Coaching baseball to youth players (age 9, 10, 11, and 12 years old) is a tough job and there’s a lot more to it than people often think.
If you’re coaching a team, you’ll need a good understanding of the collective skill level of your team in order to plan and action an effective training schedule.
Similarly, when coaching individual youth players, you’ll need to select drills that are appropriate for honing their personal development.
We’ve put together this guide to assist you in finding the right drills to suit you and your team.
Whether you’re a seasoned coach, a rookie stepping up to help for the first time, or a youth player looking for advice, this guide will help freshen up your practice sessions and keep them fun and relevant.
Ideally, by the time your squad has entered youth level, they should have a firm grasp of the fundamentals – that is to say, throwing, catching, hitting, fielding, pitching as well as a rudimentary understanding of the rules of the game. It’s important not to overlook these skills and see them as done and dusted as they can always improve and your training sessions should be planned with development of the fundamental skills in mind.
Here are the age groups we’ll be covering,,,