First Day of Practice

We had our first practice today - and part of it was outside! Hard to believe, but we practiced baseball outside in Plattsburgh, NY on January 25! Good opening day workout.

The first day of practice went pretty well. It’s not often we’re able to get outside on the turf field for the first day. Usually the weather doesn’t let us get out there for at least a couple of weeks so it was good for the position players to get outside. The infielders took a lot of ground balls and outfielders worked on tracking fly balls in the gaps. The first few days don’t consist of a lot of throwing; rather we get back into things working on fundamentals first. Catchers worked on blocking, receiving, framing, and getting into positions to throw on a steal. All of the position players also got to work off of the tee throughout the practice. Pitchers were inside working on their mechanics without throwing bullpens.

It’s also to get conditioning in early in the practices indoors. That way we don’t have to worry about guys being in game shape when it’s time to travel south for the first games. Everyone was real anxious to get going for the first day and I think without doing a lot of hitting or throwing it was a good start. It’s real good to see from top to bottom every guys working hard and wanting to get better with everything we’re working on.

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