Kyla Holas 2-Pack

Kyla Holas presents a series of pitching workouts and the various options within them that will get your pitchers in top form for the start of the season.

Coach Holas begins by discussing how she plans pitching workouts using a calendar and working backwards, while keeping in mind her objectives for the pitching staff. From there, she is able to plan out her practices and track the number of pitches her pitchers throw each day and each week to ensure they will be at their best for every game.

Coach Holas discusses the six types of pitching workouts.

• Accuracy
• Fundamentals
• Movement
• Speed
• Drills
• Conditioning

For each workout, Coach Holas starts in the classroom and describes each drill. She then moves to the field and has one of her pitchers perform the drills and activities.

To explain the drills, Coach Holas has her pitcher demonstrate. The drills use items such as a balance beam, balance board, foot box, Power Drive, poles, cones, and tees. She also discusses the contents of a bucket that she gives to each of her pitchers at the beginning of the year. The bucket includes thirteen items such as balls of different size and weight, a Frisbee, football, sock ball, double ball, spinner, towel, and more.

All in all, Coach Holas introduces over 30 drills and demonstrates 20 items and pieces of equipment that she uses in her pitching workouts.

This video will be a valuable resource for coaches at all levels looking to find better workouts to fully develop their pitching staff.

67 minutes. 2013.

Delve into the finer points of infield play at 1st and 3rd base with 2x Conference USA Coach of the Year Kyla Holas. Learn the proper ready position, three-step approach, footwork and throwing technique for "the hot corners."

Footwork
Footwork is the start of everything. Corner infielders are in the hot zone, so they need to be quick and efficient. Poor footwork leads to bad throws. Holas explains and demonstrates the proper footwork for fielding, receiving throws, tagging the base, and positioning for pick offs.

Basework
Coach Holas allows time every day for her corner infielders to perform basework (position specific skills). In this segment, she teaches and demonstrates fielding bunts, pop ups in foul territory, handling bad throws, flips, and double plays.

Fielding
Teach your corners to field backhands and forehands using a proper step-over technique, which will increase their range and allow them to get to more balls.

Coach Holas also introduces a fielding progression her corners infielders use. Her progression focuses on a low approach to the ball and first-step quickness. As a part of fielding skills, Holas has her corner infielders practice range, throws on the run, and balls hit between corner and middle infielders.

Throughout the video, Holas offers coaching points for many of the skills discussed, calling your attention to important details or commonly made mistakes. All in all, this video will be a valuable resource for coaches at all levels.

Using Kyla Holas' training methods will help your team get outs from the hot corners!

55 minutes. 2013.