11 year old afraid to hit ball

QuestionOk What to do? My 11 year old is afraid to hit the baseball in the batters box only by a kid pitched baseball. This started last year when he start

Participation rule 7 and 8 year olds

QuestionTeams on defense will use a total of ten players in the field, including the catcher and four outfielders.  The Outfielders must play REGULAR

catchers mitt

QuestionHi,  My son is 10 and has played both rec and travel baseball since he was little.  He tried the catchers position a few weeks ago and lo

Scoring Errors

QuestionMy co-coach (12U Cal Ripkin) and I disagree on exactly what constitutes an error.  Ive kept score book for softball and baseball for 25 yrs, b

farm league home run rule

QuestionThe batters ball hit the top rail of the center field fence untouched by a defensive player and bounced back into the playing field.  Should t

Little League Hitting and Fielding questions

QuestionBoth my boys, ages 8 and 6 are playing in their first non tee ball league this year and with most kids, there are some issues with their basic mech

Little League Mandatory Play rule when game is shortened

QuestionWe had a playoff game today and our league adopted the non-continuous batting, but our substitute players must play 6 consecutive outs and have 1 a

run on anything with 2 outs

QuestionMy husband and I coach Machine Pitch Little League and need clarification on the run on anything with two outs statement. We cant lead off or steal

Fielding errors and batting slumps

QuestionI coach a 14U Dizzy Dean All-Star team and I have two questions for you, 1. One of my players seems as though he is possibly afraid of the ball whe

First time coach (ages 6 & 7)

QuestionThis is my first year coaching coach pitch for 6 and 7 year olds and Id like some direction on how best to coach my kids.  Are there any speci

Fair/Foul Ball

QuestionBatter hits a ground ball in the infield that starts in fair territory; the infielder while in fair territory reaches over the base line to catch t

Basball Scoring Scenario

QuestionBases Loaded. Two Outs. Infield pop fly w/o fly rule in effect.  Ball is dropped by SS.  Batter reaches First.  Runner on Second in

Runner - Out of Base Line vs Dugout

QuestionSituation: Giants have bases loaded, one out. Giants batter strikes out for second out. Giants runner on first base, thinking it was the third out,

Hit-by-pitch and base runner interference

QuestionI saw a batter duck out of the way of a pitch but the pitch ended up skimming off the top of the helmet and hit his bat behind him. I think it is

runner interference

QuestionQUESTION: Runner on 2nd.  Batter hits ball towards shortstop, shortstop moves up to play ball and runner on 2nd going to 3rd bumps into him, s

Passed ball, offensive interference

QuestionMan on third, passed ball. Catcher chases the ball and the man on third tries to steal home. The pitcher rushes toward home plate to cover and the

Batter hit by fair ball?

QuestionWe had an incident the other day where a Majors (12 year old) player bunted a ball that bounced off home plate and then bounced up and hit him in t

Pitcher

QuestionWhat ages should you teach a player to throw breaking pitches and how many pitches will be consider a safe number for a high school pitcher to thro

Hey! Starting to pitch...

QuestionHi, Ive just begun to pitch, learning the basic pitches... Im already 14, but I just want to get a pretty good feel of pitching and the different

Catchers Mitts

QuestionMy son is a senior in HS and currently uses a Nokona catchers mitt, and the mitt has formed a bump that causes the ball to pop out every now and ag