Catching Safety
From "Baseball Excellence - Tip of the Week"
6/11/07- CATCHER SAFETY
If there is one area of expense you shouldn’t scrimp on, it is catcher’s equipment. Buy high quality gear and make sure it fits correctly. Make sure all his equipment...
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Batting and Infield Practice Basics
Here are a few Tips to help you conduct a more productive Batting Practice.
Divide groups into 3 or 4 players. If you are going to throw bullpens during BP, let your catchers bat first. Or if that doesn't work for you, bat your catchers last...
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Improve Running Speed
Along with issues about increasing size and strength, among the more common questions is:
“How can I improve my running speed?”
Because there are a number of speed enhancement programs already out there, don’t “re-invent”...
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Hingham Recreation Field Allocation Spreadsheet
Catcher Interference Calls
Catcher/Batter Interference. Ball gets by Catcher.
This is a repetitive problem at the Little League level. Runner on second, right-handed batter at bat. The ball gets by the catcher. The runner breaks for third. As the catcher retrieves...
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Balks in Little League
Balks are to be called as a ball in Little League:
Please note that this is a quick reference list and will not go in depth.
There are 19 ways to balk - 17 by a pitcher and two by a catcher or other player. Listed below are the...
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Keep Your eye on the ball
You often hear a coach tell a player to keep his eye on the ball or watch the ball hit the bat. While that can't be done liertally, it should be practiced. Here's a drill:
Since hitters tend to move their head when hitting the baseball, a...
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Pitcher Back up at Third - Drills
DRILL for PITCHERS BACKING UP THIRD-
Coaches have trouble with their pitchers backing up bases. They have a tendency to stand around after giving up a base hit.
What you need: pitchers and catchers, an accurate fungo hitter.
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Sore Arms
“My son/daughter has a sore (elbow or shoulder).
What’s the best way to handle this?”
With more games being played, due, at least in part, to the expansion of travel ball and fall leagues, arm problems for young ball players...
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Third Baseman Skills
7/21/08- THIRD BASEMAN SKILLS
from Baseball Excellence. com Tip of the Week 8/04/08
This is a position that many coaches often neglect. Many use it as a place to play an extra pitcher or place to get substitutes an inning or two....
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Great Drill for Pitching Strikes
by Jack Percone
If anyone could discover a guaranteed method of teaching youth baseball pitchers how to throw strikes, they would strike it rich. Obviously, youth baseball games would go a lot smoother if kids threw more strikes. More innings could...
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TBALL Baseball beginnings
T-Ball is where the life-long interest with baseball begins. Young players, aged five to six, may be take the field for the first time with their first uniform and team hat. It’s a moment in time in small towns like Hingham and all over the country....
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Positive Coaching tips
Positive Coaching Tips to Maintain Positive Parents
By Jack Perconte Published: 02Jul2010
A majority of the negative experiences in athletics are caused by tension between coaches and athletes’ parents. Most issues arise because athletes...
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