A friend of mine has a son who plays for a local HS team who's coach philosophy doesn't include regular batting practice. Is this unusual or is it a fairly typical philosophy amongst coaches?
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I find incredibly unusual. We, and everyone I know, hit EVERY day.
You would have to define "regular". Are they getting some type of "swinging" in? There is more than just taking live bp on the field
Originally Posted by lefthookdad:
You would have to define "regular". Are they getting some type of "swinging" in? There is more than just taking live bp on the field
Agreed. I was thinking the same thing.
Are they doing organized tee-work? Cage work (side toss, front toss)?
1-2 times a week: cages, tee; 2 swings on field--one a situation
There is a school of thought that says you can count on players to take all the swings they need, use practice for the things they tend to neglect.
I can understand that to a point, but no BP at all is overkill and then some.
Plus, I'd like to see how guys are swinging so that I can work with them as needed, and evaluate who should be playing more/less, etc.
In reality, practices should typically have drills going on in several locations at once, so there's no reason why anyone should go day after day with any one skill not drilled.
When my son played, there was a portion of practice where they worked on "swings". There were usually three stations - off the tee, soft toss and in the batting cage. Then it would be BP on the field to bring it all together. They didn't necessarily do BP on the field everyday, but they did spend time in the cage, on the tee and soft toss. Usually averaged 200 swings a day.
At his JuCo, they spent at least an hour doing BP every day.
Originally Posted by bbnovice:
1-2 times a week: cages, tee; 2 swings on field--one a situation
I'd be surprised if they were any good offensively.
They were bad. A lot of talent, however they underachieved.