Fun games for youth baseball

Coaches who trot out to the ballpark and do hours upon hours of ground balls, fly balls and live batting practice are going to quickly lose the interest of their players. Effective coaching requires planning and the use of diverse practice plans that keep players mentally, physically and emotionally involved throughout the entire course of a training session.

Specifically, implementing fun and interactive drills and games each time out will keep your practices fresh, keep the players on their toes, and aid in player-coach and player-player relationship building. Here are eight easy and fun baseball drills that you can implement to keep your players engaged and make the most of your practice time.

Click on any of the links below to jump directly to that drill. Obstacle Course 2. Goalie Drill 3. Exit Velo Game 4. Pass The Bat 5. Put On The Gear Drill 6. Knock It Off Drill 7. Tennis Racquet Scrimmage. The obstacle course drill is a great way to incorporate some fun and competition into your baseball practice. In this drill, players work on their speed and agility by completing an obstacle course that requires baserunning, throwing and hitting skills. This drill is a great way for coaches to finish practice, as it incorporates some conditioning and builds team energy by getting all of your players involved.

The purpose of this drill is to introduce competition into your practice, while also practicing several simple offensive and defensive skills in a high-pressure environment. This drill incorporates many of the skills often overlooked in winning baseball games: focusing on baserunning, sliding, and making accurate throws.

Coaches should have a stopwatch to time the players for completing the obstacle course, starting as soon as the player makes contact off the tee and stopping once the player touches home.

When coaching this drill, be sure to not let your players cut corners or sacrifice their mechanics to get a better time. The first thing to focus on is to not allow your players to get lazy with their first tee swing. We do not want our hitters just making lazy contact or rolling the ball over to the shortstop in order to get out of the box quicker. Usually, it was boys against girls. Oh — I would say it works best with about people.

Not too few or too many. Thanks so much. Most of my inspiration has come from this website, and one of the games is Grog. To play this version of Freeze Tag, all you need is a […].

This list of games offered a wide variety of […]. How does duck duck goose inception work actually? How do people end up inside? Nice Ideas, my mom and sister and I like to play different games about once a week. The last one we did was an Accent game you can see here. In life size clue… How do they figure out who done it? By seeing someone else get spotted with the flash light? Anywho, teams of two at least one of them must have a phone with photos, the more the better , search through their photos of whatever object the youth leader writes on a white erase board.

SUPER easy, no supplies, and you can use scripture references instead of objects if you prefer!! How does someone get eliminated in Duck, duck goose? I thought it normally works that when someone gets tagged then they become it and the chaser sits down.

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Notify me of new posts by email. Share on Facebook. Want more games for youth ministry? Download your free Youth Group Games! Now, here are some of the best and simple youth group games you can play this week: Grog You take apart a flashlight and hide the parts throughout the play area.

Or keep scrolling for more fun youth group games! Photo Scavenger Hunt Assign points for odd items that students can find to take a picture with around the Church property or within a designated area. Baby Bird Two teams of two students compete. Four on the Couch The goal is to get 4 of your team onto the same couch. Capture the Flag This one needs no explanation, but feel free to add twists.

Tug of War This is another classic, but is always a hit with youth groups. Ultimate Duck-Duck-Goose When there are more than 50 students, this game is a lot of fun.

Name That Tune! Seated Basketball This one is a favorite because it requires strategy and teamwork. Real World Bible Drills Bible drills can be fun but with a twist on an old classic game, students can translate it into real life skills. Penny Chinny Give everyone a penny. Battle of the Instant Dance Crews Prior to the start of the program while students are mingling assemble two dance crews and have them each choreograph a dance routine in the several minutes before icebreaker time.

Cool games, looking forward to trying some of these with my jr. A quick games is a good game. This sounds like an incredibly fun game! Enormously helpful, thank you for posting!! Great games. Thank you! Our kids will enjoy these! This was an excellent list and should really help us get going again! Thank you so much. It has lots of assumptions.

Any violations of the rules and you are out of the game. Last man standing wins. So go ahead and tell your players about these drills. Everyone needs a break in the action, and these two fun baseball drills will help loosen up your team. And again, here is the link to the other Fun Baseball Games. Here is a listing of the drills under the Team Drills Section :. And if you don't find what you want, let us know. Drop us a line in the " Contact Box" and we will do everything we can to help you.

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Check Out Phoenix Bats. Then, the group in the outfield moves into the infield and the group that had been at bat goes to the outfield. Keep proceeding in this manner until each group has had a chance to hit the ball. The team that comes up with the most hits wins the drill. This is a great game to help pitchers learn the value of control.

Line all of your team up behind the pitcher's mound. The first player takes the ball and throws a pitch from the pitching rubber to a coach who is catching and calling the pitch. If it is a strike, the pitcher is "safe" and he goes to the back of the line. If it is a ball, he is on the "hot seat. If it is a strike and the previous pitcher threw a ball, then the first pitcher is knocked out. If the second pitcher throws a ball, then the first pitcher is safe and the second pitcher is on the hot seat.