Question about Team Defensive Training

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What is the percent of team practice time your team spends a week on defense?

Most teams it seems expect girls to work on hitting on their own, so I was courious the division between hitting and defense in your weekly practice.

Is it 80% hitting and 20% defense like ours?

Also, share your age group if you could!

 

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We are 14u and we do 2 hours of hitting a week and 2 hours of fielding a week. Plus an extra hour a week for pitchers and catchers. So I'd say 50/50 for us.

 

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16u here. Most of the kids are 96's. Only 2 95's. The players do have hitting homework. We get reps in during practice but we expect them to get most of their swings in at home.

Defense fundamentals - 30%
Defensive situations - 30%
Hitting - 40%

 

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Within the standard 50/50 for off/def we have "sub groups" working conditioning and other diving drills to keep them moving non-stop and then focusing on specialized areas. Situations are mixed in as well. Especially indoor..., more stations help. Practices are usually 3 hours. Always have "brain" time too... building the softball IQ so important and we like to grow that each time as well.