Pitcher Duties
Pitcher Duties When we think of youth pitchers the act of pitching and (hopefully) striking out a batter come to mind. While that’s great, a pitcher has other duties and these have...
Pitcher Duties When we think of youth pitchers the act of pitching and (hopefully) striking out a batter come to mind. While that’s great, a pitcher has other duties and these have...
Fielding is an important skill in youth baseball. While we’d for our pitchers to be able to strike out every batter, it’s not realistic. As I tell to many of the pitchers...
Here’s a situation that is common in youth baseball games. The coach is sitting on a bucket outside his dugout calling every single pitch. The coach may even be yelling at the...
Short sprints are an incredibly sport-specific way to address athlete speed needs. These have several advantages. First, they are more in tune to what the athlete experiences in the sport. Field and...
A lot of youth baseball practices look like this: one athlete is performing the skill while the other 11 are standing around watching. This is a problem for several reasons; first, only...