FWNLL put together a group of coaching clinic templates/guides and in-person coaching clinics to help our coaches, assistant coaches and parents better understand how to coach baseball and help develop kids personally and athletically no matter the age or skill level.

Coaching Clinic topics include, but not limited to:

General Coaching Clinic - Practice Planning - Hitting Basics - Teaching Hitting at Practice - Base Running - Defensive instruction

FWNLL_keys_to_effective_coaching.pdf

Coaching Clinic Guide for Tee Ball.pdf

Coaching Clinic Guide for A Division.pdf

Coaching Clinic Guide for AA-AAA Divisions.pdf

Coaching Clinic Guide for AAA-Majors Divisions.pdf

Baseball fundamentals are essential to a successful team and your ability to teach those baseball skills is going to be a major factor on how fast your players learn. Make sure your baseball instruction and expectations are age appropriate. If you are new to coaching you will often find that many players on your team will not be at a skill level you expected when you have that first practice. Adjust your baseball instruction to get them caught up. Don't stress out that your team is not where it should be. Instead focus on the basics. To start, you need to work on the basics. There are four skills that all players, regardless of level and experience, should be working on: hitting, catching, throwing and base running. Try to find a way to isolate and build these skills in each practice. Below are some sheets discussing technicques and points of interest in each of the main skills areas. Remember that your baseball instruction and expectations should be age appropriate.

Pregame Warmup.pdf

Defense and Fielding Basic Points.pdf

Infield Basic Points.pdf

Outfield Basic Points.pdf

Throwing for Position Players Basic Points.pdf

Pitching Basic Points.pdf

Catching Basic Points.pdf

Hitting Basic Points.pdf