The number one query that brings folks to this site is PITCHING DRILLS. So I get it, you might be a new coach and you know baseball and you know how to hit and you figure how hard can it be to teach some kids to hit? You throw to them and eventually they’ll hit. Of...
CoachingYouthBaseball.com was officially established in 2015, but I have been coaching since 1999. I even had a website for my team in 1999 but it was on some long-forgotten server. The world is full of baseball experts – former players – baseball schools – full of...
So what are we really doing with all these drills. We are trying to build muscle memory. When you pick up a ball and it’s in a play you don’t think, “Step 1, pick up ball to do that I have to bend my knees, reach down, grasp ball, open fingers, close fingers….”...
Here’s a question I just saw on a parents forum — a friend of mine sent it and I think the answer is worthy of a blog post. The question: It’s only the second game in on this team, with 8, 9, and 10 year old boys. One boy has expressed his disgust...
CYB spent a few hours recently with Matt Kata to reflect on what he learned running his Cleveland Indians Youth Baseball Camps this summer, and to also get his thoughts on tips for coaches this off-season to prepare for an even better 2016. CYB: Matt, could you please...
