Coaching Youth Baseball

This podcast has made my practices much more effective and fun for myself and my players. My favorite drills are the Fungo drill and the High Tempo Scrimmage. It’s kind of sad to see the kids on the other teams at the facility watching our high tempo practice longingly while they spend most of their time standing lines. Thanks Coach Dave!

Coach Dave, I’m a former college basketball player and varsity football coach that finds myself coaching my son's 10u team. I've coached these kids (all classmates at the Christian school I work at) since they were 4 in every sport, but after coach pitch, I've tried to find other, more knowledgeable baseball coaches for them. Well, all the dads who have time and competency to coach have moved their kids to travel teams for the coming year, leaving me with 11 rec level kids and a couple of part time assistants. After listening to the first 16 episodes of your podcast and finding other online resources, I'm feeling more equipped to coach baseball than ever before. Since you gave out this email address in episode 16, I thought I should reach out and thank you for creating this resource. I fully intend to have every episode listened to before the season starts March 2nd. I do media production on the side and know the time it can take to do this kind of thing. So, thanks again!

The philosophy of this podcast is pretty solid. My only issue is with the idea from the Matheny Manifesto that parents and players to be “silent” on the sidelines. In my opinion it’s old school mentality like this that is keeping the game of baseball from progressing to new heights. As long as the people on the sidelines encourage with positivity, I don’t care how loud they get. It makes it more fun for everyone. Also don’t really understand how a lefty thrower at an infield position is “dangerous” to them at the lower levels… because it’s not

This show is amazing! So much information to help with a team and your own child. The advice given has changed how I have been looking at youth sports. It is going to help make the kids better and make us better coaches!