Friday - April 27, 2012

Tee Routine
Contact Position x 5
Power Position x 5
High Tee x 10
Jeter Drill working back DEEP into stance x 20  (Focus on staying very short)
Middle x 20
Equi-Tee x 25
Away x 10
In x 10
Fastball / Changeup Drill

Front Flips (15' away)
20 Balls Away
20 Balls Middle (Driving Away)
20 Balls Middle (Driving up middle)
10 Balls Middle (Pull)
10 Balls In
20 Change-ups
TAKES - Perfect Takes x 10 (Mix into above routine at various points)

Long Front Flips (25' away) 
50 Balls

BP
100 Balls - Work on Approach.

Key concepts today are

1. Up in Count 2-0, 3-1, etc...  (Look for something Middle/Middle In)
2. Down in Count ANYTHING WITH 2 Strikes (Drive the Ball other way) anticipating off-speed.

Thursday - April 26, 2012 - Workout with Mario Garza of Tampa Yankees

We meet Mario today @ Space Coast Stadium. Sway did a 30 min workout with him. 

Tee Work
High Tee x 10
Away x 20
Middle x 20
Jeter Drill x 20 - We are going to start working this into our routine in order to stay shorter to the ball.  Sway performed very well on this. 

NOTE: Head positioning looks very good lately! 

BP
100 Balls between me throwing and Mario throwing

Threw with Cade Coffey for 10 min

Mario seemed very impressed with his progress since he saw him last about 2 months ago... 

Wednesday - April 25, 2012

Tee Work
Middle x 40
Equi-Tee x 30


BP
60 Balls - BP GAME


3-4:30PM Delucas Speed & Agility / Strength & Conditioning (Did Strength work with older kids today)


Went back over to Zacks and worked on more speed work tonight.  BIG DAY of work for him!  He is starting to see big gains in speed and strength and it is motivating him to work harder.  He beat what used to be the fastest kid in his grade in a race today.  Think that really showed him that his hard work is paying off.

Front Flips
hit em where they are pitched x 50

BP
80 Balls

Tuesday - April 24, 2012

Tee Work
Middle x 80
Equi-Tee x 25

Front Flips
Away x 40
Middle (driving away) x 20
Middle x 20
Pull x 20

BP
100 Balls in Counts

Monday - April 23, 2012

Tee Work
50 Balls off Equi-tee (Wood Bat)
50 Balls Regular Tee (Wood Bat)

3-4PM - Delucas Speed & Agility / Strength & Conditioning

Sunday - April 22, 2012

Tee Work
Middle x 80
Equi-Tee x 25

Front Flips
Away x 40
Middle (driving away) x 20
Middle x 20
Pull x 20

BP
100 Balls in Counts

Friday - April 20, 2012

Tee Work

Equi-Tee x 50
Tee - Middle x 50

Front Flips
Pull x 50

BP

100 Balls

Hawks Practice 7:30 - 9:00

Thursday - April 19, 2012 - 500 Ball Day!

Half workout on Field @ Crane Half at Elite Athletes Training

Tee Work

Equi-Tee x 100

Front Flips

200 Balls

BP

200 Balls

Wednesday - April 18, 2012

One Hand DrillsFront Hand x 20

Back Hand x 20
Two Hands x 20 (very Close to Tee)

Tee Work

Contact Position x 10

Power Position x 5
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 5
Middle of Zone x 10
Low x 5
Very Low x 5
In x 10
Low In x 5
Fastball & Changeup - 10

Front Flips
Away x 10
Middle (Driving them away) x 10
Middle x 10
In x 20
Hit em where they are pitched x 10
Fastball Change-up x 10

Front Overhand Toss
50 Balls mix in changeup

BP

150 Balls

Long Toss with Jordan Kaplan

Bullpen with Jordan Kaplan

Tuesday - April 17, 2012

Tee Work

Contact Position x 10

Power Position x 5
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 5
Middle of Zone x 10
Low x 5
Very Low x 5
In x 10
Low In x 5
Fastball & Changeup - 10

Front Flips

Away x 10
Middle (Driving them away) x 10
Middle x 10
In x 20
Hit em where they are pitched x 10
Fastball Change-up x 10

Front Overhand Toss
50 Balls mix in changeup

BP

100 Balls

Monday - April 16, 2012

Delucas Speed & Agility with Zack Lush 3-4. 

