A psychiatrist sits down with Club Baseball Dad to help us find ways to practice baseball with our kids without it devolving into an emotional mess.
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4 Hitting Drills You Need to Do Before Every Game
Pregame hitting routines are not just for major leaguers. Check out our pregame hitting drills for youth players. Unfortunately youth baseball teams don’t always do a great job at getting kids ready to hit in a game. My sons have been on club teams that didn’t bother to throw pregame batting practice even when cagesContinue reading “4 Hitting Drills You Need to Do Before Every Game”
How to Get 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 “How to Get Out of a Hitting Slump”
How to Stop Being a Crazy Baseball Dad
We spoke to Dr. Jason J. Kim, a psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and asked him why youth baseball make us so emotional and what we can do to stop being so crazy. Also, he gives advice for coaches on how to deal with emotional parents. Youth Baseball is Stressful Where do I begin!Continue reading “How to Stop Being a Crazy Baseball Dad”
Shop Here for Great Deals on Youth Baseball Pants
Baseball Savings and Amazon are running great promotions for baseball pants. It’s March and Your Child Has Grown: Time to Get Shopping Yes, we’ve all signed up for travel teams and participated in winter baseball training, but the coming baseball season doesn’t feel real until we start buying baseball pants. I prefer to buy onlineContinue reading “Shop Here for Great Deals on Youth Baseball Pants”
5 Things You Need to Know Before Going to Ripken Experience
Everything you need to know before heading to a baseball tournament at the Ripken Experience in Aberdeen, Maryland. If your team is considering entering a baseball tournament at the Ripken Experience, definitely do it. But before you go, check out our tips. What is the Ripken Experience in Aberdeen? The Ripken Experience is a sprawlingContinue reading “5 Things You Need to Know Before Going to Ripken Experience”
10 Tips for How to Coach ADD & ADHD Kids in Baseball
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 “10 Tips for How to Coach ADD & ADHD Kids in Baseball”
How to Deal with Umpires in Youth Baseball
Bad umpires aren’t going away, so you have to learn to deal with them. Every six months or so, an article is published that tries to make us feel sorry for umpires. The latest was: Youth Sports Referees are Quitting in Droves Due to a Toxic Combination of Abuse from Coaches and Parents, Low Salaries,Continue reading “How to Deal with Umpires in Youth Baseball”
4 Old School Baseball Drills You Need to Be Using
The old baseball drills still work! The way baseball is taught and played has dramatically changed over the last few decades. In the past, kids used to spend lots of unsupervised time playing baseball (see The Sandlot movie) and often self-correcting flaws in their game. Today, kids almost never play or practice baseball without atContinue reading “4 Old School Baseball Drills You Need to Be Using”
Are Local Little Leagues Bad for Baseball?
Fewer kids across the country are playing Little League baseball. There is no question that fewer kids across the country are playing baseball. For example, in my town (population 26,000), we used to have two separate Little Leagues, which combined for over 60 teams from ages 7 through 12. Today, we’ve contracted to one league,Continue reading “Are Local Little Leagues Bad for Baseball?”