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Great Batting Practice Techniques for Less Experienced Coaches

Creative batting practice techniques can get hitters out of hitting slumps without players even realizing what is going on, which is a good thing. These coaching methods also help coaches explain hitting mechanics, too.

A big difference exists with coaching non-competitive and beginning youth sports and with coaching travel ball and highly competitive youth sports. Many coaches volunteer or start their own teams without the qualifications for coaching youth. Before coaching youth sports, adults and parents should ask these questions so they coach for the right reasons and so they do not get into the season completely under qualified to coach.

How to Eliminate Strikeouts - Baseball Coaching

Backyard baseball - a must for baseball loving families

Help Pitching Mechanics before it becomes a Mental Game Issue

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Learn essential strategies to become a successful Little League coach in this comprehensive guide. Discover how to structure practices, improve team skills, and create a fun and enriching environment for youth baseball players. Perfect for new coaches or experienced leaders looking to refine their approach.

Youth Baseball Lessons to Reach Potential

Unfortunately, we only get one go around at most things, including our individual sports careers. The good thing is that my biggest regrets have led to the youth baseball lessons I pass on these days.

Learning to Hit with the Count

Bryce Harper- Thank You

Coaching Philosophy Tips for Little League Baseball

When Jose Abreu Speaks, People should Listen

Baseball Video Coaching Saves Time

Baseball video coaching should be a standard teaching tool for all coaches in this video age. No reason exists for why coaches should not use the video advantage, at least occasionally.

I have had the following discussion many times in my coaching career:

Me - "I want you to try it this way."

Player "That's the way I am doing it."

Me "No, it is not." Player, "Yes it is." And back and forth it goes, with no real way of convincing players that just because they think they do it a certain way, makes it so.

Is Rotational Hitting Theory to Blame?

Baseball Swing Fundamentals must include this

As much as any other reason, bad hitting habits develop because players stand the wrong distance from home plate, and many youth players develop bad hitting mechanics because coaches allow them to stand the incorrect distance from home.

Unfortunately, Derek Jeter was a Player from that era

As much as I will miss everything about Derek Jeter, especially watching him play, I will not miss it when all players from the steroid era have moved on because declaring some players as clean and speculating on others is not fair. The way my major league career unfolded, thank God I was not part of the steroid years.

Baseball Coaching Solutions for Baseball Instructors

I have been giving baseball lessons for 27 years, somewhere over 60,000 of them, but who is counting. I wish I could say that I have helped those many students. Even though that was my intention, extra baseball instruction does not always work out. Having the right baseball coaching solutions is crucial to helping kids.

MLB Playoffs - Best Time of Year

Pitching with Radar Gun in Mind is Important at All Levels