They are a little skeptical, but when I bend down to touch my toes with the trainer pushing as hard as he can on my back, most of them marvel at how tight I really am and apologize for giving me a hard time. My hamstrings are perhaps the tightest in the United States when I first start stretching. So it looks like I am just standing there a lot of times not doing anything, but in reality I am really trying hard. So, after getting that straightened out the rest of the day is usually a breeze, relatively speaking. After stretching and then running through some cones and hurdles for agility drills, the groups split up and begin their drills.
Pitchers run through a series of throwing programs, pitcher's fielding practice and conditioning.
Most of the drills are player specific and center around weaknesses a player needs to work on to get to the big leagues. After lunch, we play a game that starts at 1. Our minor league coordinator has told us we are playing to win, so every game is very competitive. The games are nice because if your aren't pitching you don't have to go. The other day we had a fan show up to watch the game.