http://www.youthbaseball.com Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.youthbaseball.com/5-types-offseason-throwing-pitchers/ http://www.youthbaseball.com/5-types-offseason-throwing-pitchers/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:07:34 +0000 YouthBaseball.com http://www.youthbaseball.com/?p=268 Baseball pitcher throwing programs encompass several types of throwing activities for developing location, pitch movement, and arm strength. The five most common types of throwing done by youth baseball pitchers include: Flat Ground Work – Basic type of catch from the same distance as mound. Excellent for learning to throw with perfect mechanics. Long Toss – Extended [...]]]> http://www.youthbaseball.com/5-types-offseason-throwing-pitchers/feed/ 0 http://www.youthbaseball.com/5-tips-coaching-youth-baseball/ http://www.youthbaseball.com/5-tips-coaching-youth-baseball/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:47:08 +0000 YouthBaseball.com http://www.youthbaseball.com/?p=263 Here are 5 tips for coaching youth baseball from a recent coaches clinic that I attended. Jesse Barfield, the former Blue Jay outfielder, provided some valuable tips about fielding and hitting. Among these hints, he says that outfielders should get rid of the crow hop, catch the ball while turned sideways and shuffle their feet [...]]]> http://www.youthbaseball.com/5-tips-coaching-youth-baseball/feed/ 0 http://www.youthbaseball.com/4-baseball-pitching-drills/ http://www.youthbaseball.com/4-baseball-pitching-drills/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:03:49 +0000 YouthBaseball.com http://www.youthbaseball.com/?p=3 The following drills are designed to break down the pitching motion into progressions that can be isolated. They can be done from shorter throwing distances. Slow Motion Drill: Standing on the rubber, or a simulated rubber, or simply line in the dirt or grass and without a ball, the pitcher begins the pitching progression as slow [...]]]> http://www.youthbaseball.com/4-baseball-pitching-drills/feed/ 0