Baseball Fundamentals: Coaching Kids, Drills and Gear Care

Teaching kids baseball fundamentals involves specialized batting drills and proper gear sizing. Effective care for leather gloves and managing arm soreness are critical for maintaining a pitching arm.

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Tee Ball Baseball Drills

Although tee ball games are fun for both players and coaches, baseball skill development during practices is just as important, if not more important than winning games.

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Fun Baseball Drills

Baseball is a fun game, but your players may consider practice drills, designed to teach them the fundamentals of the game through repetition, boring and tedious. As a coach, however, you have the power to design drills creatively to make them more enjoyable for your players.

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Muscles Used in Softball

The skills of softball — running, swinging, fielding and throwing — require a coordinated effort from numerous muscles throughout your body.

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6- to 7-Year-Old Baseball Batting Drills

The batter takes his stance and the tension in the stands rises as the pitcher throws the first pitch of the game. Then the crowd goes wild as the batter races around the bases, as fast as his little legs can carry him.

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