Eagles Select 8U Portal

8U Overview

Age Group Major Focuses:

  • Mechanics: Basic Foundations & Rotational Movement
  • Approach: Aggressiveness
  • Intent: Line Drive/Barrel Focus

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

No matter what drill a hitter is doing or what they are working on at a given moment, NEVER LET THEM FORGET that the most important focus of all is on HITTING HARD LINE DRIVES on the SWEET SPOT of the bat!!! Everything we do in this plan designed to help them do those two things more often, but they have to understand that and maintain it as their primary goal. It is up to you as their coach/parent to make sure they don’t lose sight of this!!!

SHARE THIS VIDEO WITH YOUR PLAYERS AT THE BEGINNING OF TRAINING AND COUPLE MORE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR!

Three Simple Goals for Every Swing

Practice Plans

Below you will find both the team and individual written practice plans in PDFs format. Both PDFs list all exercises and drills. Underneath the PDFs, you will find all of the corresponding informational videos and drill videos within the plan. They are listed in the same order on this page as they are in the plan PDF. There are no Block Four drill videos because you will build your own plan using the drills in blocks 1-3.

Team Practice Plan PDF

8U Team Hitting PlanDownload

Individual/Parent Led Practice Plan PDF

8U Individual_Parent Led Hitting PlanDownload

TRAINING BLOCK ONE: October – January

Block One Informational Videos

Block One Drill Videos

TRAINING BLOCK TWO: February

Block Two Informational Videos

Block Two Drill Videos

TRAINING BLOCK THREE: March

Block Three Informational Videos

Block Three Drill Videos

TRAINING BLOCK FOUR: April – July

Block Four Informational Videos

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