Kudda is a great site for drills, practice plans, etc..
Coaches Corner
CONCUSSIONS: THINGS TO KNOW
Skill Development and Practice Plans
Practice at Home Drills
Ages 4-8 – Top-Five at Home Drills
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Area |
Drill |
Notes |
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Fielding / Catching |
Knock It Down |
Great for confidence. Use tennis balls. See description below. |
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Fielding / Catching |
Play catch with an adult |
Child to child catch is not fun or productive (see below) |
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Throwing |
Throw 10 in a row |
Distance before accuracy. Throw to adult or sideways garbage can |
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Throwing |
Clean out the garage |
Fun! See description below. Use tennis balls or wiffleballs |
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Hitting |
Dart pitch (Adult pitcher down on one knee…toss it like a dart) |
Wiffleballs or pickleballs. Similar to front flips for older players. |
Ages 9-13 - Top-Five at Home Drills
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Area |
Drill |
Notes |
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Fielding / Catching |
Play catch with an adult |
Child to child catch is not fun or productive (see below). Throw grounders and pop-flies too. |
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Fielding / Catching |
Wide Receiver |
Fly ball drill while on the move. Good cardio too! |
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Throwing |
Throw 10 in a row |
Distance before accuracy. Throw to adult or sideways garbage can |
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Throwing |
Long toss |
Long arching throws to build fluid mechanics.Two-step throw: https://youtu.be/o9-lMyIy2yY |
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Hitting |
Wiffle-ball batting practice |
Pitch overhand on one knee; Use a bucket of wiffle balls or pickleballs. |
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Coaches Code
It is the mission and goal of HFLMYB to provide recreational, community baseball instruction and play to as many children and young adults (ages 4-17) as possible. Our coaches and assistants have a special responsibility to uphold certain standards of behavior and strike an appropriate balance between healthy competition and good sportsmanship.
See our Coaches Code of Conduct (PDF above) for details.
ADDITIONAL WEBSITE SUPPORT
Coaches Manual
Click this link for a "how-to-guide" on making the most of your website team page.
Entering Game Scores
IF YOU SIMPLY WANT TO ENTER A GAME SCORE -- USE THE "QUICK SCORE" FEATURE IN THE "GAME SCHEDULE" SECTION OF YOUR TEAM PAGE. If you want to to create a more elaborate record of the game details, click on the link above.
Individual Player Stats
Click this link to learn how to add individual player stats for a game.
Adding Additional Email Addresses
Click this link for information on how parents can add additional email addresses to their NGIN user account.
NGIN Website Support
Click here if you want to look up support articles for team page management or other website functionalities.
Other Great Reference sites ...
Web Ball
This is a great site to give ideas on skills, drills and position specific coaching tips to help out your players. Click on a position and it'll give you lots of ideas on how to teach or help kids learn how to play the game there.
The Max Preps site for Northwest Suburban Baseball
You'll find up to the minute standings, results and statistics about all the Northwest Suburban teams.
All Pro Dads
Tony Dungy's web site which helps fathers find useful, meaningful ways to be involved with their families. You can be an "All Pro Dad."
Youth Baseball Tips, Drills and Coaching Help
This is a new site to help youth coaches run efficient practices with some sections on fun facts of the game and motivating team activities that can be incorporated into practices. House coaches can find a system/program to help equalize playing time here, too.
Coaching drills and practice plans
A very useful site to give coaches ideas on energizing practices and providing focused instruction. Video is included
