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Season plans

• 8-Week Beginner Baseball/Softball Season
• 8-Week Beginner Basketball Season
• 8-Week Beginner Volleyball Season
• 8-Week Beginner Soccer Season

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• Build a Practice
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• Station rotation planner
• Practice timer
• Equipment checklist
• Print-pack builder

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Practice plans

• 1v1 and 2v1 Attacking Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Balanced Practice: 90 Minutes, Ages 11-12
• Balanced Practice: 90 Minutes, Ages 11-12
• Balanced Practice: 90 Minutes, Ages 11-12
• Ball-Handling and Footwork Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• Baserunning and Team Defense Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Defense and Rebounding Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Dribbling and 1v1 Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• First Baseball/Softball Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• First Basketball Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• First Soccer Practice: 45 Minutes, Ages 5-6
• First Touch and Receiving Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• First Volleyball Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• Forearm Passing Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Ground-Ball Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Hitting Stations Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Layups and Finishing Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Movement and Platform Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• Passing and Moving Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• Passing and Spacing Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Serving Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Three-Touch Volleyball Practice: 75 Minutes, Ages 9-10
• Throwing and Catching Practice: 60 Minutes, Ages 7-8
• Transition and Finishing Practice: 90 Minutes, Ages 11-12

Coach guides

• Building a Positive Team Climate
• Clear Coaching Cues That Kids Actually Use
• Coaching a Large Roster: 13-18 Players
• Coaching a Medium Roster: 9-12 Players
• Coaching a Small Roster: 6-8 Players
• How to Avoid Long Lines at Practice
• How to Plan a 45-Minute Practice
• How to Plan a 60-Minute Practice
• How to Plan a 90-Minute Practice
• Managing Mixed Skill Levels
• Running a Productive Parent Meeting
• Running Practice with Limited Equipment
• The Indoor Backup Practice
• Your First Youth Practice: A Survival Guide

Drills

• 1v1 to Four Goals
• 2v1 End-Zone Attack
• 2v2 Half-Court Games
• 2v2 Small Court
• 3v1 Triangle Keep-Away
• 3v3 Advantage Game
• 3v3 to Wide Goals
• 4v1 Possession Grid with Transfer
• Alligator Ground Balls
• Approach Footwork, No Ball
• Ball-Mastery Gates
• Balloon Keep It Up
• Call It! Communication Game
• Catch and Shoot Footwork
• Catch-to-Set Progression
• Change-of-Direction Gates
• Charging Slow Rollers
• Closeout Breakdown
• Cooperative Pepper Progression
• Cross and Finish Runs
• Defend the Gate
• Dig to Target off Coach Toss
• Down Ball Attack Intro
• Dribble Knockout
• Dribble-Control Boxes
• Emergency Ball Pursuit
• End Zone Possession Game
• Finish After the Combination
• First-Step Baserunning Reads
• First-Touch Escape Box
• Fly Ball Priority Calls
• Fly-Ball Drop-Step Progression
• Force-Out Decision Game
• Form-Shooting Ladder
• Four-Corner Catch and Move
• Four-Corner Turn and Escape
• Free Throw Routine Builder
• Free-Ball Movement
• Front-Toss Line-Drive Challenge
• Full-Court Dribble Relay
• Give and Go Finishing
• Glove-Side and Backhand Ground Balls
• Goalkeeper Ready Position and Hands
• Ground-Ball Funnel Station
• Help and Recover Intro
• Hit, Find, Get Rebounding
• Home to First Sprint-Throughs
• Infield Positions Walkthrough
• Layup Footwork Progression
• Mikan Drill
• Monkey in the Middle Passing
• Narrow Court 1v1
• Numbers Transition Game
• Outfield Crow Hop Throws
• Outlet and Go Transition
• Partner Passing Through Gates
• Partner Passing with Pivots
• Partner Throwing Progression
• Pass, Cut, Replace
• Pass, Move, Replace Triangle
• Passing-Lane Movement
• Platform-Angle Partners
• Pressure and Cover 2v2 Defending
• Queen of the Court 3v3
• Quick Hands Transfer Race
• Ready-Position Mirror
• Ready-Position Movement Mirror
• Red Light, Green Light Dribble
• Red Light, Green Light Dribbling
• Relay and Cutoff Communication
• Rotation Walkthrough
• Rounding the Bases
• Serve and Chase Relay
• Serving Toss and Contact
• Serving Zone Challenge
• Setter Square Footwork
• Sharks and Minnows
• Shield and Steal
• Shooting Technique Ladder
• Short-Hop Partner Station
• Situational Scrimmage, Coach Pitch
• Soft Toss Hitting Station
• Solo Wall Passing
• Stance and Footwork Mirror
• Stop-and-Go Dribbling
• Swing Path Mirror Work
• Target-Passing Triads
• Tee Contact-Point Station
• Three-Touch Cooperative Rally
• Throwing Accuracy Target Game
• Toe Taps and Tick-Tocks
• Toss, Set, Catch Triangles
• Two-Ball Dribbling Series
• Two-Foot Finishing
• Wall Pass One-Twos
• Zigzag Defensive Slides