T-Ball Drills – Throwing Tips and Batting Practice

As a baseball coach working with younger players, here are a couple of  T-ball drills I use often.  These are small things that I have done with my kids who are having issues throwing the ball and keeping their head down and eye on the baseball, but they work well.

An oldie but a goody:  Use an old tire and hang it about the height of the kids waist with a backstop or batting cage behind it.  Turn it into a game for the kids that have trouble throwing accurately.  Have them stand back and practice throwing a bucket of balls through the tire. (Remember Nolan Ryan did that for years and look at what it did for him.)

Second:  This is for kids who have trouble keeping their head down and eye on the ball. I took an old pair of youth sun glasses and put a strip of electrical tape at the bottom. This makes them have to keep their head down for batting practice.

Works really good for the T-Ballers.

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