efficient and effective batting practice nino giarratano university of san francisco

Efficient and Effective Batting Practice

Nino GiarratanoUniversity of San Francisco

EfficientOrganization – Executing Your PlanPractice BP (60 minutes)

“Quality is never an accident: it is always the result of high intention, sincere

effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution: it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”

-William A. Foster

Keys to a Successful Batting Practice Session

I. Organization and CommunicationII. Balance Between Freedom and

StructureIII. CULTUREIV. Teach them to fish (How vs.

What)

PRACTICE PLAN

“Without discipline the Army would be just a bunch of guys wearing the same color

clothing.” - Frank Burns

2:00PM DYNAMIC WARM UP

2:15PM LEAD UP DRILLS: TEE WORK *3 GROUPS OF 8: 5 MINUTES PER STATION

SIDE TOSS

SHORT BAT

2:30PM ATTACK STATIONS

LIVE BASERUNNING DEFENSE CAGES VISUALIZATION

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 GROUP 5

QUINTERO LIPKIN MORIOKA MAHOOD MURAKAMI

CHAVEZ YARROW DITTMANN ABEL ESCOBAR

AGATE LUJAN MATERN KIM BRAUNECKER

JOHNSON MOTT BERNATZ DENHAM CLEAR

HIGGS BALOG POPPERT ETHEL

LIVE ROUNDS: I. OPPO DRIVE LIVE STATIONS I. LET IT FLY

II. WHOLE PLATE II. DEPTH OF CONTACT

III. WHOLE PLATE III. BALL FLIGHT / APPROACH ANGLE / LOCATION

IV. 3 – 1 COUNT IV. DUGOUT PREPARATION / ROUTINE

V. ON DECK PREPARATION: NO BAT

BASERUNNING: 1B = 1 OUT (EXTENTION / DECISION)

2B = 0 OUTS (GET AHEAD ON THE GROUND)

3B = 1 OUT (DOWN ANGLE)

CAGES: ROLE SPECIFIC EXECUTION (5 REPS PER ROUND)

VISUALIZATION: “Shoebox” *IN THE PRESSBOX

Prepare the Body and the Mind2:00PM DYNAMIC WARM UP

Breathe / Flush / Set Goals

2:15PM LEAD UP DRILLS: TEE WORK SIDE TOSS SHORT BAT

*3 GROUPS: 5 MINUTES PER STATION

Work Smart

Structure2:30PM OFFENSIVE STATIONS




CHAVEZ YARROW DITTMANN ABEL ESCOBAR AGATE LUJAN MATERN KIM

BRAUNECKER JOHNSON MOTT BERNATZ DENHAM CLEAR


LIVE ROUNDS: I. OPPO DRIVE LIVE STATIONS I. LET IT FLY II. WHOLE PLATE II. DEPTH OF CONTACT III. WHOLE PLATE III. BALL FLT / APPROACH

ANGLE / LOCATION IV. 3 – 1 COUNT IV. DUGOUT PREPARATION /

ROUTINE V. ON DECK

PREPARATION: NO BAT

Effective: Maximizing Time & Development

5 Stations Around the Bubble

Depth of ContactLocation / Angle / Direction

In the HoleOn Deck Preparation

Swing

Freedom

BASERUNNING: 1B = 1 OUT (EXTENTION / DECISION) 2B = 0 OUTS (GET AHEAD ON THE GROUND)


CAGES: ROLE SPECIFIC EXECUTION


GAME DAY“Talent without discipline is like an octopus

on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.”

- H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Pace: Maximizing Time & Repetition384 pitches hit + 64 pitches taken (1 pitch every round) = 83.5% accuracy

2,400 seconds in 40 minutes

-60 seconds (20 seconds in between groups to rotate)

2,340 seconds ÷ 4 groups = 585 seconds / group

585 seconds ÷ (4 hitters X 4 rounds / hitter = 16) = 36 seconds / round

*3 seconds to exit the cage + 3 seconds to enter, leaves you 30 seconds / round.

30 seconds / round ÷ 6 pitches (5 hit + 1 taken) = 5 SECONDS / PITCH

GAME DAY PREPARATION

CL POS CL POS 1A E Morioka C / LF 1B B Lipkin OFF

R Dittmann 1B R Yarrow 1B E Lujan 2B / 3B E Kim LF B Clear SS B Bernatz CF / RF

CL POS CL POS 2A B Abel 2B 2B E Escobar

LF / 3B B Braunecker 3B R Johnson RF R Higgs C / 1B B Ethel CF R Balog 1B B Poppert SS

DIAMOND: ROUND 1 OPPO DRIVE SWINGS 5 CAGES: ROLE SPECIFICROUND 2 GAP TO GAP SWINGS 5 EXECUTIONROUND 3 GAP TO GAP SWINGS 5ROUND 4 3 – 1 APPROACH SWINGS 5

