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Dynamic Coaching Youth Baseball
You Are Not Expected to Be An Expert
Long before my career began in coaching youth baseball, at the age of 26, I kind of thought I knew it all. That was in 1984 when I was hired by the Boston Red Sox organization to coach, teach and manage my first professional baseball team.
Boy, did that humble me and bring me down to earth fast.
Since then I have always follow the tips by John Wooden and others... "Its what you know after you know everything that counts."
Decide For Yourself What Kind of Riveting Coach You Want to Be.
I am sharing youth baseball coaching tips and teaching qualities from many seasons of coaching youth baseball, college players, high school, along with pros to share my learning.
The higher level baseball coaches can smell a knowledgable baseball coach a mile away. Why? Because their players know the finer coaching and playing tips from a baseball instructor that is awesome at coaching youth baseball basics.
Coaching Youth Baseball Topics
100 point checklist for baseball coaches.
Here is my coaches message to parents.
teaching excellent baseball coaching points.
Cannot wait till baseball season next year Attitude.
There is much, much more to coaching youth baseball than winning.
Super Simple Secret baseball signs.
Wait...You May Not Need Signs & Signals
Top 3 Ingredients for the Complement Sandwich
Right mind set to help you have a successful season.
Go to Coaching Communication Skills
Top 10 Baseball coaching phrases.
Tips for youth coaches for thirdbase.
Best tips to play and coach middle infielders
Check out this fantastic article on coaching during the games
teaching cut offs and relays in youth baseball teams.
All Need to Know the '5-Tools'
Every player and coach should know what a '5-Tool' player is. Player development skills are centered around building these 5 skills.
At age 14 & 15 each kid will have to stand on these 5 tools to determine if they have enough of these skills to help play Varsity High School ball someday.
See if you know the '5-Tools'?
100 Point Checklist For Baseball Coaches
No one gets up one day and says, "Hey, I want to start coaching youth baseball team of 12 kids and go out and see how miserable I can make them so they all go sign up for soccer next season".
Most folks are good people and are not out to purposely harm anyone. It is just that no one shows them how to properly approach coaching baseball.Get a quick brush up with the
100 point checklist for baseball coaches.
My Coaches Letter
to Baseball Parents
Baseball parents may be the biggest problem in youth baseball. This is my baseball coaches message to share with baseball dad and mom so they know where they stand and what is their role.
I want the sports parents to be a silent source of support. I make the job of the parent easy by allowing them to sit back and enjoy the ballgames and practice with the kids when they are away from the team.
Here is my coaches message to parents.
Baseball Coaching Tips
All Coaches Need
Top youth baseball coaches know how to teach baseball basics. Brush up on the little things that all youth coaches can use to manage and operate their teams efficiently.
You cannot fool the best baseball people. For someone that has been around higher levels of baseball it only takes an inning or two to see if a youth baseball team is being coached by someone knowledgable about the game.
Just watch the little things. How do the players conduct themselves around the dugout? Is everyone engaged in the game and participating in dugout duties when they are not in the line-up. Is the transition on and off the field smooth and time efficient. Click here to read the baseball article to see if you are teaching excellent baseball coaching points.
Check out this article on how to coach youth baseball. Let us coach, teach, instruct our youth league ballplayers to finish each unforgettable season with a Cannot wait till baseball season next year Attitude.
Sensational Coaching Qualities
Sensational qualities of successful coaches are the common denominator among all coaches at all levels of experience .
Winning the pennant is not the top criteria which makes a coach successful.
There is much, much more to coaching youth baseball than winning.
Baseball Signs: When, Where, Why
and How to put on Signs
Many of us have our own kids on our teams. There is no need to be an expert in baseball knowledge, but there are many things we will all have to deal with.
Like putting on signs for bunt, steal, and hit and run plays. Learn the When, Where, Why and How to put on our easy sign system that nobody will ever pick off.
The correct baseball nomenclature and terminology is 'giving baseball signs.' Some baseball coaches call this giving baseball 'signals.'
A signal is a stoplight at an intersection. Just to get that straight.
Read this baseball article and get up to speed on the professional baseball model for putting on signs. Know when to put on a play, how to do it, and above all keep it simple. And, Do not forget the hit sign!
