What a crock of shit!!!!!!

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

So I told you all I'm coaching a slow "underhand" pitch baseball team. Most of hte ages are 5-9, but some girls are 10-12 since they didn't have enough for a softball team. Anyhow, so today is first practice and I'm online trying to search around to get ideas on drills and other things such as safety issues and what not. Just general tips to help make it run smoother. I'm out here volunteering my time as are many other coaches and these bastards want to make money by selling a tee-ball book??? What the hell. I'm not paying $10-$20 for some b/s book so some dumb bastard can take advantage and make a quick buck off somebody trying to help out in the community. /Rant.

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[spudracer326 10+ year member]

it sucks doesnt it...if they can make money off ya they will..

 

[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

Fuck them mudderfuggers. Do it phat style. You don't need their advice.

 

[baseballer1100 5,000+ posts]

I have a couple softball books ill sell you hows 50 dollars...Shipped?

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

Fuck them mudderfuggers. Do it phat style. You don't need their advice.

I am doing it my style, but it's nice to get some ideas/tips from other places, but I'm not going to pay for that. Those people should be ashamed of themselves. It should be public info...not try to make $$ off it.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Well, for that age the drills those kids need to be doing are fundamental Fielding, Throwing and hitting drills. Im not to sure if the ones that I know are apprropriate for kids that young, Most of the ones I have memorized are from highschool baseball....But to give you an Idea....

Hitting-Get a some tennis balls and softly toss the balls to the kids and let them hit the balls into a chain link fence (works wonders for hand Eye cordination)

Also there is nothing like hitting a ball off of a Tee to improve hand eye cordination either, get a few Tees, and set them at different heights and get the kids to move from tee to tee

Fielding-Nothing beats good ol' infield/outfield practice, just have the kids go to their respective positions and hit them various balls ex. Ground balls, Fly balls, Line Drives, Slow Rollers, you know the basics (this drill can be made easier with a pitiching machine aimed upwards for fly balls)

Throwing-Before practice just make sure the kids warm up real good by tossing the ball back and fourth a few times, and make sure that you get your outfielders in the habbit of hitting cut-off men, and make sure that your third bassmand and short stop have a good enough arm to throw a ball accross the diamond, as well as a the catcher.

Just some quick free random baseball knowledge that I have pent up in my head from years of playing, though im sure you already know most of this

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

I have one tee, I figured I can have two of them on the tee...one to field the balls hit and the other to hit the balls, and vice versa. I also thought about picking up one of those "hit" sticks where you hold it in front of them and they hit it. But I'm going to wait on that, b/c it would be good to use to get the kids a few practice swings right before the game. But I'll also introduce it in practice. As for throwing I know I can have them throw in a 5 gallon bucket and so on. Today's the first day of practice, so I'm mostly going to evaluate there throwing and catching abilities, and if we have time maybe a little bit of hitting.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Good good...also wiffle balls are also good, We always used them in hitting drills....saves you from having to use a net or running all over the field.

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

dont forget, everyone loves a good scrimage if you can find another team to scrim against

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

dont forget, everyone loves a good scrimage if you can find another team to scrim against

Well there's only one other team in the league. I've seen some of the kids on the other team and I think my team has a big advantage. One kid is 9 y/o and he's as tall as me, might even weigh a little more.

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

oh yeah almost forgot....Make those kids Run until they pass out.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

oh yeah almost forgot....Make those kids Run until they pass out.

It's only tee ball except without the tee. Don't want them to hate coming to practice

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

It's only tee ball except without the tee. Don't want them to hate coming to practice

Yep, don't make em' hate it. Luckily for me , those coaches didn't come around until I was already in too deep. Do you guys have to use the POS rif balls too ? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Yall were lucky, My T-ball coach made us run forever....but I love baseball, and I kept comming back.

 

[Phatillusion 5,000+ posts]

Yep, don't make em' hate it. Luckily for me , those coaches didn't come around until I was already in too deep. Do you guys have to use the POS rif balls too ? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

We're using some "soft" balls made especially for tee ball. If I hit one of them it would become lopsided. Hell, even when I hit the little league balls they become lopsided.