coachtrev writes "
How do you teach a 5 year old the Ready Position? Here is some hints to teach the ready position. I am tired of hearing coaches and parents screaming down and ready and the kids put there hands on their knees. If you dont know what it is you shouldn't be screaming it out.
How do you teach a 5 year old the Ready Position? Here is some
hints to teach the ready position. I am tired of hearing coaches
and parents screaming down and ready and the kids put there hands
on their knees.
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In coaching t ball probably the first thing to do is teach the
Ready position. You cant do nothing if your not ready so..What is
the Ready Position?
1. Feet spread a little wider than shoulders
This gives balance and ability to move any direction
2. Balance
on the balls of your feet:not the heels. Sometimes when the kids
are getting a little disinterested I may state (loudly of course)
On Your Toes! This will wake them up and get them in position
3.
Butt Down! Most important..if your butt is down the knees bend
and the hands go down with them. This gives balance.
4. Hands in
Front Two hands(I like to have kids (the first few practices)
practice a few ground balls catching them in front without a
glove to get them used to catching with two hands and then try it
with the glove on.
5.Eyes on the Ball
Cant catch what you cant
see. Catch the ball in front with two hands Safety too. If there
is a bad hop your hands will move to protect and catch. How do I
Coach and teach the ready position? Lets keep it simple.. It
would be best to have the kids divided into at least 2 groups.
This gives the most repition and is the most efficient use of
time. It will also keep them from getting bored to quickly.
Pretty much every drill in t ball should be done in groups for
these reasons.
1. READY! Spread your feet a little, get your butt
down, hands out in front.
2. Toss a few ground balls without
gloves
3. Ground balls with gloves
4. GET IN FRONT OF THE BALL!
Now lets get them moving. Remember Eyes on the Ball? Toss a few
balls to either side of the player and get them to move in front
of the ball. (Some coaches like to use the belly button for this
but I still like using the eyes and it has been effective for my
coaching)
5. CHARGE! With this command you should toss some slow
rollers and get the players moving in to the ball. It will happen
I guarantee you.
A Special Note for Parents: I started working
with my latest T baller during winter in the house. Showed him relaxed(which
was hands on knees) and then Ready. We would practice this just a
few times. I would say Relax! and he would go in to the relaxed
position..I would say Ready! and hands come up and butt goes
down. Then we would catch some tennis balls without a glove..then
we would do a few with the glove. You will have to help them a
few times with this but if you do this a few times a week...When
the weather is nice enough to go outside you can do the above
drills. At that first practice when Coach states Everybody Ready!
You will be very proud. The Ready Position is the beginning of
coaching youth baseball.
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