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- TEACHING YOUTH PLAYERS TO CATCH FLY BALLS - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2012 from marty schupakIt has always amazed me how tee ball coaches approach teaching their players the skill of catching fly balls. They will have their players, ages five and six, take turns while coaches will either hit or throw soft covered balls to them. And of course it is inevitable that one or more kids will ...
Views: 7120 - The T Ball Game, Laugh It Up! - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2017 from marty schupak“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” ‒‒ Mark Twain In the course of a t‒ball season, there will be more funny things that happen during your games and practices than in any other baseball league and most other sports leagues you will ever be in. ...
Views: 2514 - How to Ease the Anxiety of Youth Sports Tryouts - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2008 from marty schupakImagine you are being called upon for the first time in your life to perform a sport to the best of your ability. In addition, you have to do this in front of 6-12 men holding clipboards. Not the most relaxing atmosphere. For better or for worse this is what coaches do for the day that is known ...
Views: 2408 - The Little League Team Parents Meeting: A Must for The Youth Baseball Coach - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2008 from marty schupakEach year I organize a parents meeting approximately two to four weeks before the start of the season. I prepare a handout of approximately three or four pages. Included is a list of the team with phone numbers and certain philosophies and organizational items. People might say, “Well ...
Views: 2139 - Little League Tee Ball, Planting Positive Seeds - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2008 from marty schupakTee Ball is the most popular youth baseball program in Little League, including other youth baseball leagues around the country, and has the most participants. As the 5- and 6-year-olds whom participate in Tee Ball get older, there is a drop off in youth baseball participation each year. ...
Views: 1868 - Who Invented T-Ball? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2016 from marty schupak"I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a glove and swinging a bat." ‒‒ Babe Ruth On May 6, 2001, the Capitol City League Rockies and the Satchel Paige League Memphis Red Sox from the Washington, D.C. ...
Views: 1823 - More Baserunning Treats! - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2016 from marty schupakIn Baseball Chronicles 1, I wrote how baserunning can be considered baseball’s 10th man. My point is that not everyone practices baserunning and every coach should. There are an endless number of drills and techniques coaches can and should practice. Here are a few. 1) Turn to the ...
Views: 1046 - More Baserunning Treats! - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2016 from marty schupakIn Baseball Chronicles 1, I wrote how baserunning can be considered baseball’s 10th man. My point is that not everyone practices baserunning and every coach should. There are an endless number of drills and techniques coaches can and should practice. Here are a few. 1) Turn to the ...
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