Practice wear

When I was in High School our Summer Coach had us wear pants, either Ball pants or Jogging/Sweat Pants that we could get dirty in. The T-Shirt could of been anything that didn't have anything that would offend anyone, and then we had to wear our ball hat, but not the team hat that we'd wear in games.

My first College we could wear Ball pants or Shorts which ever we preferred. A dark coloured t-shirt and a Baseball hat, again not the hat we'd wear in games.

The College I'm at now we have to wear Practice Team Baseball Pants, Stirrups, Belt, Team Shirt and Team Hat (all of which is provided by the school)

Because of climate conditions in Mich I insisted my players wear long sleeve t-shirt minimum with a sweat shirt that could be removed. I hoped to protect their throwing arm in the cold. BB pants or sweat pants only, no street clothes. Also BB hats, worn properly.

I have to constantly bug my players NOT to wear the basketball warmup pants with the snaps on the side. If they don't learn, we have sliding practice and they realize why I don't want them to wear those...

At my hs we wear bb pants or sweats but i always wear bb pants. We will have "light days" and be able to wear shorts but i dont beleive in light days unless im pitching the next day and i wear pants. Shorts will get you not to slide/dive then if i do wear shorts ill end up diving/sliding and tearin my legs up.

Found out last year that for some reason, kids will wear $50 + Abercrombie pants to practice. When we do our live baserunning drills, kids do not slide or are upset when they are required to slide. This year we will wear baseball pants in practice, unless the temp is below 40. Then they just stay warm, we won't be sliding much on those days anyways.

We dress like we play. Cleats, socks, baseball pants, belts, team issued t-shirt, and team issued hat.

We believe in the saying, you play like you practice. When you play, you wear a uniform. Practice should be no different in my opinion.

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Originally posted by CatchingCoach05:
We dress like we play. Cleats, socks, baseball pants, belts, team issued t-shirt, and team issued hat.

We believe in the saying, you play like you practice. When you play, you wear a uniform. Practice should be no different in my opinion.

I like that!

I totally agree, if we are on the field, they are in full practice gear ready to practice/play at 100%.

If they are just in the batting cages, then there is some leigh way of being in shorts.

My son's HS it was the same "Cleats, socks, baseball pants (white only), belt, team issued practice jersey and team issued hat. However, it had to be clean every day. The only place kids were allowed to dress was in the locker room and you could not leave the locker room without changing into your school clothes.

Your baseball atire was to be worn on the field only. Hats were on straight or you were likely to get a stern talking to the first time and then it was not so pleasant.

If you wanted to play baseball; you had to look and act like a baseball player (not basketball, z****r, or any other sport).

I was more concerned how they practiced!!!

i agree with will, i'm concern how they practice too. but you'll never play a game in shorts or sweats .why practice in them?

dress for success.

ILVBB, it had to be clean? What of stains and stuff? My pants will get blood stains with the first couple days of practice from skinned knees and rubbin off an elbow or something. I dont see why you must wear the same thing every practice why not just wear baseball pants, t-shirt, socks and cleats and baseball hat.