Saturdays Starting 2nd weekend of JAnuary up to 1st weekend of February and continuing Strenght and conditioning all throughout.
February 7,2011 --1st day of Practice/Tryout
February 24,2011 -- 1st Pre-Season Tournament
March 1,2011-- OPENING DAY!
We started 3x weekly strength and conditioning since September. Voluntary on-field workouts 2x/week until field was re-seeded. Had 1 tournament in November.
Continuing conditioning in December and concentrate on Finals. School Winter camp for Freshmen and Sophomores before Christmas and possible post-Christmas Wood Bat Tournament for varsity.
Winter Wood Bat League on Saturdays Starting 2nd weekend of JAnuary up to 1st weekend of February and continuing Strenght and conditioning all throughout.
February 7,2011 --1st day of Practice/Tryout
February 24,2011 -- 1st Pre-Season Tournament
March 1,2011-- OPENING DAY!
nick,
we long tossed and went to weight room during september and october. we arent doing anything right now. we will start open facilities on jan 1st. we used to do stuff in november and december, but with that new dead period in november, i don't see any benefit now. you've got dead period, thanks giving, then christmas. too many distractions and too many breaks to really get anything done. we will hopefully have kids rested from football, ready and raring to go jan ist
we long tossed and went to weight room during september and october. we arent doing anything right now. we will start open facilities on jan 1st. we used to do stuff in november and december, but with that new dead period in november, i don't see any benefit now. you've got dead period, thanks giving, then christmas. too many distractions and too many breaks to really get anything done. we will hopefully have kids rested from football, ready and raring to go jan ist
PA does't allow tryouts until 3/1 and games until 3/15. The high school had a fall ball team. It has winter conditioning, and hitting programs. A throwing program will start when school resumes in January.
Ours begins Feb 21st, season opens march 15th, we do speed drills and conditioning up till tryouts and our guys find private instructions that i trust them to go to on their own time until the tryouts begin. (This could be why we are usually one of the fastest teams in our area, LOL), i wish we could do more baseball stuff or had an indoor facility.
We can begin January 28th as a team. In Texas we do Fall Ball and its pretty much open field and cages year long. Our off-season is in phases and varies .
To continue this discussion, how do you feel about schools that show no concern for the rules? I know a lot do violate them, but what about coaches who want to run a clean program? Do your athletic associations follow up to see if the rules are being observed?
Bump from 2010.
