Youth baseball: Leading off first base
In youth baseball, once athletes are able to steal bases often the baserunning will beat defense until the bases are 90 feet apart. This means that this is an important aspect of...
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Youth baseball: Hammer time
The hammer is a hitting tool that I like to use with most of the age groups that I coach baseball for, this includes my disabled team. The “hammer” refers to the...
Youth Catcher: Practice
We’ve spent a lot of time here covering skills for youth catchers. There’s a lot for them to know from giving the pitcher signs, actually catching the pitch, to throwing out base...
Youth Catcher: Throwing to Second Base
No matter how well we pitch and no matter how well we play defense, runners get on base. We may walk them, accidentally hit them, or they may hit the ball really...
Youth Catcher, Passed Ball Part 2
Sometimes, no matter how good our catcher is, the ball will still get past him. In a previous post we covered how the pitcher should communicate with the catcher so that the...