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Baseball Coaching Tips for End of Season
Baseball Coaching Tips to Finish a Strong Season It is generally easier to coach teams that are having good seasons, especially those contending for the championship. Whether team are having good seasons or not, it is important that baseball coaches have end of season baseball coaching techniques that keep players focused. Following are some baseball [...]
Baseball Bats: Aluminum Bats, Wood Bats – It’s not the Bat
Baseball Bats are Baseball Bats The gloom and doom scenario of a year or two ago that many thought might happen with the switch to more wood-like aluminum bats never materialized. Many people worried that baseball would become too boring if runs decreased in games by using aluminum bats that were wood bat like. Why [...]
Why Baseball Hitters chase Bad Pitches and Solutions to the Problem
Baseball Hitters Chasing Bad Pitches A number of reasons exist for why baseball hitters chase pitches that are out of the strike zone. Those reasons are often a combination of the physical swing fundamentals and the mental hitting approach of baseball hitters. Coaches must carefully analyze each players swing fundamentals first, as that is the [...]
Be Careful of Dr. Feel Good Coaches
A Difference between Real Coaches and Dr. Feel Good Coaches It is good to help kids feel good about their efforts as long as coaches are honest about their actions. I am all for coaches helping youth players feel good about themselves, but there is a difference between that and what I call dr. feel [...]
My Youth Baseball Coaching Pet Peeves – Parents Take Note
Baseball Coaching Pet Peeves Coaches should not Allow Patience is not only a virtue with coaching youth baseball, but a necessity. However, the following are my baseball coaching pet peeves that I have no patience for. Unfortunately, they all involve parents as the culprits. Of course, many things go wrong on the ball field that [...]
Football Mentality is Necessary for Hitting a Baseball
Football Mentality and Hitting a Baseball One of my most common statements to my young hitting students is, “Look mean up there,” when it comes to preparation for hitting a baseball. Of course, the minute I say that, most young ballplayers break out into the biggest smile – oh well. First, let me say that [...]
Are you Wasting Your Money on Your Baseball Hitting Instruction?
Quit Wasting Your Money on Baseball Hitting Instruction When… There is a good chance you are wasting your money on baseball hitting instruction. The good news is that even people, with little baseball knowledge, can tell whether the baseball hitting coach is worth their money, with a little observation. Unfortunately and more often than not, [...]
Baseball Fielding Evaluations Sheet
Baseball Fielding Evaluation Sheet to Use Just as with baseball hitting, there are times when baseball fielding evaluations for are necessary, whether for baseball tryouts, baseball camps, or simply for in season team individual evaluations. It is important to put these evaluations down on paper so players and their parents have concrete suggestions of how [...]
Innovative T Ball Base Running Drill for All Ages?
T Ball Base Running Drill that Works Of course, this T ball base running drill is not a bad idea for players of all ages and is a good early season, base running drill to help players with correct base running habits and so they never miss a base again for the rest of their [...]
Baseball Mid-Season Report Cards Help Players Re-focus
Baseball Mid-Season Report Cards are Important, Too Baseball mid-season report cards help re-focus players, so they do not become complacent or lose desire, instead of letting their baseball statistics be the main evaluation process. Often, baseball coaches do a season ending review with players to analyze their seasons. That is a good coaching practice, especially for baseball [...]
