FUNGOMAN JOURNAL

While other kids were watching Cable TV growing up, I remember watching the YES Network documentaries of Yankee greats, including the likes of Don Mattingly. I'll never forget hearing Mattingly talk about how obsessed he was with baseball in high school. He credits his high school coach for his unparalleled work ethic, challenging him to be the best on his team, best in his city, and best in the state, etc., etc. You wouldn't find Mattingly with other students at the cafeteria during lunch hour. You'd find him in the indoor batting cage set up in the basketball gymnasium. Those individual practice sessions during lunch period are the gems we at FungoMan value most in the makeup of a player's development. Check out the ways players are capitalizing on individual practice.

If outfield work brings to mind standing around and picking daisies, our take on outfield drills is anything but. Case in point: this hustle hard series of outfield drills is a sure fire way to spruce up your outfielders practice regiment. Get ready to stretch your range, own the warning track, and rob homeruns. Author of the Outfielding Drills eBook below and Coach, Trent Mongero's outfielder Dylan Lavendar made the Top 10 ESPN Play of the Week TWICE. Check it out!

All coaches have a number of go-to drills they visit in practice every single day. Aside from the obvious ones like ground balls to infielders and BP, your favorites might be anything in your coaching repertoire from hot box, to double play drills, to long toss. Wouldn't it be great if you knew you could workout every position efficiently in an hour practice? That's exactly what this infographic is for. In practice, it's nice to have a regiment of go-to drills that can work for your team on specific skills for each position, while also keeping everyone engaged and challenged.