Friday - October 28, 2011

Tee Work
5 Balls Contact Position
3 Balls Power Position
20 Balls Middle - Target Hitting

All Done with Wood Bat.

Flips
30 Balls Away
20 Balls Middle
10 Balls Middle Pull

BP
50 Balls BP.

Very quick workout today prior to tourney this weekend.

Wednesday - October 26, 2011

Tee Work
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 10
High Tee x 10 - Hit Target
Middle of Zone x 20 - Hit Target 2 times
Low x 20 - Hit Target 1 time
Very Low x 15
Middle Away x 10
Low Away x 15
In x 10

NOTE: All done with a wood bat.

Additional Tee work into Sock Net x 25 Balls

Front Flips
40 Balls Away  - Distance 20'
40 Balls Middle driving them away - Distance 20'
60 Balls (Hit them where they are pitched) - Working on picking up location early and driving them to appropriate field. - Distance 25' 
25 Balls - Middle & Inside Pulls

BP
60 Balls BP.

NOTE:  This was the best round of BP, Flips, & Tee work I have ever seen him do to date.  He hit the ball with such authority and was staying inside of everything.  I was trying to work middle to middle away in the zone and he was consitently driving the ball hard the other way on low line drives.    When I would challenge him inside he was turning on those pitches, but still keeping his hands inside and not getting long.  There were very few mistakes in BP.  Good Plate discipline to not chasing balls out of the zone!  All the Hard work is really starting to show.  Very proud of him...

Catching Workout with CV Vargas

Receiving Progression (Both Primary & Secondary Positions)

• Framing with Bare Hand (Tennis Balls)
• Middle
• Inside
• Away
• Framing with Training Glove (All Star Catchers Trainer)
• Middle
• Inside
• Away
• Framing with Regular Glove
• Middle
• Inside
• Away

Blocking - 30 Min Workout

• Roll Drill - Progression of all diff balls
• Regular Blocking - Tennis Balls
• Regular Blocking - Real Balls

Note - Blocking is something that Sway is very good at in practice, but he is not taking it into games.  After CV talking with him it is due to him being a little scared to do it during games.  This is completely natural for an 8 year old and we are both working on making him more confident to trust his equipment.  It will come especially with the amout of work he puts into it.  Receiving, footwork, and arm are very advanced for his age.  Blocking is our next challenge! 

Tuesday - October 25, 2011

Tee Work
Contact Position x 5
Power Position x 5
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 20
Middle x 30 (Target Hitting - Hit Target 3 Times)
Low x 25
Away x 20
Low Away x 10

Front Flips
Away x 80
Middle x 60
Middle (Pull) x 20

BP
130 Balls

Hand Position (Heavy Bag)
25 Swings to Contact

Pushups
40

Monday - October 24th, 2011

Tee Work
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 10
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle x 40
Low x 20
Away x 10
In x 10

Front Flips
Away x 40
Middle x 40
Middle (Pull) x 10

BP
80 Balls

Sunday - October 23, 2011

Double Header in Oviedo.  I was able to record two of his @ Bats before the camera died. 

Saturday - October 22, 2011

Throwing
15 Min Various Distances

Catching - Throwing To Bases
20 Throw Downs to Second Base
10 Throw Downs to 1st (Pickoff)

Tee Work
100 Balls Tee into Sock Net (Focus on Head Position)

NOTE: Also focusing on keeping his knee inside his ankle in load.  Picture Below:

One Arm Isolation Drills
25 Front Arm
10 Back Arm
40 Balls 2 Arms VERY CLOSE to Tee (Working on Staying Inside Ball)

Have Double Header tomorrow.  We took it pretty easy today.  Looking foward to watching him play tomorrow.

Friday - October 21, 2011

Plastic Ball Routine
He did this again with CV Vargas today. Sophmore at MCC.
20 Balls Front Hand Isolation
20 Balls Back Hand Isolation
30 Balls Two Hands with Small Bat VERY CLOSE to Tee (Work on staying inside)

Tee Work
Contact Position x 5
Power Position x 5
High Tee (Chest High) x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle x 40
Low x 10

Flips
40 Balls Away
40 Balls Middle (Driving Away)
30 Balls Middle (Pull)

BP
80 Balls

Wednesday - October 19th, 2011

Heavy Bag Hand Position Drills
30 Swings - Focus on Staying Connected and short to contact. 

