How Do You Teach Youth Baseball Fundamentals?
Coaching a team of young baseball players is not about winning or losing. It is about teaching them the fundamentals of the game and making it an enjoyable experience. In order to teach fundamentals throughout the season, you need to make it fun for the players and remove as much pressure as possible. As players get older and progress in the game, winning and performing well will become more important. Young players don’t need to worry about that because they need to learn the basics. Teach the proper way to field a ground ball. You want your players to get in front of the ball and crouch down while keeping their gloves on the ground. As the ball bounces into the glove, your player needs to take his free hand and put it down right over the top of the ball to keep it from bouncing out of the glove. Compare this to an alligator chomping down with its jaws when it gets something in its mouth. Just like nothing gets away from the alligator once it has chomped down, nothing should get away
