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re: 4 Year Old TBall Practice
Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:19 am to ThatsAFactJack
Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:19 am to ThatsAFactJack
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4 Year Old TBall Practice
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practice will consist of giving each kid a bat
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yall go pitch to each other
1. If they all have bats, who will pitch?
2. You know they don't pitch in t-ball, right?
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I have spent the better part of 2 days contacting parents
That never changes, no matter the age of the kids.
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I already having moms complain about color of uniforms, time of practice and location.
I suggest going with the requests of the moms that are the best looking.
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Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:20 am to partsman103
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Remember you're working on eye/hand cordination at this age. Do not need any black eyes or busted lips/noses this early.
Our Tball league uses the soft sponge T-balls...no busted lips or black eyes.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:27 am to ThatsAFactJack
no man you got to split kids that age in to groups of 3 or 4 max.
then teach them the fundamentals.
keep it short and to the point. only a few basic instructions at a time and repeat repeat repeat.
then teach them the fundamentals.
keep it short and to the point. only a few basic instructions at a time and repeat repeat repeat.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:27 am to tgrbaitn08
Last night my daughter's 6U softball team had their first game. When I met the other team's coach before the game to exchange line-ups he mentioned that he had a girl on his team that had just turned 3! I asked him what he meant by "just turned" and he said her birthday was like two weeks ago. So basically this girl is just over 2 yrs old and they've got her out there playing 6U softball (they get 3 pitches from a coach then 2 tries off the tee).
When it was this girl's at-bat I see her come up to the plate and the first thing I notice is the bat is as long as she is tall. They give her three pitches and she never moves of course. They then set up the tee for her and the poor girl can't even swing the bat more than a few inches. For the life of me I can't figure out what the hell her parent(s) are thinking having her out there. She's still in freaking pull-ups and they're trying to get her to play softball.
When it was this girl's at-bat I see her come up to the plate and the first thing I notice is the bat is as long as she is tall. They give her three pitches and she never moves of course. They then set up the tee for her and the poor girl can't even swing the bat more than a few inches. For the life of me I can't figure out what the hell her parent(s) are thinking having her out there. She's still in freaking pull-ups and they're trying to get her to play softball.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:31 am to Prominentwon
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Ridiculous they have tball for kids that age.
I refuse to put my kids in ball that early. Waste of time.
I thought the same thing, but my son said he wanted to play last year so I signed him up and signed on to coach the team. All the kids had a blast and so did I, so I have to disagree. I had one kid who had older parents and had no idea how to even hold a ball or bat. I put some extra emphasis on helping him and it was amazing how much progress he made and how good it seemed it made him feel about himself. Well worth my time if you ask me.
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 10:33 am
Posted on 3/24/15 at 10:34 am to ThatsAFactJack
You need to get these kids into a travel ball program ASAP. It's never too young to get them on a travel ball team. If you don't they have a 0% chance of going pro (which is the only reason you should allow your kids to play in the first place).
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:06 am to ThatsAFactJack
I did this for my nephews team a couple of years ago. Honestly, practice isn't worth having. The best thing to do is get with the parents and teach them a few things to work on their kid with.
At that age, individual attention is needed to help them improve. You can do group things like teach them bases and hitting off of a tee. but other than that, you will need a lot of help.
If the parents work on throwing and catching at home daily, you will have one of the best teams out there.
Good luck! I swore I would never coach that age again!
At that age, individual attention is needed to help them improve. You can do group things like teach them bases and hitting off of a tee. but other than that, you will need a lot of help.
If the parents work on throwing and catching at home daily, you will have one of the best teams out there.
Good luck! I swore I would never coach that age again!
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:10 am to ThatsAFactJack
I don't know if it's been mentioned, but set up a groupme account and add all the parents and coaches to it. Then you can send out one text and get it to everyone. It helps with our team.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:11 am to carhartt
Team Snap or Game Changer is better IMO
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:12 am to tgrbaitn08
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Team Snap or Game Changer
Do you have to pay for those?
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:13 am to ThatsAFactJack
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4 Year Old TBall Practice
Better known as babysitting.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:13 am to ThatsAFactJack
You will have a harder time dealing with parents rather than the kids.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:14 am to carhartt
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Team Snap or Game Changer
Do you have to pay for those?
I've set up a team snap site for my daughter's team softball. It's still on the 20 or 30 day free trial. I think when that's up you can opt to keep a free site but to get the full functionality there will be some cost.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:16 am to ThatsAFactJack
I'm a shitty dad, my 5 year old has had 4 games so far and I've only made one 
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:17 am to carhartt
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Do you have to pay for those?
depends on what features you want to use.
I dont pay for Team Snap, so I dont know if the team is covering that cost or not.
I pay for Gamechanger because I follow quite a few teams. It's like $40/year
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:25 am to yellowfin
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Posted by yellowfin
I'm a shitty dad, my 5 year old has had 4 games so far and I've only made one
You'll look back one day when your kid is grown and regret missing those games. Not trying to judge, just giving some advice that will hopefully save you regret later on.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:28 am to tgrbaitn08
You don't want to push them too hard too fast, they're just kids. Set up the pitching machine at a modest speed like 84-88 mph then gradually bump it up to the low 100's and start mixing in some slurves, gyro balls, etc. by the second practice. Your pitchers shouldn't be throwing more than 200 pitches in the bullpen to start off
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:33 am to ThatsAFactJack
Any hot, single moms on the team. Their kids are the ones you put all your focus into.
Like others have said it is stations, stations, stations. Keep it moving. In our league there is a select group and it is serious. You have kids throwing runners out from 3rd base. Find a kid that catches and make sure you teach them to throw the ball vs. running around chasing every kid down.
Like others have said it is stations, stations, stations. Keep it moving. In our league there is a select group and it is serious. You have kids throwing runners out from 3rd base. Find a kid that catches and make sure you teach them to throw the ball vs. running around chasing every kid down.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:34 am to ThatsAFactJack
First key words is volunteered to coach
Second key words are
Second key words are
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boys/girls 4 year old
Posted on 3/24/15 at 11:38 am to ThatsAFactJack
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FML! I already having moms complain about color of uniforms, time of practice and location.
The number 1 rule for any volunteer position is "complaining about how i do it is an offer to take over the position." They should not complain unless they want the job.
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