Category: Youth Baseball
Youth Baseball Fielding Drills – Tennis Baseball Drill
I have never seen another coach use a tennis ball and Racquet like I do to teach outfield skills.I have played a lot of tennis in my day and have found it to one of the best hand eye sports out there for kids. I work it in my baseball practices for outfield since I [...]
T-Ball Practice Drills – T-Ball Throwing Skills
With my 5 and 6 year old boys T-ball team, we tried having the boys throw balls back and forth to each other at our first practice. It went badly because no one can throw well or catch well. The players were afraid they were going to get hit by the wild throws or the [...]
Fun Baseball Drills – Monster Hitting Drills
While coaching 6, 7 & 8 yr olds, we used these monster hitting drills. During batting drills we set up three stations so as to keep all kids engaged and focused, tough at the early stages of baseball development. Monster Hitting Drills Station 1: Transformer: Soft Toss in Right field with Baseballs Station 2: Terminator: [...]
Youth Baseball Practice Drills – Around the Horn Drill
Something that has got all boys playing and practicing each position and understanding what each player does I simply call “around the horn”. I picked it up from an older coach to give each player practice at all positions. Around the Horn Drill We practice this drill a few times and then as we go [...]
Coaching Youth Baseball – Nerf Ball Catch and Foam Bat Hitting Drill
Let’s face it, coaching youth baseball has it’s own set of challenges. Playing catch is an advanced skill for the vast majority of 5 and 6 year olds. To me, it has proven to be unproductive to have kids who have trouble throwing throw to kids who don’t have the motor skills to catch a [...]
Youth Baseball Fielding Drills – Baseball Relay Race
Here is one of the youth baseball fielding drills that my U8 team likes. The focus of this relay is receiving the ball rather than throwing. Baseball Relay Race Objective: Get players to be in a good stance to receive the ball and to get it to the next player down the line as quickly [...]
Baseball Batting Drills – Broom Stick Batting & Soccer Ball Baseball Drill
Here are two baseball batting drills to reinforce the fundamental skills your players need. The first one called Broom Stick Batting Drill works on accuracy and the Soccer Ball Baseball Drill works on players with a weak swing. Both are easy, fun and effective! Broom Stick Batting Drill Required: Broom stick cut to just longer [...]
T-Ball Practice Drills – Fear of the Ball Drill & Frisbee Drill
It is always a challenge to come up with new t-ball practice drills. This is the first time many have played and they need step by step coaching for the basics. For those T-ball kids that are not catching the ball yet because they are scared that it will hit them try the Fear of [...]
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