WOBURN BASEBALL
COACHING CLINIC
CATCH-THROW-KNOW-HIT-RUN
Purpose of this Clinic
• To expand your current knowledge of
the game of baseball
• Skills and drills to help each
individual player become a better
baseball player
• Achieve a life long love of the game
HOW
CATCH
RUN
THROW
HIT
KNOW
FUN!
KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
Who is watching and what
they see and hear
• Players
• Parents
• Umpires
Who is watching
Know
The Field of Play
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Diamond
The bases
Fowl Pole
Fielding positions 1-9
Fielders
Catching a Fly Ball
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Thumbs together – Two hands
Catching a Fly ball
• Glove side foot forward
• Square to the ball
• Two hands - Thumb to Thumb
Catching a fly ball
Catching a fly ball
Practice Drills
• Throwing, Fungo, Tennis racket
– Straight on
– Drop step – open hips 45’s
– Over the head
– Tennis balls – two handed drill
– Progress to more difficult
Example of Drills
Know
Catching a fly ball
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Square
Balance
Crow Hop/skip step
Cut Off – get the ball cut off - never wrong
Double Cut
Drop step
In the gap
Tag
Pre-thinking
Line drive
Fly ball
Popfly
Lead runner
Fielding a ground ball
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Fielding a Ground ball
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Wide athletic base
Square to ball
Butt down (start low stay low)
Both hands out front
Funnel ball in – Gator
Funnel or Gator
Fielding a ground ball
Fielding a Ground ball
Practice Drills
• Throw, Fungo, Racquet
– Straight ahead
– Backhand
– Forehand
– One hop
– Glove/No Glove
– Reactionary ball
– Two ball shuffle drill
Fielding a Ground ball
Practice Drills
• Warm up -Players
receive fungo’s and
drop into bucket (1
coach on 3rd base side &
1 coach on 1st base
side) Catchers blocking
drills
Fielding a Ground ball
Practice Drills
Get 1 and cover
• 5-3-B then 2-5-3-bucket
• 6-3-B then 2-6-3/5 -bucket
• 4-3- B then 2-4-3/5 -bucket
• 3 tag- B then….
2-3-6-5 – bucket
2-5-4-3- bucket
Know
Fielding a ground ball
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Know the situation
Pre-Thinking
Square to play
Start low stay low
Funnel the ball in
4 Seam grip
Separate – point –throw- follow your throw
Throwing
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Throwing
• 4 Seam from all fielding positions
• Separate throwing hand and glove, point glove
at target, throw & follow
Playing Catch
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Warm ups
Two knees
One Knee – throwing side knee down
Stand and twist
Catch
Long Toss
Quick Toss
Know for throwing
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Grip – 4 seam – thumb under the ball
Pre-Think
Cutoff
Getting one
Double play
Force play VS. Tag
Throwing a ball
Throwing Drills
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Playing catch
Wall ball
Fungos
Fielding and getting 1
Three cone drill
Cutoff drill
3-4 Player relay drill
4 Player square drill
Three Cone Drill
1. 4 seam facing cone 1
2. Start low stay low
3. Release/Throw the ball at cone 2
4. Finish at cone 3
Three cone drill
Cutoff Drill
1. Coach hits fly-ball/grounder to OF
2. OF fields and throws to cutoff
3. Cutoff relays to catcher
4. Catcher fields and tags – ball in bucket
3-4 Player Relay Drill
1. Player throws the ball to middle player
2. Middle player works on glove & throwing hand
relationship, footwork and quick accurate throws
4 Player hand/feet Drill
1. Player throws the ball to around square
2. Players works on glove & throwing hand
relationship, footwork and quick accurate throws
Pitching
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Pitching
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Balance – Balance- Balance
Everyone is a pitcher
Foul line balance drill
Head controls right and left
Glove controls up and down
Know
Pitching
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Stretch vs. Windup
Balance
Separate
Glove hand opposite and equal
Stride
Land and field
Slide step
Holding runners
Know
Pitching
• Head over shoulder, shoulders over hips, hips
over knees and knees over feet
• Rubber
• Seams
• Fastball and Changeup
• Count
• Follow-Through
• Mechanics
Pitching - Grips
4 Seam fast ball grip
2 Seam fast ball grip
2 & 4 Seam Fast balls
Pitching - Grips
Circle Change grip
