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Another perspective... my youngest so has an amazing team. 9u winning 10u championships. We follow all this advice and put players into new positions and bat kids and pitch kids that need some help. We love all the kids but many times we still score and hit. Sometime the other teams think we are running up the score when we are actually just teaching the kids baseball and letting them hit. We aren't going to stop playing baseball just because we are winning.

I think this will help a lot thanks I have a game today

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Run differential is capped, plus the first tie breaker in pool play (after wins/losses) is runs allowed anyway…run differential is literally not a problem

Bought one of your books as appreciation for your videos. I’m 54 but take my pitching seriously. It’s crazy I just threw 6.3 innings and over 100 pitches at my age (and torn labrum). Thanks!

as a retired professional i totally agree

So I’m 11 I clocked In at 68 and I am only 410 90lbs

I topped out at 82 at 17

tourniments are the worst ever, it's such a money grab, it's not about the game at all. 8am games should never exist. Gate fees should not exist (we are already paying to play in the tourney) and 3-4 games in a day should not be legal especially in the summer heat.... These kids are used up and worn down before they ever get to high school. Someone needs to come up some laws protecting our kids in sports. rules simply aren't enough.

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The guy with the most hits and the guy with the most homeruns both choke up on the bat

Alex. Ether a fastball inside or a curveball low and away. How about you?

Thanks this really helped me gain some hope that i can get out of the slump i am in

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The wrist helps out a lot kiddos… the grip can be many more ways…. Big respect to the gentlemen making the content.

Is missing high and arm side a common side effect of this?

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I see it the other way around in many of our tournaments. The pool play games end up with kids pitching who have little to no experience and most of the teams are sand banging trying to get into a bracket they think they can win. It burns me when I pay to watch two teams do all they can to be terrible with hopes they end up in a lower bracket they can easily win. I understand protecting the kids arms and completely agree with it. My son is a pitcher and I am super conscious of how many pitches he throws a week. The problem lies in how many teams have 5 or6 solid pitchers? We have three so we have to pitch kids that aren’t ready in pool play games.

How do you feel about a youth pitcher that has ZERO threat of runners stealing while delivering the ball to the plate…..using a slide step exclusively? 10 year olds play in a way where the runner can’t steal until the ball crosses the plate…. I can understand that a kid doesn’t want to throw from the windup….or better said, dad doesn’t want them to because the child said he was confused and it was too complicated…which is of course valid since that is what he feels. This kiddo is lifting his leg a minimal amount….slide step. Great for holding runners on….but a non issue for another bunch of years. Rather than providing no help or forcing him to use a windup…I want to compromise but while explaining the benefit from practicing from the stretch with leg cereal bowl height or higher…as there is absolutely no reason to rush to the plate. Initially, I taught a small group of pitchers the windup. Many are doing great with the windup of course. This boy has pitched for his club team…without any pitching guidance and has settled in to slide step. What to do next for the child’s long term development and enjoyment as a pitcher? Also, what would you say the downside is in terms of fatigue and stamina relative to reaching pitch 80+ in a game while only using slide step vs windup or stretch with higher knee lift (cereal bowl or higher)… Every time I see him slide step with nobody on or with runners on that literally can’t steal, it rubs my brain in a way that has me thinking about what to do next….thankfully we have you Dan. Thank you. Just ordered two of your books and a shirt. Happy we can do things to support your business as we greatly appreciate your insight and effort.

Greg Maddux. Let me type that again: Greg Maddux.

I lost all my fingers playing with fireworks . I’ve always wanted to learn how to throw a palm ball . Any ideas how I could do it ?

Thank you brother ❤

Thanks for this great video. My son has been struggling with his command of the strike zone, and I believe the information you have provided will not only simplify his delivery, but make it easier for him to consistently repeat to throw more strikes. Thank you!!

Not about tournaments but coach, PLEASE do a rule video on the bunt and 3rd strike out; I don’t get it.

