By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck I walked by a youth baseball baseball practice today at my local Little League. After pausing at the field for several minutes, I felt compelled to write something I hope is helpful to the...
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More on Safety: Teaching Young Baseball Players About Handling Bats
By Brian Gotta, President of CoachDeck When coaching youngsters, I institute three rules from Day One. 1) No kids pick up a bat, or, for that matter, even touch one, until they are handed one by a coach. That’s an...
Do Really Young Kids Need to Stretch Before Practices?
By Brian Gotta, President of Upstart SportsWhile most kids this age are pretty limber by nature and don’t have much in the way of muscles to pull, it is always a good idea to get them to warm up their...
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