As spring nears for 2024 and I careen headlong toward another youth baseball season with 14U and 12U boys, I’m actually filled with dread. Don’t get me wrong. I’m hopeful that my sons will have breakout seasons. They’ve looked great in winter training. My older guy has finally started to really hit puberty and hasContinue reading “Youth Baseball: Why Do I Care So Much?”
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Baseball: How to Throw Harder
The kids who throw hard in baseball have a lot of advantages. Maximize your youth player’s pitching velocity. It often feels like arm strength for a youth pitcher is just about genetics. But that’s actually not true. Check out our strategies for adding pitching velocity. 1. Encourage Healthy Weight Gain to Increase Pitching Velocity HeightContinue reading “Baseball: How to Throw Harder”
How to Coach Kids with Attention Issues
Kids with ADD and other attention issues can excel at youth baseball with the right coaching. If you’ve coached baseball for any length of time, you’ve come across kids with attention issues. Sometimes the parents alert you of the problem. Sometimes they say nothing. If you properly address these kids and meet them where they’reContinue reading “How to Coach Kids with Attention Issues”
Little League Elbow: What to Do if It’s Not Getting Better
Little League elbow is unfortunately very common. Find out everything you need to know about the condition. What is Little League Elbow? You talk to old-timers and they’ll tell you 20 years ago there was no such thing as“Little League elbow” and that the ailment it refers to is the result of zealous coaches overusingContinue reading “Little League Elbow: What to Do if It’s Not Getting Better”
5 Tips for Taking Amazing Baseball Videos of Your Kid
Everything you need to know to get the best baseball videos of your kids during games Recording good videos of you kid during baseball games is not just about capturing proud moments to post on Facebook. The videos allow you to really see what he’s doing mechanically, both right and wrong, so they can makeContinue reading “5 Tips for Taking Amazing Baseball Videos of Your Kid”
4 Tips for Getting Out of a Hitting Slump
If you want to help your kid get out of a hitting slump, it’s best to be patient and try out some proven strategies for turning things around. Baseball is cyclical, filled with ups and downs. A former professional scout once told me that good players are the ones who can bounce out of slumpsContinue reading “4 Tips for Getting Out of a Hitting Slump”
Is the Cooperstown Baseball Tournament Safe for Players?
I recently opened Facebook and read about a kid taking a ball to the head at a Cooperstown baseball tournament and needing to be airlifted to Albany. In the post, the dad says the doctors told him that his kid’s ear literally saved his life. Last year, I heard about a 12U pitcher taking aContinue reading “Is the Cooperstown Baseball Tournament Safe for Players?”
How to Break Up with Your Baseball Coach: 4 Rules
We’re passionate about our kids’ baseball and when things aren’t going well with their team, the impulse is to leave in a huff. Now the fact that you’ve likely paid lots of non-refundable money up front for multiple seasons with the club blunts that urge. Yet still, if the team’s not right for your kidContinue reading “How to Break Up with Your Baseball Coach: 4 Rules”
I Spent $30K Last Year on Youth Baseball – Here’s How
There are certain types of expenses where people turn off their rational brains and are willing to spend ungodly amounts, like weddings and Disney vacations, and for me that’s baseball. So while I put off getting a new roof until the old one was leaking badly, I buy baseball stuff with little to no scrutiny.Continue reading “I Spent $30K Last Year on Youth Baseball – Here’s How”
When a Frisky Baseball Training Facility Comes to Town
What is a local baseball program to do when a club team sets up shop nearby and tries to steal its players?