first practice

Question
we less that a month to prepare for out first game,  i have a pony bronco (11&12) team of various talent from great to not so great..what would be a great first practice plan to evaluate the kids and place them in an appropriate position..i also have very limited pitchers here and need to develop them quickly, any drills that you would suggest...

thanks a bunch
jeff s

Answer
Hi Jeff,

Hope I am not too late.

If you do not know the kids, and they do not have established positions, I suggest the following:

Put your best athlete behind the plate.

Try all at pitcher and use the ones that can consistently put the ball where the catcher can get to it.

For drills,  please see :

skiltons baseball links

www.webball.com

Little League baseball site

www.eteamz.com

If I were in your shoes, I would focus on the following areas:

    DEFENSE

 NOT throwing the ball unnecessarily

 Working the catchers and pitchers on passed balls/wild   pitches to prevent runners scoring from third

 Outfielders getting the ball in to ss/2b QUICKLY

 Fielding bunts to third baseman/pitcher

    OFFENSE

 Bunting

 Aggressive baserunning

 Swinging three times per at bat as a goal