Youth Baseball & Softball Instruction Simplified

- Demystifying How to Teach the Game to Kids -

 

Who is the Baseball Positive Website for?

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  • Coaches at the youth level of baseball & softball looking to simplify the teaching of skills, and how to run great practices

  • Parents: a resource for kids to develop baseball and softball skills - improvement that is clearly noticeable in their play on the field

  • Leagues: strengthen your membership base by providing coaches a resource for effectively working with kids and teaching the game correctly

 

Learn How To Coach Kids More Effectively

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  • Communicating at their level

  • Coaching based on the capabilities and limitations of younger bodies and minds

  • Step-by-step, building block approach to coaching: teaching skills, running drills, and team play

 

The Process

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  • What to teach first - building a foundation

  • Sequence of adding skills, drills, and coordinating instruction

  • Recognizing what will go wrong and how to make fixes


 

Thoughts to Ponder

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  • How is the game on the small diamond played and taught differently than the one played on the larger diamond? 

  • Do youth baseball and softball coaches teach the skills of the game in the correct order?

  • “Let’s make the game FUN for the kids” ……how do we define ‘Fun’?



--- It’s not what We Know, it’s what They Understand ---

  • Novice and beginner coaches (and parents): knowledge and experience are not needed to teach the game at the kids level. The Baseball Positive website gives you everything you need. Your only requirement is a love for kids and desire to see them have a great experience playing the game.

  • Coaches with experience playing and coaching at higher levels (pro, college, high school) is not a guarantee for success when working with kids. Often our expectations are unrealistic, we unconsciously talk over their heads, and use unfamiliar terminology. The Baseball Positive website helps identify what info to put out there and what to hold onto. And, translating terminology that is basic for us, to words and phrases that clearly communicate our teaching to the kids.





Come inside and discover how coaching baseball and softball at the kid level can be easy, enjoyable and fulfilling.