Youth & Travel Baseball Blog, Updates, Coaching & Instruction

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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

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Quality at-bats are key to hitting success

Joe Maddon teaching Youth Coaches

Maybe some were not surprised, but people just learning about Joe Maddon must have been impressed with his initial press conference as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs. Being about youth sports, I like to relate all things to that level, and he blew me away. Everything he talked about struck me as being great coaching lessons for youth coaches.

Quick Reversal about Sports Specialization

After further reading, I know more about the dangers with early sports specialization. I also agree with study results, but that doesn't make the solutions to many scenarios any easier.

Mental Game of Fielding takes Time

The Major League Batting Coach