Tips for Coaches

• Keep things moving and fun
  • Avoid drills that have large groups of kids standing around
     
• Use every minute of practice time
  • Lay out practice plan ahead of time
  • Name your drills (helps with familiarity and to keep things moving)
  • Allow players to pick the drills from time to time
     
• Stay positive and patient
   
• Challenge your players
  • Try advanced drills to gauge their adaptability
  • This will give you a better understanding of how your players take to coaching

Rules and procedures

• There is no on-deck swinging…anywhere!!
  • This is a Little League rule
• No weighted donuts on bats
  • Batting sleeves are permitted
• Throat guards must be worn on all catchers masks (even for hockey style masks)
• Catchers must wear cups
• Batting Face Masks – worn through AAA (Majors is optional) and till 8th grade in softball
• Softball – Fielding masks are worn starting in 5/6 grade (goes from soft to hard softballs)