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Always remember that playing youth softball should be fun for the team so they have a desire to learn and consequently you will get greater enjoyment in your youth softball coaching experience in Portland.

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Youth Softball Coaching Tips

Author: Sean

Here are a few youth softball coaching tips that will improve your team’s play:


  • Swing a Weighted Bat One of the helpful youth softball coaching tips concerns itself with the feel of the bat in the hands of your players.  In competitive fast pitch competition, it is helpful if your players can swing their softball bats through the hitting zone with speed.  In order to do this, they must be able to handle the bat’s weight. One of the top youth softball coaching tips is to advise your players to swing a bat heavier than the one they use in a game in preparation for their time at bat.  In this way, their bat will feel lighter, and they will be able to handle it better, and swing it more quickly through the hitting zone.
  • Test Your Players – One of the more beneficial youth softball coaching tips has to do with imparting the rules of the game of softball.  It stands to reason that the better your players understand the rules of softball, the better they will be able to make the plays that will maximize their abilities.  You can impart this knowledge by holding skill sessions after practice or when adverse weather has prevented your normal weather routine.  You can teach this by asking about game situations as you practice such as “if there is a pop fly, are you going to start running to second base?” As a coach, teaching your team the fundamentals of the game involves teaching your team the rules of the game.
  • Teaching Bunting – One of the most needed youth softball coaching tips is to teach your players the art and science of bunting the ball, and having fun while you do it.  The fundamentals of the bunt are simple:  Batters move their top hand up near the trademark, and the object is to “catch the ball with the bat.”  The batter adjusts the bat to push the softball pitch up the first base line or the thirds base line.  You can introduce fun into the exercise by rewarding any player who bunts 5 consecutive pitches into fair ground.  In this way, your players are practicing an important, but long-overlooked part of the game while having fun doing it.  
  • Don’t Forget the Fun As a coach, teaching youth softball can be difficult.   You should always consider the age of your players and consequently their attention spans and rigor in learning the basics.  Often the most effective ways to coach about softball rules or teach technique mean adding a dimension of fun into the softball drills you practice.  Turn drills into games, or make drills more fun by showing them how the pros do it such as this interactive youth softball drill library[TS1] .
Always remember that playing youth softball should be fun for the team so they have a desire to learn and consequently you will get greater enjoyment in your youth softball coaching experience.


About the Author:

By Trevor Sumner who works for Weplay.com, a youth softball community dedicated to providing parents coaches and athletes the tools and information to celebrate the love of the game. Weplay has one of the most comprehensive softball drill libraries in its active softball community.

Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/baseball-articles/youth-softball-coaching-tips-927670.html

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