Building Athletes First

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Building Athletes First

• On and Off the field preparation

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Off the field preparation

1. Weights
2. Conditioning
3. Speed Agility
4. Testing

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Weights

• 3xs a week
• Day 1 upper body
• Day 2 lower body
• Day 3 combo/exslosive

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Conditioning

• 2xs a week
• Day 1 longer distances
• 400s/stadiums/mile
• Day 2 Sprints/shuttles
• 100yd/30yd shuttle(10yds each)

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Speed Agility

• Do before or after a conditioning workout
• Ladder
• Memorization drill
• Square drill

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Testing

• For team USA, every 2-3 months
• Lays a foundation individually, so we know where
  we are at
• Try and better results each time
• 20 yd shuttle
• 20 yd sprint
• 300 yd shuttle
• Mile run
• Long jump
• Grip testing

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On the Field Preparation

• Defense
• Offense
• stressing fundamentals
• not many ways to practice our gameour game is a
  game of repitition

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Defense

• 1.PPFs-pre practice fundamentals
• -on knees/standing
• -over the shoulder/shorthops
• -on the run throws/4 corners
• 2.Ground Balls rolling/drills
• -w and w/o glove
• drills-charging b4 a GB is hit
• -small baseballs
• 3.Ground balls throwing to bases
• -outfield/infield pop up commincation

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Offense

• 1.)cage work
• -tee/front toss/bunting off machine
• 2.)baserunning
• 3.)hitting off live

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Commitment/Priorities

• Two things athlete can control
• 1.)effort 2.)attitude
• -what you put into something/what you will get
  out
• -make sacrfices
• always re-invent your self/challenge yourself

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Priorities

1. Family
2. School
3. Extra-curricular activities