• Managing Playing Time - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Managing Playing Time

    Managing the playing time of your players is one of the most important jobs you have as a youth coach. Outside of whatever your league rules are in...

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  • Youth League Pitching - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Youth League Pitching

     When you begin teaching Little League Pitching you must give serious considerations of the consequences of beginning the long journey of training ...

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  • Developing your Team Philosophy and Skillset - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Developing your Team Philosophy and Skillset

    How do we give our child or the players on our team an edge in developing their skills?  What is the latest technique, gadget or drill that can h...

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  • Pre-Game Routine - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Pre-Game Routine

    It's game day. You tell your youth baseball team to meet you at the field. When your players trickle in, they start pairing up and play catch with ...

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  • Long Term Athletes: Develop a Process - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Long Term Athletes: Develop a Process

      The key ingredient to working with pre-adolescent and early adolescent athletes is providing global stimulation from a movement perspective. Youn...

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  • Hitting with Kids - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Hitting with Kids

    It's said that hitting a baseball is the most difficult skill in all sports; not surprisingly, giving hitting instruction is also one of the most d...

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  • Hitting Objectives - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Hitting Objectives

    Goal Should be a Line Drive If we think about hitting the ball with solid contact, what we really want is a line drive.  Hitting a line drive is hi...

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  • T-Ball Chaos Control - Maximum Velocity Sports

    T-Ball Chaos Control

    Baseball?   Hmmmmmm.....yes, there are bases, and the players are hitting the ball with a bat, but really, Tee-Ball is a bunch of kids in the par...

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  • Pitch Count For Youth Pitchers

    Background: Baseball is one of the most popular youth sporting activities. Youth pitchers remain at high risk for shoulder and elbow overuse injuri...

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  • PITCHING BASICS - Maximum Velocity Sports

    PITCHING BASICS

    How you teach someone to pitch depends a lot on their age. At the age of 10, players are trying to understand and learn how to play the whole game....

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  • 3 PITCHING TIPS FOR BUILDING YOUR BEST - Maximum Velocity Sports

    3 PITCHING TIPS FOR BUILDING YOUR BEST

    I get this kind of questions a lot: “What should my son be doing between games to keep his arm healthy this season?” Pitching is a pretty high risk...

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  • Winners Mindset - Maximum Velocity Sports

    Winners Mindset

    DEVELOPING A WINNING PITCHER’S MINDSET Ask players and coaches about the importance of a good mental approach, and most will agree it plays a huge ...

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