Coaching Youth Softball - How to Teach Softball Skills quickly and Efficiently

Coaching youth softball is no easy task. Coaching involves many responsibilities and one of them is to teach the fundamentals of the game - hitting, pitching, throwing, fielding, and so on.

However, teaching is itself a skill and not as easy as most population would like to believe. Knowing the game is the easy part; teaching it is the hard part. Coaching youth softball involves a lot of teaching.

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To make practices fun and enjoyable, youth softball coaches must be able to teach softball skills swiftly and effectively using a sound pedagogical coming that takes into list the assorted types of learners.

Here is a sound coming that involves 6 steps:

Step #1 - What and Why

Kids today need to know why you are doing things. They are indispensable thinkers. So, when you introduce the new technical element (the ''what''), elucidate them why it is important. No need for a long speech or justification, just give a reckon why so that they can more categorically buy into it.

Step #2 - Demonstrate without instruction

This is crucial yet 95% of those coaching youth softball don't it. Most kids have no idea what the skill looks like. So, even before you start giving instructions, you must give them a optic picture or optic reference of what you are talking about. Man once said that a picture is worth a thousand words and they were right.

Step #3 - Demonstrate with study using uncomplicated cues

Once the kids have a clear picture of what you are talking about, then you can supply instructions using only a few uncomplicated cues to emphasize key technical elements. Don't overload them with technical information, you will lose them.

Step #4 - Get them to try the skill

At this point, you get them to try what you just demonstrated so that they can ''feel'' what you are talking about. By nature, most athletes love to learn by doing.

Step #5 - Give them feedback

At this point, you want to give constructive feedback on what needs to be improved and what they should focus on.

Step #6 - Verify learning and let them ask questions

The worst interrogate to ask to a kid is either or not they understand. They will always say ''yes'' either because they think they understand (even if they might not) or they don't want to look like they are stupid. So, you want to quiz them asking them questions like what are the key points to verify their learning. Also supply them with a occasion to ask their own questions so that they can make sure they clearly understand what was taught.

This 6-step coming is quick and effective as it respects the fundamental law of pedagogy. I strongly encourage you to use it with your athletes.

Coaching Youth Softball - How to Teach Softball Skills quickly and Efficiently