scared of ball while batting

QuestionI have a first year live pitch kid on my team. He doesnt back out of the batters box, but he lowers his arms and leans back sometimes before the pi

Rules/situation question

QuestionTwo-part question.  Is it legal to make a pitching change during during an at-bat?  If so, what happens to the batters count?  Does

Taking signal off the rubber

QuestionAloha, I would like to find out in baseball rule book about taking signal from catcher 1. off the rubber 2. while strattling the pitchers plate. &n

Pitching Arm

Question     Hi, I went outside and pitch about 50 pitches each day for 3 days in a row. I threw pretty well and not 100% my hardest. I

Strike outs

QuestionWhy is the K used for displaying how many strike outs there are for the batters? AnswerKelly - Thanks for the question.  And its a good one

mental aspect of pitching

Questionhow can i get my son to settle down on the mound? he has a good fastball for 9 yrs. of age, but has some trouble with his control.  once he t

Pitching technique 10-11 yr olds

QuestionMy 10 year old started pitching last year.  His coach taught him to pitch from the stretch.  He did very well - very accurate, few walks,

pickoff move to first for right handed pitcher

QuestionI have read and talked to many people, including umpires and a major league ball player, who tell me that you must do a jump pivot if you are a rig

9-10 year old mustang practice

QuestionI am coaching my step sons mustang team this year and I have never coached this age before. Our first practice is on monday and I need some ideas a

cleats

Questioni play in quite a few softball leauges and of course all the cleats i want are metal and those are illegal. is there anyway to convet the meatl cle

cleats?

Questioni play in quite a few softball leauges and of course all the cleats i want are metal and those are illegal. is there anyway to convet the meatl cle

softening a baseball glove

QuestionQUESTION: my son is just starting coach-pitch this spring (after tee-ball last year) and his glove now seems small.   What size glove sho

rule situation

Question This just happened in my sons game last night.  His team was in the field.  Bases loaded, two outs, pop fly on the infield and it is not

Nervousness

QuestionWhen I play in rec leagues and am in the field I dont get nervous. When I played for my school team, I was nervous and made errors in the field. I

rules in junior league baseball

QuestionHi! My son plays on a Junior League Baseball Team in Hesperia, California. He is a great ball player, however, he is on the bench for more innings

Determining a losing pitcher.

QuestionQUESTION: In Highschool baseball,the starting pitcher shall be charged with the loss when he replaced and his team is behind or falls behind becaus

Correcting a bad throwing motion

QuestionI have a young player who has developed a bad throwing motion.  When he throws the ball, it looks like he is throwing a javelin or a shotput.

Outfield misread of fly ball

QuestionA ball is hit to the left fielder and goes over her head. When the ball was hit the left fielder had taken a step or two in before going back on th

Pitching Wins

QuestionIf a coach knows that he is going to use all of his staff in a game before the game starts and the starting pticher goes three innings but leaves

Is this a balk?

QuestionHeres the situation:  High School Baseball - Runners on 1st and 3rd.  Batters in batters box, catcher is set, umpire is set and gives the