Some ideas on Youth Baseball Pitchers

Every kid wants to pitch it seems. You are the center of the game. You set the pace of the game. You look great when you strike out the No. 3 hitter in the lineup. You feel so good when it is a one two three inning.. You don't have to run off the field like everybody else. The pitcher gets walk off after the third out. It is a very cool position play.
It can also be very humbling when you lose the strike zone, start getting hit, or your defense has trouble helping you out. The worst part is when you have to be taken out of the game or off the pitcher's mound.

Pitching is much more than just throwing the baseball past hitters. The top three rules for pitching are as old as baseball itself. Locations, location, location. At eight or nine years old you can get away most of time with just throwing heat past hitters. As you get older however, off unless you learn how to change speeds, and change location, hitters will begin to hit your fastball.

Young pitchers who are top pitchers at 8 years old sometimes aren't even pitching 11 years old because of a variety of reasons. Some of these reasons we cover our course. The sooner the young pitcher learns the necessity of changing speeds and location the sooner they will improve as a pitcher. Young pitchers 8-11 will have a wide variety of throwing motions. Here at the Youthbaseballonline.com we present to you options that you can give your young pitchers. We stress a compact wind up with as little unneeded movement as possible. We are not reinventing the wheel here. We stress balance first. Arm position, rotation of the hips and balanced controlled follow-through are also recommended.

Pitch counts and no breaking balls of any kind are also strong recommendations of ours. At puberty young pitchers can begin to be introduced to breaking pitches in our opinion. Changeups will more than suffice until then. You can do a great deal of long term damage to your life young athlete's arms by number one, not getting into a warm-up routine early in the career. It's the habit that needs to be instilled.At 8 years old they may not physically need to have a half-hour warmup routine. At 13 they do, so if it is not ingrained by then, all it takes is one incidents to hurt your arm.

Pitch counts. Please abide by the recommended pitch counts per age group. We're talking long term here.It is your responsibility as coaches to protect your players. It also teaches a young pitchers a lesson or two. Use your pitches wisely.If you want to go deep into the game , get batters out by using location not just heat. A 7 pitch inning using your fielders, keeps everybody in the game. It also keeps your pitch count down and you stay in the game longer. I know the younger age groups have inning limits, it is never too early to instill these basics. At Youthbaseballonline.com we will cover pitching in the following chapters.


To be a successful pitcher,you must have a positive mindset. Having fun while you pitch is a good way to stay positive. Stay focused even when others are making mistakes around you. Having a short memory , is a good way to stay focused. Everyone makes mistakes of the baseball field, even the pitcher. Don't give up even if the game isn't going the way you'd like it to. Your teammates look to you for the attitude they need to win. Sometimes your teammates take on the ATTITUDE of the pitcher. So if you're down and distracted that's how you teammates will play. If you stay positive and focused and shrugg off mistakes, so might your teammates. It's a good idea to praise your teammates when they make a play. You don't have to go over and shake their hand, just a simple nod will do. Your focus and determination will be noticed by your teammates. They may even play a little bit harder for you because of your determination and focus. Picture yourself making a good pitch. Don't just get the ball and throw, think about the situation. Each pitch is important. The next pitch may be the one that gets you the inning ending double play

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