From my 30 years of experience it is best to always be up front and blunt when talking to the fans and parents.  Let them know what you expect and need.  Most of all ask them to respect your job duties.  They may not like it, but they will have to respect it.

Here is a letter I sent home and posted on the team's website each and every year.  This was sent out a minimum of two weeks before practice started.  This was also read to the people present at the beginning of year parent meeting.

This is the best way to strengthen the arm, increase accuracy, and help build endurance.

Using all the planning tools already given to you, I would now plan out the week.

Here is a typical week for my 6A high school team that had Varsity games on Tuesday and Friday then had sub-varsity games on Monday and Saturday.

The baseball practice plan is one that has everything you need.  I got this from following the career of NCAA Hall of Fame Coach Andy Lopez.

This is a fast paced practice plan that requires coaching on the run and having all equipment laid out and ready to go.

Best part is, you can print this out and write in your "real time" when you are ready to go.

Lastly, the main template gives you some latitude.  Example: when doing "Live Baserunning" you have two choices.  The first choice is you can work on the straight or delayed steal of second base.  The second choice is straight steal of third.  Do what ever you want but get it done in 5 minutes.

I will go in more details later in a blog.  Heck, even might make a video.  If you would like a video going through this shoot me an email and let me know.

The State Championship in Texas is played at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.  It is for this reason, I named this practice template "Round Rock."

I visited with the head baseball coach at the University of Texas Brownsville and this is what he shared with me.

If you have a solid committment from all your players to be at practice and never miss, then this master plan is a great way to write in the names of players and follow the plan.

I got this practice plan from a coach at the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association Clinic in Waoc, Texas years ago.  I wish I could remember who it was, I would really like to give him credit.

But here is the plan.

This practice plan starts during the class period and extends to after school.  The varsity and other baseball specialists are in the class and get started at 3:30.

The time of the practice segments are on the left.  The next column is the Varsity phase of practice.  Then you can see the "Bull Pens" and finally the "4 Team Game" which is one of my products you can read more about here.

Below this, towards the middle you can see the JV/F Phase of practice and that starts at 4:50.  To the right of the JV/F Phase practice times you will see the Throwing Drills, Team Drills, Team Situations, Fungo, Batting Practice, and On Field Defense.

On the bottom of the page you have the batting practice groups.


Lastly,  write out any announcements you may have.

Make it once and done!

"X Work" in the middle is any extra work that needs to get done.