50 Balls off Equi-tee

Sunday - April 15, 2012

We played very well today.  We won the first 2 games and lost to the Redhawks 10U in the final of the beach bash.  Sway played very well behind the plate and hit well today too.  I was really proud of all the boys today.  They came back and run ruled a good cobras team who beat us 18-2 yesterday!  Way to go Hawks!

Saturday - April 14, 2012

Played in Beach Bash.  We lost to Cobras and Thunder.  We saw quality pitching today.  Sway did not have the best day at the plate. 

Friday - April 13, 2012

Tee Work

Contact Position x 10

Power Position x 5
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 5
Middle of Zone x 10
Low x 5
Very Low x 5
In x 10
Low In x 5
Fastball & Changeup - 10

Front Flips

Away x 10
Middle (Driving them away) x 10
Middle x 10
In x 20
Hit em where they are pitched x 10
Fastball Change-up x 10

BP

200 Balls

Thursday - April 12, 2012

Delucas Speed & Agility from 3-4

Front Flips x 100
BP x 100

Wednesday - April 11, 2012

On Field Workout.  We hit at Crane Softball Field.  The field is 190'.  Sway hit 3 over on flips. 

Front Flips

200 Balls

Tuesday - April 10, 2012

Tee Work

Contact Position x 10

Power Position x 5
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 5
Middle of Zone x 10
Low x 5
Very Low x 5
In x 10
Low In x 5
Fastball & Changeup - 10

Front Flips

Away x 10
Middle (Driving them away) x 10
Middle x 10
In x 20
Hit em where they are pitched x 10
Fastball Change-up x 10

Front Overhand Toss
50 Balls mix in changeup

BP

100 Balls

Monday - April, 9, 2012

Delucas Training - Speed & Agility from 3- 4

Tee Work x 100 Balls

Tuesday - April 3, 2012

Speed & Agility / Strength & Conditioning with Zack Lush @ Delucas Performance Sports 1 Hour Long

Front Flips x 40 Balls

Batting Practice x 40 Balls

Sunday - April 1, 2012

We took 3rd place in the Tourney.  Sway had a good day at the plate and also catching.  He almost hit his first home run on a 205' field today.  I think he hit about 650 for the tourney.   

Saturday - March 31, 2012

FTP April Fools Tourney
Sway was 5 for 7 with 2 Doubles and 6RBI.  He did very well at the plate and behind the plate. One win and one loss.

Friday - March 30, 2012

On Field Workout with Sway @ Jordan Blass Field.

Front Flips x 100

Batting Practice x 100

Note: Sway was coming very close to hitting balls out on the 200' field even on flips.  We worked a lot of pull balls today.  He stays inside the ball so well that we are trying to make sure that he can handle the inside pitch as well as he can drive the ball backside. 

Bullpen
10 Min throwing
40 Pitch Bullpen

Catching Workout 
Blocking x 15 min
Throwing to bases x 15 min
Transfers and Footwork x 5 min

Thursday - March 29, 2012

Tee Work 
100 Balls


Front Flips
100 Balls

BP
100 Balls

Wednesday - March 28, 2012

Tee Work 
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 10
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle of Zone x 30
Low x 20
In x 20


Soft Toss (Changeup Drill)

20


Front Flips
Away x 30
Middle x 30 (Driving them Away)
Middle x 20
In x 25 (Pull)

BP
150 Balls

Long Toss - 15 Min

Sunday - March 25, 2012

Viera Hawks Game -vs- Avengers.

This was Sways first game with the 10U Hawks.  I was really proud of how he played.  He caught very well and had some quality @ Bats. 

Friday - March 23, 2012

Tee Work 
50 Balls


Front Flips
50 Balls

BP
50  Balls

Viera Hawks 10U Practice Hitting Practice @ Elite Athletes Training

Thursday - March 22, 2012

Tee Work 
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 10
High Tee x 10
High Strike x 10
Middle of Zone x 30
Low x 20
In x 20


Soft Toss (Changeup Drill)
20

Front Flips
Away x 30
Middle x 30 (Driving them Away)
Middle x 20
In x 25 (Pull)

BP
100 Balls

Pitching Lesson with Chris Nygaard

Wednesday - March 21, 2012

Tee Work 
Contact Position x 10
Power Position x 5
High Tee x 5
High Strike x 10
Middle of Zone x 30
Low x20
In x 20

Front Flips
Away x 30
Middle x 30 (Driving them Away)
Middle x 20
In x 25 (Pull)

BP
80 Balls