Kindergarten
One practice Saturday morning practice per week.
Players will learn basic:
- Hitting
- Throwing
- Catching
- Running
Coach Pitch
Grade 1-2
Two team sessions per week on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Sessions will be split with about 45 minutes of practice followed by a 45 minute game.
Players will learn:
- Proper throwing/hitting/catching techniques
- Field positions
- Intermediate base running & decisions
- Hitting off of a pitcher (coach)
- Balls/strikes and outs
- Defensive situational awareness
Minors
Grade 3-4-5
Two games per week versus other Abington teams and the surrounding towns of Brockton, Holbrook and Rockland. There is also one practice per week.
Players will learn:
- Live gameplay with umpires
- Comfort with hard ball
- Player pitching
- Catching fly balls/basic OF skills
- Moving to field ground balls
- Extra base hits and base running/sliding
- Catcher position
- Cutoffs/relays
- Tagging up
Majors
Grades 6-7-8
Two games per week versus other Abington teams and the surrounding towns of Brockton, Holbrook and Rockland. There is also one practice per week.
Players will learn:
- Improve Minors concepts
- Comfort hitting live pitching
- Baserunning
- Understanding more advanced rules
- Improve cuts/relays
- Intermediate catcher skills
- Proper tagging of runners at bases
- Reading signs
- Managing at-bats
- Basic OF play
- Hierarchy of positions
- Handling winning & losing