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7 Best Batting Practice Drills For Pro Ballplayers

The best batting practice drills are vital components of training today's ballplayers, including at the professional level. Incredibly, they follow the same building block approach as our younger players! It is during these sessions that players refine their hitting...

Essential Baseball Field Equipment For Those Without Goats

What Field Equipment Do You Choose?Field Equipment You Should Not Live Without!Pitching Machines Or Live Arms?Batting CagesPortable Baseball Backstops aka Batting Turtles & Baseball TurtlesBaseball Screens & Baseball Catch NetsWeighted Baseball Field...

Buying Baseball Foul Poles – Get This Right!

Baseball Foul Poles & Softball Foul Poles - The Details! Baseball foul poles & softball foul poles are generally chosen by their height.Here are other features you may want to consider since you will own these for a baseball-lifetime!  HeightThink about...

Coaching Baseball Infielders: How to Improve Infield Range

Great Baseball Infielders Have 3 Things in Common Great baseball infielders share three key attributes: steady hands, strong arms, and exceptional range. The ability to reach balls that other defenders can't is what sets elite players apart. In this article, we'll...

Baseball Shortstop Tasks and Tips

ATTRIBUTES OF A GOOD BASEBALL SHORTSTOP Baseball shortstop anticipates all defensive plays that could involve him; ready to throw to a right base or home. Stays on top of the ball, with most throws. He plants his feet and throws overhand when possible. Works on...

Change Up: The Pitch for a Strong Arm’s Lifetime

Any Pitcher Can Learn The Change Up I have a vivid recollection of a great coach, John Scolinos of Cal Poly Pomona (CA), teaching our star national team Australian pitcher a change of pace pitch in about one minute. The reason the scene stays with me is that a week...

Throwing The Curveball: Age to Teach It How to Teach It & Common Faults That Add Stress on the Pitching Arm

I.   When to Teach Throwing The Curveball Throwing the curveball properly breeds many questions. Of course a lot depends on the physical development of a young pitcher, but generally speaking, I believe a pitcher should be close to 15 years of age before throwing the...

Aluminum Bleacher Buying Basics

Aluminum Bleacher Buying Basics - For Spectator Seating Here's aluminum bleacher systems buying information you need to make your best decision for optimized spectator seating At BaseballTips.com we have over 20 years of experience in the commercial aluminum bleacher,...

Sports Hydration – For Peak Sports Performance

Proper hydration during any exercise or sports activity is important for optimal performance Why is it important to stay hydrated playing sports?Performance in any sport relies on staying properly hydrated. The body requires not only an ample amount of water to remain...

What Batting Cage Size Should You Choose?

A Note About Buying A Batting Cage The reality is that any batting cage is the most impactful baseball training equipment any player could possibly dream of. The color, the length and any other detail is just that, a detail. But, since there are choices, let's...

Coaches Needed – YES, You’re Qualified!

I received an urgent phone call one February asking me to coach some 15 & 16-year olds. The league was to return their sign-up money because they had no coach. After I told them NO for the 4th time (hey, I was really busy running a young but substantial company),...

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Organization Leads to a Successful Season

As travel baseball becomes more and more the norm at younger ages, many coaches are starting to see the difficulties in running a team. Since many of the players are traveling some distance to practice and play on your team, organization will insure that the player...

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Making Practice Fun and Effective

Baseball practice can be, by definition, a chore. In order to perfect game-related skills, players must perform repetitive, sometimes mundane tasks in a quest to build muscle memory and skill. Even so, beware of making practice boring - players who dread practice...

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Are We Playing Too Much?

Perhaps you have heard of a concept that leadership and management guru Stephen Covey calls "Sharpening the Saw." While he was aiming this idea to the business world, it has applicability to those who coach and play sports as well. Basically, the concept goes like...

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Handling Passed Ball

Handling Passed Ball

It is certain that no matter how good a catcher is, balls will get past him and roll to the backstop. You can call them wild pitches or passed balls, but it doesn't make any difference at the time of the play. The important thing is that the catcher knows how to make...

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Evaluating a Catcher’s Throw to 2nd

Evaluating a Catcher’s Throw to 2nd

A catcher's throw down to the second base is usually evaluated by determining the elapsed time from the point the pitched ball hits the catcher’s glove until the ball hits the infielder’s glove taking the throw at 2nd. This time is known as the “Pop Time.” Much...

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