Baseball Coaching Tips

everything baseball with jack perconte

Everything Baseball with Jack Perconte

Hitting Visualization to Teach [Printable Guide]

Hitting Visualization is Crucial Studies have shown that people can learn to do things just by watching and visualizing themselves doing the same things. Unfortunately, many of today's ballplayers do not watch the game of baseball very often. Therefore, they lack the hitting visualization that can help them develop as hitters. With that in mind, youth baseball coaches must give players ways of learning and observing how things should be done when it comes to the most difficult sports task of all - hitting a baseball. Following are things that coaches can do to spur the hitting development in inexperienced ballplayers. These hitting … [Read more...]

Outfield Drills that Work

Why Outfield Drills? Outfield drills that cover every aspect of the position are necessary but often neglected because at the lowest levels of baseball, the outfield is used to hide weaker players, as only a few batted balls reach there. This changes relatively quickly as outfield becomes a vital position for team defensive success.  Good baseball coaches realize that outfielders have more responsibilities than most think and often the best athletes end up in the outfield at the high school level. It is important that youth coaches recognize this and stress that to young players, who may think otherwise. Necessary Outfield Drills 1. Fungo … [Read more...]

Coaching Throwing Fundamentals – The Video

Coaching Throwing Fundamentals are Key As with all baseball skills, coaching throwing fundamentals is not easy and patience is key. Few kids will pick up a ball at a young age and just throw the ball correctly. What's important to know though is that when kids have or develop incorrect throwing habits at a young age, it is very difficult to change them so coaching the following throwing drills at a young age is necessary. These throwing drills develop fundamentals that give players a chance at reaching maximum arm strength while staying injury free. It is important to note that many more repetitions are possible before fatigue sets in by … [Read more...]

Free Weekly Baseball Hitting Tips [Printable Infographic]

Free Weekly Baseball Hitting Tips This infographic is the first of in a series of free weekly baseball hitting tips. Coaches should print and copy for team members, parents and other coaches to help players season-long improvement and to keep everyone on the same page when it comes to teaching ballplayers how to hit a baseball. Former major leaguer Jack Perconte provides the free weekly baseball hitting tips, gathered from his 28 years of coaching the difficult art of hitting.   Some of these free weekly baseball hitting tips are things you may have heard before, but many are ones that few youth baseball coaches think of. It's important to … [Read more...]