Coaching Resources

Enter age, height, and position to get bat length, drop weight, and glove size recommendations for baseball and fastpitch softball.

See how any pitch speed stacks up against rec, travel, and elite benchmarks for your age group. Baseball and fastpitch softball.

Look up the pitch limits and required rest days for your league, then check when a pitcher is eligible again.

Enter a pitcher's recent workload and get a recovery routine scaled to it, plus the warning signs that mean stop.

Build a between-starts bullpen card — get-loose work, numbered sets with pitch counts and targets, and how often it fits in a week.

A progressive 30/60/90-day strength and arm-care plan built around your player's age, position, season phase, and available equipment.

Draft the message you are putting off — playing time, rainouts, expectations, season kickoff — in a tone that lands.

Five common hitting flaws, how to spot them from the dugout, and three age-specific drills to fix each one — 8U through 14U+.

Five common pitching flaws, how to spot them, and three age-specific drills to fix each one — 8U through 14U+.

Age-calibrated checklist covering mechanics, pitch recognition, baserunning, bunting, and mental game — 8U through 14U+.

Green / Yellow / Red benchmarks across five skill areas to help you decide if your player is ready to move up a division.

What coaches are actually looking for at tryouts — hitting, fielding, pitching, and intangibles with age-specific benchmarks.

A week-by-week hitting, fielding, and pitching plan to peak on tryout day — Foundation, Repetition, Game Speed, and Peak.

What actually changes from Coach Pitch through Seniors — leads and stealing, courtesy runners, mercy rule, pitch counts, and more. Typical structures, not universal law — confirm your league's exact numbers.

Every signal for the plate and the bases — ball/strike, out/safe, fair/foul, dead ball, infield fly, balk, and more — plus signal timing and common new-umpire mistakes.

A word-for-word script and checklist for your first five minutes — ground rules, division-specific rules to confirm, lineup card exchange, and questions coaches commonly ask.

The plays that actually get argued — the three types of interference, infield fly, the Little League look-back rule, safety base at first, appeal plays, and balk basics.

Working with your partner, coaches, and the bench — verbal mechanics, de-escalation techniques, the parent rule, and common communication mistakes.

The mental side of being a young umpire — building command presence, handling pre-game nerves, bouncing back after a tough call, and earning respect despite your age.

15 ways to fund a season — hit-a-thons, fence banners, percentage nights, discount cards — plus a ready-to-send business sponsorship letter with tiered packages. Fill in the brackets and send.

The interactive scorekeeping program: every box on the page, every routine play, and the calls you have to defend. Tap the right cell rather than read about it. Baseball and fastpitch softball, any league.

The complete beginner-to-confident guide for baseball and fastpitch softball — position numbers, notation and symbols, hits vs. errors, earned vs. unearned runs, calculating stats by hand, and a printable scorebook page.

Just got handed the scorebook or the app? Start here — what to know before first pitch, the calls that trip up beginners, and tips from veteran scorekeepers so you can relax and enjoy the game.

Score confidently from your first game to your toughest call — 20+ plays, the hits-vs-errors decision tree, dropped third strike, balks, editing past plays, offline scorekeeping, pitch count alerts, and pre- and post-game checklists.

How to build a league season, fit practices around it, and run a tournament bracket with the league tools — step by step.