Super Simple Secret baseball signs.
Baseball Coaching Recipe For Success
We will have to get our minds, hearts, and hands around how we are going to approach winning and losing.
Are we a win-at-all-costs type or do we have the Big Picture in mind? Are we able to deal with parents and umpires effectively?
Can we manage effectively a vibrant group of 12 kids with various skill levels, experience, passion, desire, and behaviors?
How to Build Confidence Guaranteed by using the ingredients in the recipe for coaching successfully. Click here to go to the must read coaching youth baseball article on the
Top 3 Ingredients for the Complement Sandwich
Unbeatable Coaching Tips
Quality Dynamic Youth Baseball Coaching can be overwhelming with all that is required to do the job right.
Making sure everyone has playing time, executing properly game strategies, game management, andconducting practices that are fun and teachable are just a sampling of what we all are going to encounter.
No worries. Rome was not built in a day.
That is what we are here for. No matter if you are seasoned veterancoaching youth baseball or a rookie just stepping up to the plate we have guidance, coaching tips, teaching you the right voice tone, and the
Right mind set to help you have a successful season.
Top 5 Baseball Coaching Communication Tips
Being a baseball coach takes a high level of excellent communication skills. Being aware of you tone of voice, body language, timing of your coaching points, and avoiding a tendancy to harp on the negatives are all part of your communication abilities.
Being a really good communicator trumps baseball knowledge. It does not matter how smart you are if you cannot keep a handle on your emotions and frustrations.
Go to Coaching Communication Skills
The Top 10 Baseball Coaching Phrases To Use
Even if you are not a baseball expert you can sound like one if you know what to say and when to teach it.
Use these top baseball coaching tips in your everyday coaching points and you will do doing your youth players a real service on the baseball fundamentals.
Frustration is a part of baseball. Much of the game involves failures and those failures are right in front of everyone. You cannot hide in baseball. So, use positive teaching points, encouraging coaching points, and foster aggressive baseball playing. Go to our
Top 10 Baseball coaching phrases.
Guide to Coach & Play Thirdbase Positioning
Coaching the corner infield positions takes a little common sense game strategy. Learn the correct positioning for third baseman.
Knowing where and when to play your third baseman takes some constant tweaking depending on the situation.
Take a look at how the pros teach baseball basics and strategies for the thirdbase position.
Tips for youth coaches for thirdbase.
Best Game Strategies for Middle Infielders
The best coaching strategies for teaching middle infielders how to play shortstop and second base.
Youth League middle infielders often are way out of position when the pitcher throws different pitches.
Read this baseball article on the pro way to play second base and shortstop so you look like you know what you are doing.
Best tips to play and coach middle infielders
Vital Baseball Coaching Tips:
Keep Bench Players
In the Game
Coaching baseball successfully takes a little planning. The players in the baseball line-up are usually easy to keep in the game.
The trick is to keep the bench players 'in the game.
'With just a little planning and organizational skills you can keep everyone on the team 'in the game.'
Check out this fantastic article on coaching during the games.
Pre-Season Coach/Parents Meeting
Do not wait and learn the hard way. Demand the mandatory attendence of all baseball parents and baseball coaches at the pre-season parent/coaches meeting.
Coaching Baseball:
Amazing tips for Cut-Offs & Relays
Every baseball coach seems to have their own personal signature on cut-offs and relays.
Here are baseball basics to teach fundamentals of defensive skills needed for executing alignment of play. Build your defensive system off these foundations.
Read our baseball article on
teaching cut offs and relays in youth baseball teams.
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Related Topics
100 Point Checklist for Baseball Coaches
My Coaches Message to Baseball Parents
What is your Coaching Approach?
Professional baseball vs. Youth Baseball
Ingredients for a Complement Sandwich
Top 5 Coaching Communication Tips
Top 10 Must Have Coaching Tips
Coaching & Playing Middle Infield
How to be a Smart Baseball Coach
Keeping Everyone 'In the Game'
Cut-Offs & Relays
Amazing simple tips for Cut-offs & Relays
Mandatory Coach/Parents Pre-Season Meeting
How to run the pre-season coaches/parents meeting.
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