Comprehensive Sports Guide: Rules, Conditioning & Equipment

Athletic mastery depends on understanding official gameplay rules, optimizing equipment technology, and implementing sport-specific conditioning drills.

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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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Softball Conditioning Drills

A softball player doesn't have to run long distances or bench press 300 pounds to play successfully, but she does need to prepare her body for the rigors of the game. Softball involves sprinting and throwing, both of which require intense muscle contractions and a certain level of anaerobic fitness.

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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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