High Energy Practices June 21
When I first started coaching five years ago, it never would have occurred to me to run high energy practices — for five- and six-year olds — but this year I noticed that the more I worked the kids at practice, the more fun they had. Somewhere around the mid-season point this year, I ran a practice that started with us running the bases, then running the perimeter of the field, and then moving immediately into a series of fast-moving drills that had the kids constantly in motion. At the end of the hour, not only did they want to keep practicing, but they were grinning as they asked for more drills and more running games.
I’ll spend more time on this idea of “high energy practices” as I write up a few additional model practices for this website. My experience this year has definitely changed the way I think about practices.
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