Three finger Change up grip
Pitching Drills
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Balance and hold
Stride plus five
Hockey puck
Fielding and covering
Backing up
Mechanics
• From stretch: grip, balance, separate, throw
• From windup: grip, step back, pivot, balance,
separate, throw
Stride Plus Five
1. From stretch, player takes normal pitching stride.. Then marks off 5
additional steps
2. Second player stands at the location with glove as target
3. Pitcher using a dish towel, uses normal pitching mechanics to strike
target
4. Object is to ensure proper balance – mechanics – follow -through
Pitchers
Fielding drills
• Balls hit to 1st base, Pitcher 1 up the line and inside of base, covers 1st
base and receives ball from fielder
• Alternate drill, ball hit to Pitcher 1 who fields the ball, steps and throws
to first
• Pitcher 2 fields the ball and throws to 2nd or 3rd, good tag at either base
by fielder
Pitching
Hitting
Bat Speed –Seeing the Ball -Confidence
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Catchers
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Square to plate and pitcher at all times
Frame a pitch
Blocking drills
Throwing drills
Tag drills
Hitting
Bat Speed –Seeing the Ball -Confidence
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Bat size and selection (hold bat straight out)
Grip – in fingers
Plate coverage
Pre-pitch ritual
Stance
Weight
Contact
Follow through (pivot hips – face pitcher)
Grip
Knocking knuckles
Wrong
Hitting Drills
Bat Speed –Seeing the Ball -Confidence
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Tee – Tee – Tee (top, bottom, both)
Soft toss (top, bottom, both)
Fence drill
Dry swings
Live at the plate
Live in the cage
Situational hitting
Hitting Drills
Bat Speed –Seeing the Ball -Confidence
• Wrist whips
Top hand
Bottom hand
Both hands
• Hip thrusts
Back hand into strike zone
Pivot feet
Eyes down in contact area
Know
Hitting
• Stance
• Grip
• Barrel
• Count(balls/strikes)
• Hitting zone
• *Bat speed
•Hit and run
•SAC Fly
•Line drive
•*Contact (eyes on the ball)
•Knowing the situation
•*Confidence
Live hitting Sequence
• Bunt for hit (2) - 1 to 3rd - 1 to 1st - batter moves up in box,
squares when ball is in flight.
• Sac bunt - batter moves up in box and must make contact
with ball
• Hit and run - batter must make contact with ball want ball
on ground
• Sac fly - less than 2 outs attempting to score runner on 3rd
• Squeeze - batter pivots when pitcher makes motion to
plate - batter must make contact with ball want ball on
ground
• 10 Hits - line-drive base hits - 10th hit batter runner runs
out of batters box thinking double, always!
BP Schedule
Hitting/Fielding Station
Players
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Live hitting a plate
Haley/Gangi
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2nd and Bucket
Kenney/Bishop
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Tee 10 swings each
Torres/Natale
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SS and 3rd
Brinkley/Tanzo
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Soft-toss with thunderstick Castano/Carter
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Right Field/Right Center
Miller/Patti
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Bunt Station
O’Donnell/Scarpone
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Left Field/Left Center
Sullivan/Gately
Bunting
• SAC-giving up an out to move a runner
• Bunting for a hit – drag bunt
• Squeeze – base runner on 3rd, batter bunts to
score the runner. Runner breaks home on the
pitchers hand separation.
Run
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Run
• Know where the baseball is at all times
• Know how many outs
Run
Drills
Lead, secondary & score
Lead and steal
Tag on SAC Fly
Lead, break,
squeeze
Swing and double out
of batters box
Know
Run
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Steal
Lead
Slide
Pop-up-slide
Hit and run
Picking up the ball
Pickle
Scoring position
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Everything is a double
Down in foul back in fair
Pass ball
Getting back on belly
Rear of bag
Practice Schedule
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Flex Run & Stretch
Throwing
Bunting/Hitting Skills
Fielding skills
• Infield/Outfield
– Cuts
– Situational
– Bunt Coverages
• BP-Batting Practice
• Baserunning
KNOW
SO MUCH TO KNOW SO LITTLE TIME