Rally Cap - Grey Cap
Grey Cap - Fundamental Movement Skills
Grey Cap - Fundamental Movement Skills - Balance – Stay in the pitching balance position for 5 seconds, on both sides. Drill: Up and Down Goal: Introduce players to the importance of balance in baseball. Description: All players are lined up with no glove and a baseball in their dominant hand...
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Grey Cap - Throwing
Grey Cap – Throwing With a partner or a coach standing in front of the kid at 10 feet, ask the player to throw the ball. The accuracy is not important at this stage. We just want the player to be able to reach the distance...
Grey Cap - Receiving
Grey Cap – Receiving With the coach located 15 feet in front of the player, roll 5 balls to the player. In order to succeed, the player must field 3 of the 5 balls. Below is a drill that can be used to prepare players for this task: “THE CROCODILE” Goal: Teach and reinforce the proper way to receive a ground ball Description: Coach instructs the players to simulate the proper way to receive a ground ball...
Grey Cap - Hitting
Grey Cap - Hitting With a partner or a coach standing beside the player, simply ask the player to hit the ball off the tee. Contact with 3 of 5 balls in fait territory is important here, not distance. Ensure the tee is placed in front of home plate and NOT directly on home plate...
Grey Cap - Baserunning
Grey Cap - Baserunning - Able to hit off a tee and run through 1st base. Drill: The Transition Goal: To expose the player from transitioning from hitting to running. Description: For safety reason and to avoid hitters from throwing their bats, ask all players to take the final hitting position (follow through)...