JV Baseball Coaching Help

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Originally Posted by RevSmoke

1. Teach the basics of fielding and throwing.
2. Conditioning. That means running, backward & forward/side to side drills in a glove down position as if fielding a ball.
3. Simple fielding - infield and outfield. Just hit balls to them, flies, grounders, line drives...
4. Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork.
5. Run drills with baserunners and different number of outs - this is for those on the field and to teach baserunning skills. Hit balls to different infielder and outfielders and letting the play develop. Analyze and encourage correct defense.
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I have coached little league with a couple other dads for the past few years and what RevSmoke said above is pretty much how our practices went. The kids we have this year will be 7th and 8th graders so they are getting close to Jr. Varsity and Varsity.

The one thing that I will add to the conversation though is let the kids know when they do something wrong, but also when they do it right. We have one rule for these kids. When you play, you play hard. If you aren't playing hard, you aren't playing. We stress that all the time and even the stubborn kids have come around.

Now you got me all excited about our next season. Bring on spring!