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Youth Baseball Drills – T-Ball Throwing Drill

Youth Baseball Drills – T-Ball Throwing Drill

Here are the summarized steps I go through with teaching my T-ball kids who are just getting started on the fundamentals of throwing.  Give these a try with your young players and they will have a great foundation for the sport. T-Ball Throwing Drill Group Knee Position – Throwing & Catching (All Kids) 10 min [...]

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Baseball Baserunning Drill – T-Ball Pickle Drill

In just my second season of coaching T-Ball, I found that the kids loved the drill called Pickle.  It helps the kids learn to throw and catch since they take their minds off the steps and just execute the drill.  This can work just as well with your older players as well. Pickle Set up [...]

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T-Ball Coaching – T-Ball Batting Tips

T-Ball Coaching – T-Ball Batting Tips

I had a 4 year old t-ball team to coach and was having a real hard time teaching them basic batting skills. I had trouble with: Getting the kids into the batters box, Putting their feet in the correct stance, Putting the bat on their shoulder and not on my head, Getting them to hit [...]

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T-Ball Practice Drills – T-Ball Throwing Skills

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 [...]

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T-Ball Practice Drills – Fear of the Ball Drill & Frisbee Drill

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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