Coaching Beginner Baseball | How to Throw (Pro Speed Baseball)
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In this video we are going over the proper progression on how to teach a beginner how to throw a baseball. We will go over the most common mistakes most young aspiring baseball players make and the one position that takes care every mistake.
We will first get in the proper throwing position and learn how to throw using both arms efficiently. The first phase will be with no step where the player throws from a still position. The second phase we will then add a small step towards the target. And when the player has mastered the first two steps, the final step is a shuffle towards the target and then throw.
If done in progression, making sure each progression is mastered, the player will have built a solid throwing foundation to build from.
I look forward to helping you improve your baseball in the future!
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Michael Derr
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Just watched this video 10 min before coaching my son's team. Did the 3-stage process exactly as shown. Kids responded really well, loving the YES!! position of the left arm. I had them lined up and throwing against a fence, so I could watch each one in turn. Had other coaches giving me props because the results were so good. Thanks for sharing, great video.
That is awesome! So glad we could help out! Thanks for commenting!
This is an excellent video, thank you for breaking it down step-by-step and no filler, no fluff just right to the point!
You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful!
I'm an adult but I wanted to get someone in the dunk tank at work. Thanks! XD
haha perfect! Hope you got em'!! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Nice
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Mmm.
Underated comment 😂🔥🔥
Thank you very much for breaking this down. For someone who has been doing it forever and it is second nature, it is hard to think of how to explain it to a first timer but this helped a lot thank you for sharing.
Wow... Your 3-phase throwing drill is amazing. So you are not just a DH but a gold glove,too!
Thank you for this video. Im actually a girl that has been inspired to play baseball by the sandlot movie. When i get a baseball i'll try that move out. Wish me luck!!
I know it's been a couple years, but I hope you haven't lost your interest in baseball. We need more girls playing so we can have enough for full leagues!
@@geologick I dont really see very many guys playing softball
Yess, I was inspired by my Great uncle, and it has been my dream to play in the Major leagues, I've been practicing, but I did not have enough to help my little siblings out. All of my 6 siblings want to learn how to play too, I think it is really cool, they wanted me to teach them. I agree, we need more woman in the Major leagues
Left handed first base drills please
Great and simple throwing lesson for kids, best that I've seen!
This is helpful, my 13 year old still has trouble throwing…coaches can’t seem to debunk it. One he steps out as you first demonstrated and two he drops his elbow so the velocity isn’t there as much. With this tip hopefully I can get him to atleast keep the foot straight when he steps !
Thanks for the "Yes" idea! I took over coaching a 9-12 year old team and I want to teach them the right way to throw
Can't believe that I need this video. I remember when I was 6, I just threw the ball with my arms naturally moving the way it should. Pitching was the thing that I had to be taught, but somehow I feel helpless trying to show my 6 year old the basics of throwing & it's baffling because kids today seem so much smarter.
Hell yeah man. I know what you mean.
I really appreciate your willingness to respond to questions and work with people. I wasn't going to ask because I I wasn't sure you were still responding, but saw some of your responses are only a couple months old. I've got a five-year-old I'm working on trying to teach the game to. My focus has always been fundamentals, but lately he's been struggling to make good powerful throws. I think part of the problem is we focus so much on the details that when it comes time to put them in action he gets hung up on the small things and cannot perform. Also I have specific questions on your form, glove hand pointing at the Target or elbow pointing at the Target? Also seems you prefer to open up the front foot, I've always thought that caused the shoulders to open up and have errant balls flying out away from the target. Any input would be appreciated.
Hey Tyrel, thanks for the question. You pretty much answered it yourself.... getting kids too young focused on the details can be hazardous to their game. Most young kids, not all, but most will be very close to good mechanics at a young age... whether that be hitting or throwing. Their minds are great at solving simple problems, so it's very advantageous to give them very general direction and stick with that. If you give them a simple goal to accomplish, they will most likely find the best solution to accomplish that goal. A great test study is younger brothers... a lot of younger brothers end up being very good because they see their older brother play and over time they see what the older brother is trying to accomplish. They also have a unique ability to sift out the details. For example: if a coach tells older brother to hold the ball a certain way and finish the throw.... all the younger brother sees is the brother trying to throw to a target. When their minds are still working this way, it's important to give them these simple goals and let them do the math on their own.... again to an extent. The greatest instruction you can give to younger players is: Throw it that way.... or Hit it that way. Then as they develop, you can make minor tweaks to their mechanics over time, if they even need any. Hitting can get a little off if they thing the goal is to hit the ball into the air verses line drives, but throwing is much more simple on their minds. They want to throw it at a target and throw it fast. So in summary, I would highly recommend taking a very simple approach. Hit me in the chest, if he doesn't do it, then try again. Rinse and repeat. Hope this helps out! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
@@ProSpeedBaseball Thank you Michael! That is hugely helpful, and I'm sure my son will appreciate it as well.
