Facilitation Plan Template

*Note: All elements in this template are required unless marked as Optional.

Title: Baseball Practice

Leaders: Tyler Pasley

# of
9-20
participants:

Ages: Adolescence, 15-18

Theme: Baseball

Ideal
Baseball Field
Location:

9-20 Gloves
2 Buckets of Baseballs
Equipment:
1 Fungo

Pre-Activity Diagram:
Provide a visual diagram of how the space should be set up, including equipment
placement, before the participants arrive.
 1. The goal of this practice is to improve our defense.
2. Given a set of ten ground balls, the participants will be
Goal & able to field eight of them cleanly.
Objectives: 3. Given a set of ten fly balls, the participants will be able to
field them and throw the runner out at home five out of
ten times.

1. The field needs to be dragged and watered down to

lessen the chance of bad hops on the field to prevent
injuries. Before the participants get on the field, the dirt
needs to be dragged until the dirt is smoothed out. Next,
the field needs to be watered down so the dirt turns a
Risk
dark brown. This would cause the field to play smoother
Management
and have a small number of bad hops.
Concerns:
2. All of the baseballs need to be picked up so there arent
any baseballs stranded in the field for the participants to
trip on preventing injury. Baseballs need to be put in the
buckets or thrown back to the catcher so nobody steps on
them and rolls an ankle.

If this facilitation is forced inside we will be doing the same

things expect for the outfielders. We will have to move this to a
Contingency gym of some kind. Due to a low ceiling in a gym outfielders
Plan: would work on fielding groundballs and hitting cut-off men and
throws to home. Infielders plans will not change the same plan
will be in effect for them.
Length Facilitation Description Leader
Portion Name
1 minute Facilitation Today is going to be a little bit like the movie Tyler Pasley
Attention Sandlot. For those of you that have seen this
Getter classic, some of us are going to be Benny
The Jet Rodriguez trying to score a run.
1 minute Introduction Hi everyone, my name is Tyler and we are Tyler Pasley
going to work on defense today. The task of
this facilitation is to improve your defensive
skills. The goal for today is for infielders to
field eight out of ten groundballs cleanly and
for outfielders to throw the runner out at
home five out of ten times.
5 Minutes Group division Have a bucket of baseballs at home plate and Tyler Pasley
just behind the pitchers mound. Also have one
behind first base.

We are going to split up the infielders and

outfielders for this activity. Infielders will be
fielding ground balls and throwing them to
first and the outfielders will be making throws
to home.
40 Activity 1 and This activity is called infield, outfield. Tyler Pasley
minutes 2
Have everybody get to their positions and
ready for the activity.

Everyone needs to get a partner and play

catch to get your arms loose and ready to
throw. Infielders I will be hitting you guys
groundballs and you will field them and throw
to first to get the runner out. Outfielders I will
be hitting you guys line drives you will field
them cleanly and throw the runner out at
home. Both groups should act as if Billy
Hamilton of the Cincinnati Reds, the fastest
player in the MLB, is running to first and to
home. The goal for the infielders is to field
eight of ten ground balls cleanly. The goal for
the outfielders is to throw out five of ten
runners going home. Any questions? Hit the
field!

Have you guys ever heard of hot box or

pickle? Who has seen the movie Sandlot? In
the opening scene Benny The Jet Rodriguez
he gets in a run down after hitting a bomb to
left center field. He gets in a run down
between 3rd and home plate and eventually
score. So for this activity whoever is in the
pickle is going to be Benny The Jet
Rodriguez and your job is to score at all costs.
There will be one person on third base and
two at home plate. These guys will be trying
to get Benny out. The goal of this activity is
for the defense to execute a rundown and for
Benny to score. Any questions? Lets do it!

A variation of this would be: Have the

infielders turn double plays to get the
whole infield involved. That goal would
be eight out of ten. Have the outfielders
throw out a runner tagging up from
second and running to third. That goal
would be five out of ten. For activity two
have a runner start at second and Benny
start at third and have a double run
down. Three defenders on third, two on
second, and two on home. The goal is for
the runners too advance to home and
third and for the defenders to get at
least the runner trying to score out.
3 minutes Transition How were those activites? You guys did a Tyler Pasley
good job! Lets meet at home plate.

5 minutes Debrief Was todays facilitation productive? Tyler Pasley

What did you think of the Sandlot activity?
What did you learn about defense?
Did you have fun?
Would you do it again?
5 minutes Conclusion This facilitation was aimed for you guys to get Tyler Pasley
better at defense and to have some fun at the
end with some hot box. I am positive we
accomplished that today and I appreciate you
all giving your max effort. Thank you for your
time I hope to see you again.
*Note: Back Pocket This activity is called knockout. Tyler Pasley
the Back Activity
Pocket (1 required) Have all the players at shortstop and have a
activity bucket of baseballs at home. Have the catcher
DOES at home plate.
NOT
count as We are going to play knockout. All of you will
part of be at shortstop fielding ground balls and
your one making throws to home. If you miss the
hour grounder or make a bad throw you are out of
requireme the game. Last one standing wins. Any
nt so questions? Good luck!
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If A variation of this activity would be: Have all
needed the players in centerfield and have them field
fly balls and make throws to second base.
Every person that throws the ball away or
misses the fly ball he is out of the game. Last
one standing wins.

Everything in this facilitation plan is from things I have done in my

Resources:
baseball career at practices and the famous movie The Sandlot.