Hi, I am curious as to when high school leagues switched from 9 innings to 7 innings? When I played for my high school team, it was always 9 innings unless the game was called due to weather or mercy rule was called.

Thank you for explaining the runner on first only portion. I suspected this was the reason.

will this make a curve ball?

Thanks for the help I start pitching I’m my game tomorrow so this will help a lot THANKS!!!!

Hear that Little League dads? No YAKERS for your kids under 14. Love it!

I’m 12 and throw from 13u mounds and I throw low mid 70s

We had an oculus and my dad bought in reality and the thing for my bat, but we cannot find a picture who pitched the real speed of my age as I am in a 10 but for some reason, I see way faster than win. Reality offers as a 10-year-old and the bat is behind where my real one is so it wasn’t that accurate

I have worked a few tournaments where the run differential is capped at the 5th inning run rule... often with tourneys.. 8 runs.. so if you win by 15 or 50... for the runn differential at the end... it's only 8. I still work with softball.. but stopped doing baseball because it is so cut throat it's not funny. To the point where 9 year old argue the strike zone.. rather than even try to hit the ball.

I’m 11 and when I started pitching I was 9 and my dad built me a pitchers mound and bought me a radar gun and I was throwing mid 50’s when I was 9 and in 10u I topped out at 60 but I kept training and I just turned 11 and I topped out at 64

Classic Dan: I couldn't throw these pitches, so just throw a fast ball and a change up, all the other ones suck.

This really helped me a lot thanks

I coach two travel/club teams. All of our tournaments are based on runs allowed if head to head is not applicable. First season, we were run ruled mercilessly. 2nd season we were able to finish with a .500 record. 3rd season- 26-5-1. I always had conversations with my kids about blowouts and the other team running up the score. Ultimately, i feel like the thing that should be universal is station to station base running with a big lead. I dont really care about #1 seed, but i do want my boys to strive to give up as few runs as possible by playing solid defense and throwing strikes. In my case, i will call on 9 of my 10 players to pitch at some point with the utmost confidence..development is key.

is 89 good for a 2027?

Thank you bro, I needed to do flatmoumd for my coach and I didn’t know how to throw a change up but this helps, thank you😅

If the runner on first is a speedy guy, and the batter is a fat slow dude, might be worth letting it drop and make it a slower runner on first. Especially if the speedy guy is a SB threat.

At one point in the video he stated that some years u might hit a growth spurt and gain about 10mph. This was exactly what happened to me. In the beginning of my 13u season during the winter I was about 5’ 3”, 110 pounds, and was clocked in at 68 mph. This past month I hit a monster growth spurt and I’m now 5’ 7”, 125 pounds. In my most recent tournament there was scouts for a private school by me and they said I sat 75 and topped out at 78 mph. It shows how much a growth spurt can really affect your velocity

6:34 Actually, you can go almost all the way to the warning track and have it be an infield fly. Why yes, I'm still angry, why do you ask?

This was great, any chance you have a drill or two to help overcome this?

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I find the knuckle balls harder to pitch cause they fly all over cause theirs no spin

I don't disagree but i am 11 and throw 60-75

Why don’t local travel teams just play each other 1 week night game and 1 Saturday game and do small tourney a month or something? Youth ball seems pretty messed up these days!!!

I’m a baseball guy. Played some junior college then joined Navy. Was fortunate to have some great coaches in my baseball career! I HAVE 3 sons! Oldest is 8.5 and a solid little player. Very disappointed in the little league org. Where I live. WHAT OPTIONS DO I HAVE??? Not looking to do a ton of out of town tourneys. I live kinda close to Richmond VA

Dan I love your vids 1!; I play very high competitive baseball so is 63 good for 10?

I am 36 and I don’t think I am even allowed to touch a baseball. I have zero athletic ability. I’m not even sure I am allowed to watch sport videos.

I’m 8 and I throw 59