Pembroke Hill Baseball
Practice 23: April 29, 2024
KCMO 3&2 – Diamond 2 or 5?, Conditioning Field, & Batting Cages
Objective: to get quality reps to prepare us for the week. Main focus will be on positional and hitting reps with a smaller amount of time devoted to team fundamentals.
IF’s (13): Baker, Berning, Chiu, Jermann, Moore, Nutter, Sotta, Smith, von Uck, Washington, Weber, Wetzel
OF’s (9): Fitzgerald, Hagedorn, Jaffe, Lin, Minton, Passan, Seaton, Sitzer, Soulis, Schiavonne, Smith
Catchers (4): Guy, Terrill, Washington, Kobolt
Pitchers (18): Baker (IF), Berning (IF), Chiu (IF), Fitzgerald (OF), Jaffe (OF), Jerman (IF), Kobolt (IF), Lin (P), Nutter (IF), Passan (IF), Schiavone (OF), Seaton (OF), Sitzer (OF), Smith (IF/OF), Sotta (IF), Soulis (OF), Washington (IF), Weber (IF)
Absent: Guy, Schiavone
Bullpens: N/A
Early Work:
· Catchers w/ Diskin? // Wall ball with infielders
4:00 - 4:10: Announcements Tuesday’s game (long gray pants, red tops, red undersleeves, Blue hats); fix field afterwards; JV arrive at 5:30 if not using carpool system; District seed meeting Monday night
· Rule of the Day: Reviewe Vinnie Pasquantino’s throw a secured against his body
· Goal for the week: repeat it
4:10 - 4:20: Stretching, band work on conditioning field; 2 groups (Hector & Ethan); Catchers w/ Coach Bailey
· Arms: Touchdown w/ arms; Arm Circles; Chest w/ arms pushing and pulling; band work – Interior/exterior shoulder; Y-T-W’s; Superman with hands cross; throwing motion
· Legs: Dominican program – Chicken Walks, Chicken Hops, Chicken Dance, Elbow to Ankle, Standing Broad Jumps, Karaokes, Sprints – 1st to 3rd => Slides
· Handstands – Walk on hands
4:20 – 4:30: Team Catch (Diskin)
· Flips; rhythm; chest pulldowns; jump back & load; 1 shuffle and follow; 2 shuffle and follow
4:30 - 5:00:
· IF = on field working on defensive fundamentals; last 20 minutes = HOGS – Joe, Ethan
· OF/C’s = Hitting in 4 cages – Hector, Tyler
5:00 – 5:30:
· IF = Hitting in 4 cages – Joe, Tyler
· OF/C’s = on field working on defensive fundamentals – Hector and Ethan = OF’s; Jeff = C’s
5:30 – 5:50:
· First & Third early break with a LHP – special offensive play
· Review pick-Offs
5:55 – 6:15: Clean up cage areas and put equipment away
· Pull weeds by cages behind left field fence
· Clean up the bleachers and concession area
· Pull weeds down RF line on outside of fence and by visitors’ bullpen
· Clean up both cage areas
· Mark conditioning area field
· Cover pitcher’s mound
· Paint OF lines