My 10 year old grandson has been playing baseball since he was five, with one year off last year. Since t-ball he has had a fear of the ball. He has stepped back from catching, stepped out of the batter's box because of his fear of being hit. How do we coach him to...
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Practice During Off Season
Coach, My son is a freshman in High School and played competitive baseball from March-October of last year. He will be playing JV basketball until JV Baseball starts in February. He needed the break; however, should he be throwing before baseball practice...
Left Or Right Hand?
I have a left handed 6 year old. The coaches are having him bat right and throw right. They think he does better as a righty but I was wondering if this is a mistake because he is a lefty and sometimes it takes lefty's a little longer to figure stuff...
Cut Or No Cut?
I coach a 5th grade team and a 7th grade team. My assistant coach on the 7th grade team has instructed the boys to “see the throw” before yelling “cut or no cut”. This really has confused the boys on what they should do. Should we do this at these age levels? Jeff...
A Sports “Betweener”
Good Afternoon, My son is 13 years old and started playing little league around 10 years old!! We played on a travel ball team for about 8 months, then try outs for the American Legion Ball team were last month and he made the first round picks. However, on the travel...
Batting Problem
I have a 9 year old who has been playing ball for 4 years and has been hitting balls pretty good. In the last two months, he has moved to travel ball and has not been hitting very well. Out of a bucket of balls thrown from 30’ he could not hit but one. He has been...
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