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12 yo Tournament Baseball practice
Posted on 3/22/15 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 3/22/15 at 3:51 pm
How often and for how long should these teams be practicing? Is 3 times a week too much? New to this and would like some insight.
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Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:01 pm to tigerjjs
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How often and for how long should these teams be practicing? Is 3 times a week too much? New to this and would like some insight.
Only if you want the parents to revolt.
Twice a week and the parents will be fine.
And about 1-1.5 hours is bout the max. After that attention starts waning and also fatigue can cause some bad habits.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:06 pm to tigerjjs
The key is organizing your practices to maximize your time.
I always liked to organize into 3 stations. (Hitting, Fielding, and Pitching / Catching)
Divide the kids up and rotate the groups to each station and then end the practice with a hit around.
I always liked to organize into 3 stations. (Hitting, Fielding, and Pitching / Catching)
Divide the kids up and rotate the groups to each station and then end the practice with a hit around.
This post was edited on 3/22/15 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:23 pm to tigerjjs
What ?????? Your kid hasn't been playing since he's 3 ???? Man, he has no chance! 
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:24 pm to tigerjjs
Your boy will never get to the Majors practicing three times a week.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:27 pm to tigerjjs
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Is 3 times a week too much?
Probably enough for professional baseball teams, but for overzealous, type A dad coaches of young boys 3 times a week isn't half of what is thought to be needed.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:36 pm to tigerjjs
Maybe for a couple weeks before season starts but once the season has begun.. Once should be sufficient unles you have to shorter specialized practices
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:41 pm to tigerjjs
We did 3 days a week the first 2-3 weeks of practice to start to season but then cut back to 2 a week. If we were playing tourneys then sometimes we'd just get together midweek for hit around and infield. Take a week off mideason or so to get away from the game and have some fun!
My son is a Freshman in HS now and plays for his school but I miis Travel Ball, we had some fun, met some great people and made some great friends!
My son is a Freshman in HS now and plays for his school but I miis Travel Ball, we had some fun, met some great people and made some great friends!
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:43 pm to tigerjjs
For actual improvement, they should play fewer games and practice more often.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:53 pm to tigerjjs
Our 10 yo travel team practices twice a week. We have a 11/2 hour team practice to work on cut offs, bunt coverage, taking grounders, and tracking fly balls. Our second practice is 1 hour and we split the kids in half and concentrate on pitching mechanics, hitting and bunting. We will find out next week if it works.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 4:59 pm to tigerjjs
Monday through Friday
4-7 pm
4-7 pm
Posted on 3/22/15 at 5:04 pm to tigerjjs
All my teams practiced once per week.
Warm up. Outfielders do work in the outfield while infielders do drills in the infield. Then have a full team fielding practice. Then get into BP. Rotate so that pitchers are rotating from shagging, hitting, and throwing sides. End with some conditioning and call it a day. Or something like that.
Warm up. Outfielders do work in the outfield while infielders do drills in the infield. Then have a full team fielding practice. Then get into BP. Rotate so that pitchers are rotating from shagging, hitting, and throwing sides. End with some conditioning and call it a day. Or something like that.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 5:10 pm to tigerjjs
During the season
Mon- Off
Tues- field 2 hours
Wed- batting/pitching 2 hours
Thurs- field 2 hours
Fri- batting practice 1 hour
Sat/sun tournaments
Mon- Off
Tues- field 2 hours
Wed- batting/pitching 2 hours
Thurs- field 2 hours
Fri- batting practice 1 hour
Sat/sun tournaments
Posted on 3/22/15 at 5:33 pm to theenemy
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The key is organizing your practices to maximize your time. I always liked to organize into 3 stations. (Hitting, Fielding, and Pitching / Catching) Divide the kids up and rotate the groups to each station and then end the practice with a hit around.
This is the best advice you'll get right here. Keep the kids moving and doing baseball things. Avoid at at all cost those deadly practices where 2-3 kids are actually practicing at any one time and everyone else is standing around waiting and watching. Do a little homework and find drills that involve several kids at once and use stations. (the internet and experienced youth coaches are good resources). And I agree with the poster who said 1-1 1/2 hours should be the max. 2 or 3 times a week is fine, 2 probably better while school is in session.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 5:37 pm to tigerjjs
5 days a week 3-4 hours a day! Gotta get those 10,000 hours of practice in before high school 
Posted on 3/22/15 at 6:40 pm to tigerjjs
Also, 2 organized practices per week, but the players should be encouraged to work on things at home in between practices.
I would also instruct the players not to pitch at home but just long toss. That way they weren't overusing their arm and aren't trying pitches and techniques that could cause damage.
I would also instruct the players not to pitch at home but just long toss. That way they weren't overusing their arm and aren't trying pitches and techniques that could cause damage.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 6:52 pm to tigerjjs
Families are very busy and it's hard to committ to several practices and several games per week. Once the season started, I practiced before our games for 45 minutes to an hour. Parents liked not having to bring their kids in for practices on non-game days.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 7:04 pm to RedMustang
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Families are very busy and it's hard to committ to several practices and several games per week. Once the season started, I practiced before our games for 45 minutes to an hour. Parents liked not having to bring their kids in for practices on non-game days.
That's not gonna work for tournament or travel ball.
Posted on 3/22/15 at 7:06 pm to tigerjjs
You should have an idea on this before you sign up
Posted on 3/22/15 at 7:27 pm to tigerjjs
2-3 times a week at 2 hrs a practice is about the norm in travel softball. I'm sure baseball is about the same.
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