by David Grossman | Mar 13, 2021 | Blog, Getting Started, Pitching
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...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog, Hitting, Running a Practice
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….”...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog, Hitting
OK this one is hard. You need space for real hitting. You can use nets, but most parents don’t have them and if a kid hits a ball they have to go chase it. Batting cages are nice if you have any that are open during the pandemic. If not, hitting off a T is great. Many...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog, Drills, Fielding
This one seems hard. I mean don’t you need a baseball field to work on fielding. Surely you need a dad to line the kid up at shortstop, get a bucket of balls, walk over to home plate and toss one up and hit a shot 6 feet to the kids’ left so he can show some...
by David Grossman | Sep 21, 2020 | Blog, Drills, Throwing & Catching
The key to defense is to throw to a target. If you can get to the ball, you usually have to throw to a target and the accuracy of that throw drives success or failure. Getting it close to the target is often not good enough. A throw that pulls the first baseman off...
by David Grossman | May 4, 2014 | Throwing & Catching
There is a section for catching drills. And there is an in-depth report about teaching kids how to throw. This section, however, is about drills where the focus is on both throwing and catching. Diamond Drill Have a player at P, C, 3B, 2B, and 1B. Pitcher throws to...
