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The following is a list of recent additions. Whenever we add anything else to our web, we'll put a notice here. Every month we'll remove the oldest items. The most recent changes are listed first, and each item is linked to the page with the updated content. 03 June 2009 Changes in 2009 Little League Rules and Regulations 21 March 2009 Fielding Ground Balls - One Knee Block Technique - By Steven Michael Steven E. Michael played seven years of professional baseball in the Montreal Expos, Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers organizations. He played collegiately at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona earning All-Western Athletic Conference, All-College World Series, and Sporting News All-America honors. We are happy to have him as a contributing author... Read his article this month. 01 March 2009 How to help kids learn and have fun with baseball's "pepper drill" Playing a baseball hitting and fielding drill the game called, "pepper" was a great joy and learning experience. How often have you seen little league players take a called strike smack-down the middle of the plate? There is a reason for this and it's usually because most little leaguers never swing too early and many swing too late. This is the reason there are so many strikeouts in little league games...Read more>>> 02 February 2009 Basketball has been an accepted part of the American scene, but for athletes at the pre-sixth grade level age is relatively new and a bit controversial. About a decade ago, I read an article that pointed out some of the potentially serious drawbacks, emphasizing not only the development of "win at all cost" pressu... More>>> 01 January 2009 How to coach and teach youth to use the basketball scissor-cut play In modern day terminology, this tried and true three-man basketball play is often called the first cutter, second cutter play. This three-man play is as effective, today, as it was in 1930. The scissors-cut utilizes an inside and rear screens, involving the high post player and both guards, or a guard and forward on the strong side of the court. 19 December 2008 Since referees allow much more contact when it comes to basketball rebounding action, we must stress strength and aggressiveness, even to beginning youngsters. This is not enough, however, because boxing out technique is vastly important, too, if you expect to gain possession of many defensive rebounds...Read about it>>> 01 December 2008 How to coach, teach and use the five-on-five rebounding and fast-break drill The ability to rebound the basketball contributes much to the success of most basketball teams. Rebounding is the drab and thankless task performed by the most steady basketball players. Old-time coach Gar...... Read about it>>> 13 November 2008 How to coach, teach and use a half-court offense for three-man teams Three-man basketball tournaments are growing in popularity all around the world. Perhaps this is the reason I get so many requests for ideas and help in planning half-court attacks for three players. There are almost as many ways to attack as there are players.... Read how to do it 01 November 2008 Here is a simple game that will help you teach aggressive basketball man-to-man defense. It is called "Basketball Cut-Throat Game to 21". Playing this game was great fun when we played it 75 years ago in the barnyard back in Indiana and I'm sure kids will love it today. This is how we learned to play aggressive basketball man-to-man defense....Read explanation>>>> 23 October 2008 How to teach youngsters fast break basketball The fast break is the ultimate offensive weapon in basketball. It affords maximum penetration to within a fifteen-foot radius of the basket on all occasions, and its effectiveness is usually determined by the amount of time spent in developing and exploring these fast breaking possibilities....Read more>>> 05 October 2008 A basketball coach's philosophy of team's offense All coaches believe the objective of any basketball offense is to score as often as possible on each possession of the ball. That is one thing on which we all agree. Determining how that objective is accomplished, however, is another matter.....Read the entire article>>> Why We Display Ads on this Site
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