General Procedures for the Season
Varsity Boy’s Baseball
“THE HARDER YOU WORK THE LUCKIER YOU GET”
Practice Guidelines
1. Be on time!
2. Permission to miss practice will be granted by the Head Coach.
3. Give immediate attention to the coach’s whistle or voice.
4. Give 100% effort on the practice field or gymnasium. Work on your weaknesses and keep your strengths up to par. Accomplish something through hard work.
5. Practice makes perfect is true, only if the proper mechanics are being practiced. Practice with a purpose.
6. Avoid senseless horseplay. Treat everyone in the program with respect and they will treat you with respect. We must all work toward the best interest of the team and the program.
7. Take care of the equipment. You will be responsible for equipment issued to you and bringing in and taking out equipment for practice and games.
8. Keep the locker room neat and orderly and do your share to keep the locker room neat and clean. Pick up after yourself and teammates.
9. Do not drop and throw bats down on floor.
10. No baseballs in the H.S. Gym
B. Practice Procedures
1. Hustle at all times. Move quickly from drill to drill. Prove that you want to play Don’t Complain or talk back.
2. When instruction is being given, both at practice and games everyone’s attention is demanded. No talking please. Stay focused both in and out the game to be ready if you are called on.
3. Accept criticism as a way of bettering yourself and your team.
“DISCIPLINE YOURSELF SO THAT OTHERS WON’T HAVE TO”
C. Games
1. Before the game on the bus, or in the locker room, think about the game no horsing around. Be emotionally and mentally ready to play when the time comes.
2. Conduct yourself in a sportsmanlike manner at all times on the field or court and both in and out of school. Develop pride in yourself, your team, and your school.
3. All my decisions will be based on what is best for the team, therefore you should have little reason to question my decisions. If you do have questions, talk to me first.
At the Plate
Viking Philosophy
Having a plan at the Plate:
1. Be disciplined
2. Make pitcher show if he had command of his off-speed mix
3. Develop off-speed recognition
4. Lay off what he can’t control
5. Lay off pitches you can’t hit
6. Get more positive counts to hit in
7. Increase pitch total
8. Patience “You be in Control”
Quality at Bats:
1. Swing at Strikes!
2. Put a fundamentally, sound and aggressive swing on a good pitch
3. Goal: swing & compete on pitches that you can handle-that is a quality at bat
4. Remember: You must see the ball before you swing at it. SEE-READ-REACT
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Defense
Viking Philosophy
Protect the ball
Team Goal: Take the throwing errors & walks out of our game
Infielders: Ground Ball Philosophy
Make the routine play and attack the baseball or it will attack you.
Outfielders: Keep ball in front don’t give up extra bases.
6 Musts:
1. Be alert; know the speed of the ball and speed of runner
2. Play composed and with a presence
3. Don’t compound a bad play to a worse play
4. Be a leader
5. Hustle at all times
6. Know the situation- IF/OF Communication
IF (SS) OF (CF)