Greater Largo Little League: Coaches Corner

 This page is for the Managers and Coaches

Managers and coaches are among the most important volunteers in the Little League® program. They have to know the game and they have to love working with kids. Leagues with knowledgeable, caring and concerned coaches have an advantage when it comes to making the games fun and retaining players.

Coach's Box Newsletter Now Available Online!

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Visit http://www.littleleague.org/coaches/index.asp to see the current and previous issues.  
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One - Two Infield Drill

http://www.qcbaseball.com

Purpose:
This drill is used to help and infielder develop a method for handling the ground ball hit directly at him.

Equipment:
Baseballs

Setup:
Draw a close to straight line in the infield dirt, or you can even use a base line if there is a good fielding area.

Execution:
You've seen it many times where an infielder who has to move to the side to field a ball will normally make the play but the ball hit directly at him will end up in an error. This drill helps an infielder develop some footwork to better handle the ground ball hit directly at him. This will simulate the ground ball that the infielder should charge on, not a ball that's been ripped.

• The player should start by straddling the line in the dirt in the ready postion.
• The coach will roll the ball toward the player. As the ball is rolled the player will start to move forward but will move slightly to the right of the line.
• As the ball approaches the player will perform a "one-two" step to get in position to field the ball. Step one is to place the right foot to the right of the line and step two is to place the left foot on the other side of the ball and the line.
• Then the fielder will perform another "one-two" step to throw the ball.

Bearcats Athletics - Baseball Drills & Coaching Ideas
http://www.baseballdrills.info/
The purpose of this site is to offer a selection of baseball drills that can be used for most age groups. Having good baseball drills as part of your regular baseball practices can really help make things go well. It can be frustrating for a coach and his players if he has to try to dream up some drills while the players stand around. The top baseball teams all have a large selection of baseball drills to draw from.

30 Second Drill
A GREAT DRILL! It creates competition. It teaches quick hands. It demonstrates the importance of good throws.

Goal: Teach infielders to get the ball off as quickly as possible after catching the ball.

Drill: With partners about 20-25 feet apart, the partners catch and throw the ball back and forth as quickly as possible. The fielders make sure they use their feet to square off their shoulders to make strong throws to their partners.

Start with all the balls on one side. When the coach yells, “go”, the play begins. When the player who threw the ball first receives the ball, he calls out “one”. This is one complete revolution. The play continues until the coach yells, “stop”. How many complete revolutions did they make? Don’t count half revolutions.

The players should quickly see how expensive it is to miss a throw. The winning players will always be the one using two hands to catch and making good throws. They aren’t necessarily the ones moving the fastest. Make sure the players understand this. You might want to have everyone watch the winning team.

Here’s another tip. Every once in awhile, after the players have each selected a partner and are on the line ready to begin, tell the players on one side to move down one player and have the player at the end come to the front. This will disturb the pairing and will allow better players to help weaker ones.

This drill is very effective if done as the last warm up done before every game or practice begins.

QCBASEBALL.COM
Quality Coaching Baseball provides baseball instruction, baseball drills, coaching philosophy, and other information for youth baseball coaches, players, and parents who want to learn more about playing and coaching baseball.
http://www.qcbaseball.com/index.html

Ok coaches here is the link to the official roster that is required for each of you to fill out and return to the information officer and or the president.

Please do this immediately.

Thanks.

http://www.eteamz.com/District12Florida/files/roster.pdf