Baseball Drills & Coaching Tips » Baseball Videos http://www.baseball-tutorials.com Your ultimate source for unique, fun, & effective baseball drills. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:51:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Youth Baseball Coaching Video – Drop Step Outfielding Drill http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/youth-baseball-coaching-video-drop-step-outfielding-drill/457/ http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/youth-baseball-coaching-video-drop-step-outfielding-drill/457/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:37:54 +0000 kenny http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/youth-baseball-coaching-video-drop-step-outfielding-drill/457/ Here’s a great drill for coaching youth baseball. The focus is on helping young players to react to a fly ball in the outfield. Make sure your kids start in an athletic ready position, take a decisive drop step, find the ball, and THEN get underneath it to make a play.

 

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Once your players are comfortable with the mechanics of the drill, have them partner up and sit 5 feet apart. Over time, increase the distance, to 10 feet, 15 feet, 20 feet and so on. This will also improve their arm strength and throwing mechanics.

 

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]]> http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-throwing-drills-video/442/feed/ 0 Baseball Pitching Drills For Kids http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-pitching-drills-for-kids/435/ http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-pitching-drills-for-kids/435/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:49:20 +0000 kenny http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-pitching-drills-for-kids/435/ Try thise one-knee follow through drill with pitchers aged 8-15. It will train young baseball pitchers to develop a safe, fluid pitching motion. Accuracy, velocity, and confidence on the mound will also improve if you practice this pitching drill on a regular basis.

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]]> http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-pitching-drills-for-kids/435/feed/ 0 Baseball Swing Mechanics Video http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-swing-mechanics-video/429/ http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-swing-mechanics-video/429/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:10:00 +0000 kenny http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-swing-mechanics-video/429/ In this video, we review a very common swing mechanics error that many youth baseball players make. It’s called the “Swing Bubble”, and results from casting the bat out towards the baseball.

To correct, this mistake, focus on putting the knob of the bat toward the front toe, and sweeping the plate… making sure the sweet spot of the bat comes through the hitting zone with the timing to make solid contact. Watch the hitting video for step by step demonstration and drills.

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]]> http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-swing-mechanics-video/429/feed/ 0 Baseball Drills Video – Fielding a Ground Ball http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-fielding-drills-video/419/ http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-fielding-drills-video/419/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:53:01 +0000 kenny http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-fielding-drills-video/419/ Here are some great tips to remember when teaching your kids how to field a ground ball.

First, start low, stay low and release the ball from an athletic position. To increase the speed and accuracy of the throw, follow through by continuing steps toward the target after the ball is released.

Avoid taking extra steps and try to get the ball out of the glove and into the throwing hand as quickly as possible. Watch the video below for some great drills to help teach this critical infielding skill.

 

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]]> http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-fielding-drills-video/419/feed/ 0 Baseball Hitting Video – Fixing The Hipslide http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-hitting-video/416/ http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-hitting-video/416/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:51:00 +0000 kenny http://www.baseball-tutorials.com/baseball-hitting-video/416/ This is a great video that discusses one of the most common mistakes young hitters make: The Hipslide. You’ll learn how to identify this problem, then fix it with a number of simple baseball hitting drills.

 

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