Tball Lineup

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Sample Skill Station Layout
Repetition is the Mother of ALL Learning
Note Basic Fundamental Techniques for Each
Station Outlined on Back of Sheet. Additional
Baseball Fundamentals available at
www.stewardsofthegame.org

• Station 5
• Hitting Whiffle Balls
• Juggs Pitching Machine
• Pitched from a Knee

• Station 6
• Basic Catching / Throwing
• Outfield Drills

• Station 3
• Fielding Grounders
• Plastic Discs
• Knock-Out

• Station 4
• Stationary Hitting
• Batting Tees
• Solo-Hitter
• Bat-Action
• Striker II
• Fence Drill

• Station 2
• Base running
• Speed Quickness Drills

Station 1 Bubble Gum Baseball Whiteboard
Situations
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,
as if working for the Lord, not for man.
(Colossians 323)
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Fundamental Techniques By Station

• Station 2 Base Running
• DigDigDig!Through the Base!
• Make Your Turn
• Got to 2nd
• Its a Race to the Base!
• Dont Watch the Ball!
• Pop FlyCouple of Steps See What Happens

• Station 3 Fielding Grounders
• Fielding Position.Get Low!
• Bottom DownHead Up...Palms Out!
• Two Hands! Smother ball with throwing hand as it
  enters the mitt (Fielding Disks force this
  technique)
• One fluid motion as you pull the ball towards
  your right hippreparing for a good throw

• Station 1 Situations
• Bubble-Gum Baseball
• Review Situations, Fundamentals, Baseball trivia
  on the White Board
• Players awarded bubble gum for correct answers

• Station 4 Stationary Hitting
• Use small, light bat
• RELAX.(arms, legs and hands) you cant hit the
  ball if youre tense
• Feet side by side... shoulder-width apart
  knees slightly bentweight slightly back
• Stay on balls of your feet Should see daylight
  under your heels
• Stand slightly towards rear of plate/tee - make
  contact with ball out in front of plate
• Grip bat firmly in fingers (not the palms)
• Line-up theknocking knuckles
• Hands back in towards the body..about even with
  the arm pit
• Bat position 45 degree angle with barrel leaning
  over shoulder.
• Players swing on Coachs Command BALL!
• Advanced Hitters Work on Load
  Explode!Shifting the hands and hips slightly
  back as you test the ice and prepare to unload
  hitting it HARD on the button

• Station 5 Hitting Whiffle Balls
• Find the ball early. Watch it all the way in.
  Eyes glued to the Baseball!
• Test the Ice - Stride slightly forward towards
  pitcher when you see ball - keep weight back
• Squash The Bug- Quickly pivot the back foot
  towards the pitcher, as if squashing a bug with
  the ball of your back foot (Note Front foot
  should NOT pivot)
• Throw the Hands at the Ball. Short/ compact
  swingstraight to the ball.
• Hands inside the baseball Thrust the knob of
  the bat inside the baseball-between your belly
  and the ball. Bat barrel should follow knob
  through zone
• Hit the ball out in front of the plate allow
  outside pitch to get deeper in on you
• As you swingchin should rotate from front
  shoulder to back shoulder
• If its a strike see the bat hit the ball!
• If its a ballwatch it all the way into
  catchers mitt
• Good follow-through Keep both hands on the bat
• Swing _at_ strikesnothing above the hands!

• Station 6 Catching Throwing
• Catching Ready positionglove tip up about chest
  high, palm of your mitt facing thrower.
• USE TWO Hands. Use throwing hand to press glove
  shut. Place throwing hand under glove with palm
  facing upfingers pointing to thrower. Relax
  elbows!
• Rotate glove left to right to field the throw
  (like waving to someone)
• Soft Hands Let the ball come to youdont reach
  for itlike catching a raw egg.
• Pop Flies Turn Rundont drift Two hands!
• Outfielders Get the ball and come up throwing!
• Throwing Turn body so that the shoulder of
  catching arm lines up with the target
• Feed the Horse Bring ball back at full extension
  as if feeding an apple to a horse directly
  behind you.
• As you cock throwing arm back, stride directly
  towards target with glove-side leg.
• From feed the horse position, bring the ball
  the elbow directly over the top for full
  over-hand throwing motion.
• Aim for catchers chest when throwing
• Follow-through on all throwsswinging
  throwing-arm leg around to line-up with glove
  leg. Shoulders should now be squared-upready to
  receive the throw back.