Tee Work
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 10
High Tee (Chest High) x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle x 40 - Target Hitting.  Video Below.  He hit target very early today within the first 10 balls.  He is starting to be able to hit the ball off the Tee about 60' away once every 10 - 15 balls.  NOT EASY to do. 
Low x 10
Very Low x 10
Low Away x 10
Away x 10

Note:  Tee work today was very good.  Really explosive and very consistent.  Out of the 120 or swings he took today I think he only popped up maybe 2 and rolled over maybe 5 or 6.  Less then 10% were not good ones!  Very proud of his progress...

Front Flips
80 Balls Away
60 Balls Middle (Driving them Away - 10' to right of second base was focus)
20 Balls Middle - Pull
10 Balls In

Plastic Ball Routine He did this with CV Vargas today.  Sophmore at MCC.
20 Balls Front Hand Isolation
20 Balls Back Hand Isolation
30 Balls Two Hands with Small Bat VERY CLOSE to Tee (Work on staying inside)

Catching Routine CV Vargas Varsity Catcher @ MCC put him through a 25 min workout.

• Recieving (Primary Position / No on on)
• 10 Middle
• 10 Inside
• 10 Away
• Recieving (Secondary Position / Man on)
• 10 Middle
• 10 Inside
• 10 Away
• Perfect Block x 25 Balls
• Roll Block Set of Drills
• 10 Middle
• 10 In
• 10 Away
• Block or No Block
• 25 Balls

Tuesday - October 18th, 2011

Tee Work10 Balls Contact
10 Balls Power
10 Balls High Tee
50 Balls Middle (Target Hitting)

Front Flips (Flips from Front 15')
40 Balls Away
40 Balls Middle Driving them away
20 Balls Middle PULL

BP
80 Balls (All Live Counts)

Monday - October 17th, 2011

One Arm Isolation Plastic Balls
Front Arm x 10
Back Arm x 10
Two hands x 40 VERY CLOSE TO TEE - Working on Staying as short as possible and long extension through the ball

Front Arm x 10 Flips (T-Ball Bat & Real Baseballs)
Back Arm x 10 Flips

Tee Work
10 Balls Contact
10 Balls Power
10 Balls High Tee
10 Balls Away
10 Balls In
30 Balls - Middle

Front Flips (Flips from Front 20')
40 Balls Away
40 Balls Middle Driving them away
20 Balls Middle PULL

Front Flips (Long Distance 30')
20 Balls - Hit them where they are pitched

BP
80 Balls (All Live Counts)

Sunday - October 16th, 2011

Throwing
15 Min throwing program

Catching Workout
Catcher Pop ups x 10
Recieving x 30 Live pitches
Throw downs to 2nd Base x 30

Plays at the Plate

1. Coming from RF x 5
2. Coming from LF x 5
3. Coming from CF x 5

Bare hand Recieving x 20 Balls

Saturday - October 15th, 2011

Tee Work
Contact Position x 5
Power Position x 5
Hight Tee x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle of Zone x 10
Low Zone x 10
Very Low x 10
Middle x 20

Flips
Away x 50 Balls

BP
40 Balls regular BP

Catching - Recieving
25 Bare Hand Recieving various parts of the zone
25 Bare Hand Recieving Runners on
5 Bare Hand Receiving Runners on - With Footwork

Friday - October 14th, 2011

Tee Work
Contact Position x 5
Power Position x 5
Hight Tee x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle of Zone x 10
Low Zone x 10
Very Low x 10
Middle x 20

Flips
Away x 60 Balls
Middle driving them away x 20 Balls

BP
80 Balls regular BP

Thursday - October 13th, 2011

Tee Work
Contact Position x 5 Balls
Power Position x 5 Balls
High Tee x 10 Balls
High Strike x 10 Balls
Middle Zone x 10 Balls
Low Zone x 10 Balls
Very Low Zone x 15
Middle x 25

Front Flips (Short Flips from Front 15')
80 Balls Away & Middle

BP
200 Balls
We did a TON of BP today.  Sway hit very well.  Stayed Middle and Away and drove the ball.

Receiving & Blocking Workout with CV Vargas

1. Receiving & Framing
2. Receiving & Framing - w/ Man on
3. Blocking - Rolling
   1. Left
   2. Right
   3. Center
4. Perfect Block Drill
5. Side to Side Blocking Drill
6. Quick Transfer Drill
   1. Catch, Turn, Secure the Ball, Power Seperate - With NO FOOT WORK
   2. 60 Second Drill
7. Block no Block Drill
8. Live Pitching  45' Away 35 Balls

CV worked really hard on Secondary Position today with Sway (RUNNERS ON)

 

Wednesday - October 12th, 2011

Catching
Bare hand recieving drills @ house

I stayed home today sick but Sway still wanted to do something.

