If you want to learn how to be a good baseball player, you have to learn how to slide right. There are two different ways to do this. One is called the “leg under,” or “bent leg” slide, and the “hook slide” or “fade away.”
Let’s talk about proper form for the hook slide first. [...]

It is important that every baseball coach starts coaching for the right reasons. There are three primary goals every youth baseball coach should have: 1) increase every player’s skill set so they are better players by the end of the season; 2) strive to make every player’s time with the team a fun experience; and [...]

I was a youth baseball coach for many years. I entered the coaching arena because my son started playing the sport late and I found that his first coach did not give him enough playing time to increase his skill set. The way his first coach ran practices, also frustrated me. I found that he [...]

One of the most common words used in hitting is the word “swing” as associated with a hitter as he “swings” at the ball.And although swing is not a “nasty” word, it does give the impression that the bat makes a long arc as it goes to the ball.
Picture in your head a baseball bat [...]

 There is no doubt that baseball is conceived to be America’s national pastime all over the world. One of the necessities of the game, apart from having someplace to play, is having the right baseball equipment. If you want to charge a friendly game combat your pals on the weekend or want to practice fight [...]