BASERUNNING: 1B 1 OUT EXTEND & READ (AGGRESSIVE 1ST – 3RD DECISION) 2B 0 OUTS GET AHEAD ON THE GROUND

3B 1 OUT CONTACT / DOWN ANGLE

CLASS E – EXECUTIONERS

REPS EXECUTION REPS EXECUTION REPS EXECUTION

ROUND 1: 3 HIT & RUN 1 SAC. 5 1 SAC. 3

ROUND 2: 3 MOVE RUNNERS 1 SLASH 5 1 SLASH 3

ROUND 3: 3 SCORE RUNNERS 1 DRAG 1 PUSH

ROUND 4: 5 SWINGS: FB WHOLE PLATEALTERNATE / MIX PITCHESALTERNATE LOCATIONS

CAGE: ROUND 1: 5 DRAG / PUSHROUND 2: 5 2 STRIKE APPROACHROUND 3 & 4: 5 FB WHOLE PLATE

CLASS B – BALANCED ATTACK REPS EXECUTION REPS EXECUTION REPS

EXECUTIONROUND 1: 3 HIT & RUN 1 SAC. 5 1

SAC. 3ROUND 2: 3 MOVE RUNNERS 2 FIRM INROUND 3: 3 SCORE RUNNERS 2 SOFT AWAY


CAGE: ROUND 1: 5 MOVE RUNNERSROUND 2: 5 2 STRIKE APPROACHROUND 3 & 4: 5 FB WHOLE PLATE

CLASS R - RUN PRODUCERS REPS EXECUTION REPS EXECUTION ROUND 1: 2 HIT & RUN 3 MOVE RUNNERSROUND 2: 3 MOVE RUNNERS 2 FIRM INROUND 3: 3 SCORE RUNNERS 2 SOFT AWAY


CAGE: ROUND 1: 5 MOVE RUNNERSROUND 2: 5 2 STRIKE APPROACHROUND 3 & 4: 5 WHOLE PLATE

“Through repetition and time, habits eventually bury themselves so deeply into the coding of human thought and

behavior that they ultimately often override conscious choice. As the

saying goes, we begin controlling our habits. In time, our habits control us.”

- William James

Teaching

1. Physical: Mechanics2. Mental:10 Mental Disciplines

Teaching

1. Physical: Mechanics2. Mental:10 Mental Disciplines3. Vision: Batting Practice Stations

Coordinate Bullpens for Tracking

4. Approach: Batting Practice Chart

Effective

CHARTING BATTING PRACTICE

WHO YOU SELECT TO KEEP THE CHART:

1. MUST UNDERSTAND THE MECHANICS OF EACH HITTER’S SWING

2. IS OUT OF BP THAT DAY

Execution

“Guessing what the pitcher is going to throw is eighty percent of being a successful hitter. The other twenty

percent is just execution.” –Hank Aaron

Execution

Moving Runners / Scoring Runners

1. Small focus: Top Inside Part of the Ball2. Reinforces Mechanics3. Relaxed / Confident in Game Situations

Execution

Cutting The Plate: 2 / 3 vs. 1 / 3

“Manny would rather die than go to bat without a

Plan.” He likes to say, “I’ll give the pitcher this much of the plate, but if

he misses here, he’s mine.”-Don Mattingly on Manny Ramirez

Execution

Hit Pitches You Are Capable Of Hitting

1. Balance2. Rhythm3. Aggressive

Connecting the Physical & Mental ApproachRhythm: Load Slow & Early

Approach: Stay in the Middle of the Field & React

Vision: See it Easy & Early

Balance: Stay Within Yourself

2:00PM DYNAMIC WARM UP

2:15PM LEAD UP DRILLS: TEE WORK *3 GROUPS OF 8: 5 MINUTES PER STATION

SIDE TOSS

SHORT BAT

2:30PM ATTACK STATIONS




CHAVEZ YARROW DITTMANN ABEL ESCOBAR

AGATE LUJAN MATERN KIM BRAUNECKER

JOHNSON MOTT BERNATZ DENHAM CLEAR


LIVE ROUNDS: I. OPPO DRIVE LIVE STATIONS I. LET IT FLY

II. WHOLE PLATE II. DEPTH OF CONTACT

III. WHOLE PLATE III. BALL FLIGHT / APPROACH ANGLE / LOCATION

IV. 3 – 1 COUNT IV. DUGOUT PREPARATION / ROUTINE

V. ON DECK PREPARATION: NO BAT

BASERUNNING: 1B = 1 OUT (EXTENTION / DECISION)

2B = 0 OUTS (GET AHEAD ON THE GROUND)


CAGES: ROLE SPECIFIC EXECUTION (5 REPS PER ROUND)


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