fundamentals

Baseball Practice Plans and Drills

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Our practice plans are built using fun drills and useful game speed scenarios.

We have practice plans for beginners (tee ball, 6 and 7 year olds), novice (8 and 9 year olds) as well as older players (10, 11, 12 and 13 year olds).

Hitters Checklist

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Hitting Skills Checklist

Playing Catch & Proper Throwing

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Throwing is a fundamental that most players do not take seriously enough. Master playing catch utilizing a proper grip and throwing technique and you will give yourself an advantage over the opposition.

Tee Work Fundamentals

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The tee is absolutely one of the best hitting tools around. Inside every major league clubhouse you will see a tee. There may be different variations of it, but the concept remains the same. The better you can get at utilizing the tee, the better your hitters will become. The tee is an excellent tool for showing the hitter where in the hitting zone pitches need to be hit and an excellent tool for creating muscle memory. Here are few tips to ensure that you are using the tee properly.

Baserunning Skill Checklist

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Good baserunning is a key component to winning baseball games. We created a list of important skills to master to help you achieve your goal of becoming a good baserunner.

Infielder Skill Checklist

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Becoming a good infielder is a challenging goal. We created a list of important skills to master to help you achieve your goal of becoming a good infielder.

Outfielder Skill Checklist

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Becoming a good outfielder is a challenging goal. We created a list of important skills to master to help you achieve your goal of becoming a good outfielder.

Common Mistakes in Young Hitters

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 10:02am.
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If major league hitters are one thing, they are meticulous. Watch them get their stance in the box. This process can seem to take hours. They tighten their batting gloves, they dig their back foot in, step back out of the box, they put their hand up to the umpire for time, take their stance again, and then they tap the plate and check their alignment. Okay, I’m ready. This tells me one thing, your set up matters. A lot. Take the time to get it right and put your body in a strong starting position.

Teaching points: Hitting

Submitted by admin on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 9:59am.
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While not all swings are exactly alike, the most successful hitters all exhibit relatively the same traits at each point in their swing. As a hitting instructor or just a dad teaching his son or daughter to hit, here are a few key points to look for when instructing.

The Hitting Stance

Submitted by admin on Fri, 04/24/2009 - 2:50pm.
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It is always said that every hitter has their own different style. Another common phrase is it’s not where you start, but where you finish. Both of those statements are true. But there are some starting points that can’t be overcome and will inhibit the hitter’s swing before it even starts. If you look closely at major league hitters, the vast majority of them possess the same basic fundamentals at each and every key point in their swing. Their stance is no different.

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