Minors Baseball

Your players can hit off a tee and mostly know where first base is. Now the game gets real.

Minors Baseball is the complete coaching system for ages 7-9 - the years of coach pitch, machine pitch, and (for many 9-year-olds) the first season of kid pitch. Live pitching, actual outs, and kids who suddenly, desperately want to be good at this: this book covers all of it.

Inside you'll find:

• The complete 12-week season plan - 24 station-based practices that build from catch-play fundamentals to full situational scrimmages
• A drill library of 18+ drills with progressions - receiving and soft hands, fly balls, grounders and footwork, live hitting, the two-strike battle, and the first pitching and catching work
• The 75-minute practice formula: warmup and throwing progression, three small-group stations, team defense, and live play - every practice, every week
• Game IQ, taught simply: force vs. tag, "where's my play?", backing up bases, and baserunning decisions
• Safety upgrades for real baseballs: catcher's gear rules, arm care and pitch-limit guidance, sliding, and a proven fix for fear of the ball
• Playing-time and bench-rotation systems that keep 12 players developing and 24 parents calm - plus email templates and the 24-hour rule
• A one-page cheat sheet for the field

Level 2 of the three-book Diamond Ready Coaching Series (Beginner's for 5-6, Majors for 10-12). Works with any recreational youth baseball program.

This is the age where kids decide whether baseball is theirs. Coach it like it matters - because it does.