Take a look at these submissions from Mark and from Audra. Two great examples of baseball drills for youth baseball coaching for your T-ball teams.
From Mark…
T-Ball Here’s one for you: Hit the Bucket (4 yr old t-ball drill).
Line the kids up at 2nd base position. Stack 2 buckets up on first base, the bottom bucket – bottom side up (like you could sit on it) and the second bucket stacked on top (bottom side down). Draw a target on the top bucket (roughly the same height as a 4 yr old first baseman’s glove position).
Hit balls from home plate off the tee to the kids at second base and instruct them to throw the ball at the top bucket. We found this a fun way to get the kid’s to practice accuracy with a fun reward – knocking the bucket(s) over.
From Audra…
A great way I have found to teach tee ballers to run up on and get in front of the ball when fielding grounders is to draw a line in the dirt and have the player stand a few feet back from it. Once the ball is hit or rolled to them, their task is to run up and stop the ball before it reaches the line.
After a few tries I move the line closer to me so they must progressively move further forward to stop the ball before it reaches the line.
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