Youth Baseball &
Softball Instruction Simplified

Demystifying How to Teach the Game to Kids

It's Not What We Know, It's What They Understand

Novice and beginner coaches (and parents): great knowledge and experience are not needed to teach the game at the kids' level. The Baseball Positive website gives you everything you need. Your only requirement is a love of kids and a desire to see them have a great experience playing the game.

Coaches with experience at higher levels (HS, college, pro) are not guaranteed success when working with kids. It is easy to unconsciously talk over their heads and use terminology they don't understand. The Baseball Positive website helps identify which information to put out there and what to hold onto.

Come inside and discover how coaching youth baseball and softball can be easy, enjoyable, and fulfilling.

The Baseball Positive Website is for…

Coaches

Coaches

Reduce planning time. Gain confidence that your kids will "get it." Instruction that players can translate to their performance on the field.

Leagues

Leagues

A one-stop resource for your coaches. Create better quality of play across your organization. Increase player retention.

Parents

Parents

Activities and drills to do with your kids; improve their confidence and increase their passion for playing the game.

Softball

Softball

The Baseball Positive website is geared for the 12U level of play. All content is applicable to the youth level of softball.

Coach Kids More Effectively

  • Communicate at their level.

  • Coaching based on the capabilities of younger bodies and minds.

  • Step-by-step, building-block approach for teaching skills, running drills, and coordinated team play.

The Process

What do we teach first? — building a foundation.

Sequence of adding skills, drills, and approach to instruction.

Recognizing what will go wrong and how to make fixes.

Thoughts to Ponder

  • How is the game on the small diamond different from the game on the large diamond? What modifications in coaching are needed?

  • Does the order in which skills and concepts are taught really matter?

  • How do we define “fun”? (Hint: constant activity…)

Man scratching his head with a thoughtful expression.

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