Beginner's Baseball

Somebody handed you a roster of twelve 5-year-olds and a bucket of balls. This book has your back.

Beginner's Baseball is a complete, field-ready system for coaching tee ball - written for real volunteer coaches with a real-world setup: a head coach, two or three assistants, a 12-player roster, twice-a-week practices of 60-75 minutes, and a 12-week season. No baseball experience required.

Inside you'll find:

• The complete 12-week season plan - all 24 practices mapped week by week, built on small-group stations with quick, high-energy rotations (never more than 4 kids per line)
• A drill library of 20+ games-disguised-as-drills for hitting, throwing, catching, fielding, and baserunning - each with setup, coaching cue, and a "make it fun" twist
• The 60-75 minute practice formula that keeps twelve 5-year-olds moving, laughing, and learning
• A coaching philosophy that actually fits ages 5-6 - what they can do, what they can't yet, and why fun is the whole strategy
• Safety essentials, fun warmups, equipment checklists (starting with the bucket of balls, batting tee, and hitting net), game-day guides, position explainers with a field map, fair rotation charts for 12 players, and parent email templates
• A one-page cheat sheet you can photograph and keep in your back pocket

Whether your league calls it tee ball, t-ball, or instructional baseball, this manual works with any recreational program. It's Level 1 of the three-book Diamond Ready Coaching Series - follow your players up through Minors (ages 7-9) and Majors (ages 10-12).

The scoreboard that matters at this age: twelve kids who beg to come back next season. This book is how you win it.