Tuesday - October 11th, 2011

Tee Work
40 Balls - (High Strike / Middle / Low)

Front Flips (Short Flips from Front 10')
80 Balls Away & Middle

Front Flips (Long Distance 25')
80 Balls - Hit them where they are pitched

BP
100 Balls

Plastic Balls
Front Arm x 15
Back Arm x 15
Two hands x 40 VERY CLOSE TO TEE - Working on Staying as short as possible


I picked Sway up from school today and was feeling pretty sick.  I tried to get him to take a break today, but he insisted on hitting as long as I was up to it.  I really didnt want to do it today, but I am so glad that we did.  He hit so well today and really worked hard.  In the years to come I hope we can look back on days like today and remember how hard he pushes himself.  I have so much respect for him and I am very proud to be his Dad.  His work ethic inspires me and on a day where I could have called in sick his determination and hard work is keeping me going. 

Monday - October 10th, 2011

Tee Work
5 Balls Contact Position
5 Balls Power Position
10 High Tee
20 Balls Target Hitting Middle
20 Balls Low Tee
15 Balls Middle Away
10 Balls Low Away




Front Flips
20 Balls Away (Heavy Wood Bat)
20 Balls Middle Driving them away (Heavy Wood Bat)
20 Balls Middle Driving Middle (Light Wood Bat)
20 Balls Middle (Reg Bat)
10 Balls Middle Pull
10 Balls In Pull

BP
80

Throwing
10 Min of Throwing with Jordan Kaplan

Sunday - October 9th, 2011

6:30 Workout with CV Vargas @ Elite Athletes Training

Tee Work
10 Balls Contact Position
10 Balls Power Position
10 High Tee
20 Balls Target Hitting Middle
15 Balls Low Tee
10 Balls Middle Away
10 Balls Low Away
Front Flips
20 Balls Away
20 Balls Middle Driving them away
20 Balls Middle Driving Middle
10 Balls Middle Pull
10 Balls In Pull

BP
100 Balls Live Counts

Throwing
15 Min of throwing outside while it was not raining

Saturday - October 8th, 2011

Plastic Ball Routine - Wiffle Balls & Tee Ball Bat
15 Front Arm Isolation
15 Back Arm Isolation
25 Two Hand VERY CLOSE TO TEE - Working on being extremly short to the ball with a long finish. 

Tee Work
75 Balls Middle

Flips
40 Balls Away
10 Balls Middle (Drive Away)
30 Balls Middle (Drive Middle)

Batting Practice
80 Balls Live BP

Friday - October 7th, 2011

Practice @ Crane Field w/ Melbourne Muckdogs

Throwing

• Warmup
• 60'
• 90'
• 120'

Fielding (Sway, Dario, Tristan, JT)

• 20 Grounders a Piece @ SS
• 20 Double Play Turns

NOTE: Work on Run Downs once we take grounders.

Throwing to Bases (Sway & Dario Catching)

• 10 - 1st Base Pick off
• 15 - Throw downs to 2nd Base
• 5 - Throw down to 3rd
• Roll out 5 Bunts to each catcher throw to second
• Roll out 5 Bunts to each catcher throw to 1st

1st & 3rd Situation

• Work on a new play with Sway - PUMP FAKE to 2nd and Throw to third
• Review all other situations

Plays @ Plate

• 5 Throws from Right Field
• 5 Throws from Center
• 5 Throws from Left

NOTE: working on throws being down.  Catchers working on Left foot being on left corner of plate and staying low, securing the ball, and getting tag down.


Fly Balls (Dario & Tristan) - Sway & JT working Middle Infield Cuts

• 10 Balls Each

Batting Practice

• One Player Hitting BP Rounds of 10,7,5,3,1 Ball

Thursday - October 6th, 2011

Throwing (15Min)
Warmup
60'
90'
120'
Play Errors Game

Taking a Break Hitting today

Wednesday - October 5th, 2011

Heavy Bag work
Hand Position Drills from Power Position to Contact (Focusing on Connection @ Contact)

