The best coaches have a passion for the game and for kids. This doesn’t mean you need to know the in’s and out like a pro, it means you care to learn. Check out these resources to help you and the kids your coaching.
It didn’t occur to me until the second or third day. “5 pushups” I would say“5 pushups”. The deal was any time someone wasn’t paying attention and missed a play, a basic play, missed a ball they should have caught, made an easy throw bad, or other general awarness types of things, they agreed (meaning …
We’ve had two Batting Practice (BP) sessions and they went great. Stowe is one of two towns opening up baseball for the Summer, at least at this point, Hyde Park is the other. In the spirit of America we’re going to be inviting our neighboring towns who aren’t fielding teams, to play in either location. …
Little League is a tremendous resource. They bring decades of experience and passion to the table and one of their offerings is this 10 Week Tee Ball Program for experience or inexperienced coaches. If you’re jumping into Tee-Ball to coach, take a look at this, follow it precisely or use what pieces you want. Either …
Baseball is truly a unique sport and because of that anyone organizing or running a baseball program is faced with a unique set of challenges. Here in Stowe and Lamoille County we are no different and since we love the sport and what it provides we’ve come up with a few unique solutions. One of …
Thanks to the hard work of Majors Coaches Sandy Thompson, Craig Gants and Greg Allen, we’ve got the new batting cage up and operational and the first ball was smashed yesterday. This batting cage is going to be one heck of a tool to help all the Stowe Players become little MASHERS! The cage is …
To get ready for a great season of Baseball/Softball you need to have the following:1-Baseball Glove – Appropriately broken in – THIS IS VITAL – please read this blog post for info on how to break in your glove or hit up Google.2-Your Own Bat – This is a new COVID based rule and may …
Baseball gloves generally don’t come ready to use. Unless you’re dropping some serious dough on a custom, broken in glove (which is awesome) you will need to spend some time with your player breaking in their glove. A player showing up to practice with a glove that’s not broken in can and will have a …
Check out these Little League Approved Drills that will improve hand/eye, mechanics, pitching and accuracy and keep kids moving and learning.
This is from National Little League, it’s a great place to start if you’re a first year coach looking for some structure and some info on the fundamentals of the game. DOWNLOAD PROGRAM