COACHING YOUTH
SOFTBALL
This site aims to be a free, easy-to-use hub for volunteer rec youth softball coaches to help make coaching easier on you. We have age-specific practice plans, tips & tools for youth coaches, and many drill videos to help!
QUICK HITS
IIf you are looking for a quick reference of best practices for being a good coach or age-specific practice plans, click below:
INTRO
Welcome to Coaching Youth Softball! I'm just a dad who wanted to be a good softball coach for my daughters' teams. I was lucky enough to find a few other coaches/parents who also wanted to be good coaches & help keep a local girls rec softball league going.
I created this site to try to make coaching rec youth softball as easy as possible. Personally I had no experience coaching softball before I became a coach. My other coaches and I didn't have many established resources to help us learn so we started by creating practices plans and teaching ourselves off Instagram and YouTube videos. Many thanks to MVLAGS.org softball organization and specifically Coaches Mark, Randy, and Javier for their help in building site content as well as thank you to every content owner who's material is linked to from this site.
A lot of what is on this site links out to publicly available material. We have MANY embedded links, often via YouTube or Instagram pages to the experts' in the industry pages. We are not trying to pass any of the linked content as our own and respect the ownership of this content. We try hard to make sure no copyrighted material exists on this site and fully recognize the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107. If you believe something on this site is copyrighted and should not be here, please let us know! FYI this site isn't monetized and wont be.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me anytime at bdcullinane@gmail.com
-Coach Brian
COACHING LINKS & RESOURCES
HIGH LEVEL HELP
Helpful list of tips for coaches on how to be good coaches, how to run effective practices, and links to easy to high level overview videos of key softball concepts (e.g. how to throw, how to hit, etc.)
PRACTICE PLANS
Age specific season long practice plans for 6U, 8U, 10U, and 12U+ age groups. Download and use or adapt to make them your own
WATCH & LEARN
Instruction and videos of good hitting drills for you to learn or consider using in your practices
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It's crucial to teach good throwing motions as early as possible. Videos of good throwing drills for you to learn or consider using in your practices
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Videos of good defense / fielding drills for you to learn or consider using in your practices
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Make your practices fun & add in competition where you can. Videos of various softball fun & games for you to use in your practices
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PITCHING
Videos of good pitching drills for you to learn or consider using in your practices
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CATCHING
Videos of good catching drills for you to learn or consider using in your practices
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BASERUNNING
Videos of good baserunning drills for you to learn or consider using in your practices
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MENTAL GAME
Resources related to the mental side of softball and how to help coach it well
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FITNESS & CONDITIONING
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Videos related to strength, conditioning, speed & agility for you to consider using in practices
BEST EXPERTS IN THE GAME
If you want to learn from the best softball teachers out there, here's a short list of people to follow on social, attend their clinics, find a way to meet, etc.
Megan is one of the best and my favorite softball coaches online. She puts on incredible clinics that I'm lucky enough to have seen in person. Fantastic coach with easy to understand videos, content, and more. Her website is here and her YouTube is here.
Austin Wasserman runs High Level Throwing, the absolute best throwing mechanics development program and coaching that exists today. Both his coaching clinics & throwing clinics are among the best clinics I've seen. Highly recommend
There is no better online coaching resource than Jen Schro. Her Core 4 class is a fantastic short course for catchers and her catching camps/clinics are legendary.
Fantastic resource with amazing content on mental game + overall softball defense