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With the New Era and progression of sports Softball/Baseball there are New training tools and mythods. All is good in the progression of the game and latest styles but is it as good as the Old School Sandlot / Backyard training days of decades ago??
When I was a kid the games we played and messing around with a ball and glove were endless. Just the other day at practice I showed my age by asking a group of my players to try a few simple to me drills that any kid in my younger days could do. WOW I got a wide eyed wake up call. Most of the games we played as kids to warm up or say kick around the ball before games was unheard of by my young ladies.
I think any coach which was a ball player growing up will remember some of these games / drills as just having fun before practice or in the back yard messing around with a ball and glove.
Please remember it is now the 2000+ generation we are talking to that have never been shown or tried these Old School exercises.
Monkey Moveup played on the game field
First Bounce A Fly
The game of Fly ball 500 points. called "500"
The old game of "Keep Away or Monkey In The Middle"
Hot Box........ some still know this one
Pepper......... Now outlawed at most parks.....as kids we never got hurt
One bounce in a circle of players.....a fielding exercise
Hot Hands...Or also known as Hot Potato.quick release throwing/catching drills
Throwing a ball has high as you can, then catching it.. then try catching behind the back
Paddle ball on a closed glove
My old favorite in the dugout was Paddle ball on a bat, how many times you can bounce a ball without it hitting the ground.
We played Closed Glove bat the ball to another player in a group circle.
There are a few other games we played all in fun and to kill time before or after games and practice............We did not have ipods, Cell phones, or even radios to distract us and we made the game of using the ball to entertain ourselves into a training tool.
Long Story short..... The simple task to us old timers may be New to even some of the best ball players you have.......they may find that the OLD SCHOOL Games we played to be Fun as well or a Challenge to them. Very rarely will you ever see any players doing any of these at the park or on their own between games or at down time.
***** ALL ARE HAND & EYE COORDINATION DRILLS *****
Try Rallying the team to some old school games and watch the skills improve in each player
I bet there are many games out there I do not even know that you may have played while waiting for a game to start or between double headers.
When I was a kid the games we played and messing around with a ball and glove were endless. Just the other day at practice I showed my age by asking a group of my players to try a few simple to me drills that any kid in my younger days could do. WOW I got a wide eyed wake up call. Most of the games we played as kids to warm up or say kick around the ball before games was unheard of by my young ladies.
I think any coach which was a ball player growing up will remember some of these games / drills as just having fun before practice or in the back yard messing around with a ball and glove.
Please remember it is now the 2000+ generation we are talking to that have never been shown or tried these Old School exercises.
Monkey Moveup played on the game field
First Bounce A Fly
The game of Fly ball 500 points. called "500"
The old game of "Keep Away or Monkey In The Middle"
Hot Box........ some still know this one
Pepper......... Now outlawed at most parks.....as kids we never got hurt
One bounce in a circle of players.....a fielding exercise
Hot Hands...Or also known as Hot Potato.quick release throwing/catching drills
Throwing a ball has high as you can, then catching it.. then try catching behind the back
Paddle ball on a closed glove
My old favorite in the dugout was Paddle ball on a bat, how many times you can bounce a ball without it hitting the ground.
We played Closed Glove bat the ball to another player in a group circle.
There are a few other games we played all in fun and to kill time before or after games and practice............We did not have ipods, Cell phones, or even radios to distract us and we made the game of using the ball to entertain ourselves into a training tool.
Long Story short..... The simple task to us old timers may be New to even some of the best ball players you have.......they may find that the OLD SCHOOL Games we played to be Fun as well or a Challenge to them. Very rarely will you ever see any players doing any of these at the park or on their own between games or at down time.
***** ALL ARE HAND & EYE COORDINATION DRILLS *****
Try Rallying the team to some old school games and watch the skills improve in each player
I bet there are many games out there I do not even know that you may have played while waiting for a game to start or between double headers.