Tee Work

• Contact Position x 10 Balls
• Power Position x 10 Balls
• High Tee x 10 Balls
• Target Hitting x 40 Balls (Second Tee 30' in front with Ball on it raised about 3' in air.  Trying to Drive balls off the Tee)  - Provides a very detailed level of focus to our Tee work.  Working Balls middle to Low in Zone on this today.
• Softball Dimple Balls x 10 - Working on getting through the much heavier balls

Front Flips (15' away)

• Away x 25 Balls
• Middle (driving them away) x 10
• Middle (driving them middle) x 10
• Middle (Pull) x 10
• In x 10
• Change ups (flip with arch) x 10
• Hit them where they are pitched x 25

Batting Practice
20 @ Bats (Live Counts)
5 @ Bats (2 strike hitting)
5 @ Bats mixing in Change ups
5 @ Bats (SITTING FASTBALL) - if he gets a changeup he is taking.  This is something new I am going to start working on him and teaching him how to SIT certain pitches.  It is advanced for an 8 year old, but we have to start somewhere. 

20 Pushups
Receiving & Blocking Workout with CV Vargas

1. Receiving & Framing
2. Receiving & Framing - w/ Man on
3. Blocking - Rolling
   1. Left
   2. Right
   3. Center
4. Perfect Block Drill
5. Side to Side Blocking Drill
6. Went outside and worked on Quick Transfer Drill
   1. Catch, Turn, Secure the Ball, Power Seperate - With NO FOOT WORK
   2. 60 Second Drill
7. Block no Block Drill
8. Finish with Receiving off Machine.  45' Away 50 Balls @ 50MPH.  All Middle.

Tuesday - October 4th, 2011

Long Toss 15 Min Program
Warm-up
60' x 2 Minute
90' x 3 Minute
120' x 2 Minute
150' x 3 Minute
90' x 5 Min PULL DOWNS
Catching Workout Throwing to Bases & Plays at Plate
2nd Base x 30 Balls
1st Base x 20 Balls
3rd Base x 15 Balls

Tee Work
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 10
Middle x 40
Away x 20

Front Flips 30' Away
Away x 30
Middle x 20 Away
Middle x 10 Middle
In x 20
Front Flips 10' Away
Softball Dimple Balls x 35.  Working on Getting through them!

Batting Practice
Live BP - 80 Balls

Pushups x 20

Monday - October 3rd, 2011

Big week of preparation for Daytona Tournament

Overload / Underload Swings
20 Swings weighted bat (Wood 23 oz)
10 Swings quick stick (very light bat)

One Arm Isolation Drills
Front Arm x 20
Back Arm x 20
Both Arms x 20 (Very Close to Tee with Light short Bat and wiffle balls)
Tee Work
Contact Position x 15
Power Position x 10
Middle x 40 Balls
Away x 20 Balls
In Middle x 10
High Tee (CHEST HIGH) x 10 Balls
Low Tee (Knee High) x 10
Low Away (Knee High) x 10
Low In (Knee High) x 10

Front Flips (Short Distance 10')
Away x 30 Balls
Middle Away x 20 Balls
Middle x 20
In x 20 Balls

Front Flips (Longer Distance 30')

Hit them where they are pitched x 60
Working Inside Middle Away - He has to identify where they are and hit them to the right location

Front Flips w/ SOFTBALL Dimple Balls
25 Front Flips with Softball Dimple Balls.  We are starting to do these due to the Density and weight of the balls.  It forces him to really get through the ball.  The balls are at least 2 times heavier and much more dense then regular baseballs.

Batting Practice
60 Balls (Counts)

Hand Position Contact Drills on Heavy Bag
30 Swings from Power Position to Contact

Pushups x 20.  Sway did this tonight at 945 right before Bed. I was proud of him for doing these after all the work he did today!  He still continues to amaze me at how hard he works.  I am inspired by his work ethic!

Sunday - October 2nd, 2011

Pre Game Workout @ Academy

Tee work
10 Balls High Tee
30 Balls Middle

Flips
40 Balls Away
10 Balls Middle Away
10 Balls Pull

BP
10 at Bats with Live counts

Double Header
We played the Oveido Knight.  Sway Caught very well and hit good.  2/4 with 2 doubles.  Hit the ball hard 3 times. 

We also Played BPA (Baseball Pro's Academy).  We beat them as well. 

Friday - September 30th, 2011

Viera Night Under the Lights

Sway came with me and we did a very short workout as a demonstration

40 Flips Away
25 Balls Tee w/ Target

Thursday - September 29th, 2011

Throwing

10 Min of Catch using 3 different grips
4 seam
2 seam
Circle