Baseball Practice Tips

  In 2013, American Legion Baseball is joining many other leagues in moving exclusively to wood bats.  This is going to dramatically change the way that the game is played as small ball becomes more and more important. You are going to see team batting averages drop by .75 to .100 points, probably more at [...]

Some aspects of the suicide squeeze make it a little different than bunting to move a runner up. In this video, Billy Ripken talks about squaring around a little later.  Ripken also talks about the importance of putting every ball in play, regardless of where it is pitched. In youth baseball, pitchers tend to wind [...]

Probably the thing that I see most incorrect from youth coaches today is the bunting technique that they teach.  Those of us who played baseball in the 60′s, 70′s, or 80′s were taught the square bunt with the horizontal bat.  Teaching such technique is not only antiquated, but downright dangerous.  A fastball thrown right at [...]