Youth Drill for Players Changing from Coach Pitch to Minors
One drill I do with younger boys just coming up from machine pitch to minors is line half my team at third base and half at first base. I am standing
Youth Baseball Drills
Practice Drills for the Outfield
I like to use this as a fun drill to keep kids moving at an outfielder station in practice. As outfielders it keeps them running and builds endurance as there
Youth Baseball Practice Drills – Relay Drill and Fielding Drill
Try these practice drills to put some fun into practices. Since they both provide the competitive element you'll find your players really like them. They don't even realize they
Coaching Tips for Youth Baseball – Fear of the Ball and The Talk Ball
When you're working with younger and/or first time players you have many areas to cover besides teaching skills. One of the most frequent is "fear of the ball".
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
Baseball Tips and Drills – Improving Hitting Skills
If you're working with younger players and want to work on their hitting skills, give these tips a try. The first one uses a basketball to improve strenght and
Coaching Youth Baseball – Warm-Up Drill & Throwing Tip
My favorite baseball warm-up drill at the start of practice is to have half the players at the pitchers mound (for 8U) or at the short stop position (for 10U)
Gloveless Fielding Drill
I find that a lot of times my youth players attempt to field the ball in the infield like they see the "cool" players do it, scooping it to the
Coaching T-Ball Tip – How to Keep Their Attention
With 4-year-olds, the greatest challenge is getting everyone to pay attention and not horse around. I have found that you have to constantly interact with the players to accomplish this,
Baseball Hitting Drills – Beach Ball Hitting Drill
I've come up with a pretty cool and really fun hitting drill for the kids. It goes along the same theme as your tee drill hitting square targets on
Fun Baseball Drills – COACH SAYS Drill & GLOVE SIDE Drill
These are two fun baseball drills I use with my younger players a lot. They enjoy these and forget that they are practicing drills. They're great for teamwork as
Youth Baseball Baserunning Drill – Running 1 through 4
This is one of my favorites for youth baseball coaching and I don't see other teams doing in our league. It is a simple base running drill that I call
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
Youth Baseball Practice Drills – Face the Base & Fielding & Hitting Drill
Try these two youth baseball practice drills to help you assess your players skills at the start of the season and then to help them with their fielding and throwing
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
Fear of the Ball Drill
When I was coaching youth baseball I started doing this to help the coach pitch kids (ages 6-7) get use to catching above their head. My hopes are to
Youth Baseball Drills – Knock the Rocks and Back Hand Toss
Here are two youth baseball drills that works well with younger kids. The first one is called "Knock the rocks" and works on throwing and fielding. The second
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