Im a gramma learning how to throw; i can catch pretty good with a glove and freehand, but throwing is hard for me, i have to fling my whole arm into it as i have no snap in my wrist and the ball seems to roll off my top finger edges and loft in order to get to the other person 20 ft away. if i try and throw it straight i dont have enough power and it ends up at their feet!
I'm 13and this is my first time playing baseball I just wanted to know if u could help me out with my throwing as a left out field
+Caleb Hensley Hey Caleb, thanks for the comment!
We can definitely help you here at ProSpeedBaseball.com, you can check out our programs at our website.
If you're just starting out playing, know that it takes a good amount of repetition to develop strong and accurate throwing mechanics.
For the short term, I would recommend practicing with nice relaxed throws being as accurate as you can be every day.
If you do this, you will have a good jump on getting in some repetition, and you're accuracy and arm strength will continuously improve. Just make sure there's no pain, and to stop if you feel any pain!
Hope this helps! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
I am a kid who just joined a team and my pitching sucks. Good job!
Thank you so much for your video and the drill!
You are most welcome! Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Thanks it's a good video :-)
Thanku so much broo such nice drill. Because i can teaching. My friend
Trying today with my son.
Thanks for the good instruction. I'll use your tips the next time I practice.
You're most welcome! Thanks for commenting! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
I have an injury and am learning to throw with my weak hand. I needed a quick reminder😂😂thanks for the vid
My only fear is a runner breaking my ankle.
I'm 51 and I'm today year's old when you taught me this. I can't wait to try it out. Thank you 😊
This actually helped out a lot. I'm actually a kid who plays baseball and was trying to figure out a good posture so I can try out for my towns rec team
That's awesome! Glad we could help out!
Good luck with your game! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
D A M O N S A V A G E
Very helpful . thanks
Thank you very much for the video. I'm a complete beginner(adult). Can you please describe how the right arm/elbow moves?
How do I correct the elbow first throw? I have a player with a bad habit that leads with the elbow way ahead of the ball.
This was super helpful for me to coach my son on how to improve his throw, thanks for sharing!
You guys are very welcome! So glad it could help out! Thanks for the comment!
Awesome video!!
I can throw well but but I’m a poor teacher. This helps, thanks.
Thx this will help me in baseball practice
You did a great job with the upper body positioning.
I’m a college pitcher coming off injury. I had trouble finding arm path and really visualizing throwing. I know this was meant for little kids but thank you
I think it's really just fundamentals. Coach here mentions kids because most US adult ball players already throw more-or-less correctly (at least I assume so), and so most how-to-throw coaching will be with kids.
However, I'm an Englishman in the UK and we have some new players in our club who need to learn how to throw in much the same way as a kid would need to learn how to throw, but I don't know how to teach this skill, so I'm hoping the ideas in this video will help. 🤞🤞🤞
Great tips coach.
this was great.
Any advice? My nephew has the first step right but then when he is throwing he tends to flip his wrist and goes straight into a shot put throw
Make sure he is warmed up and then get him to see how far he can throw the ball. He will start to figure out that he will have to have more of a throwing motion to get the ball to go far. It's a great mind sike to get younger players arms going! Hope this helps! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
This question isn't about throwing technique but I need help with the team I'm coaching. I am coaching a 8u girls fastpitch with some VERY inexperienced girls. I've go the basic throwing hitting fielding grounders etc. But how do I get them to understand where to throw the ball once they field it. They just don't understand the concept of softball/baseball lol How do I get them to understand which base to throw it to. They dont understand force-outs etc so how do I get it across to them? HELP? lol
Thanks. These foundational videos are very helpful as I'm trying to coach 1st year t-ball players in the 3-4 yr old age group.
how about a snowball? @WETM
This video is great! Now if only my son would listen to me…any tips on that?!
haha, great question! I've ran into this once or twice in my years teaching... and by once or twice, I mean almost every single kid. :P
My best tip for that is either get a coach/third party to help relay the message or be there for support and ask them if they want help when they start to struggle, vs offering help... for whatever reason, it's much better for them to ask... so saying something, like, "hey, I'll throw BP for you, hit your grounders, etc... if you want some help on doing it better, just let me know." Tough one to crack, but hope this helps!
One. Fell. Swoop. Not fatal😂😂
Yep 1:11
Hi I am very enjoying your videos. Sometimes I get my hand twisted when I throw the ball. How can I fix this?
Great video as I'm just teaching my son now. He's 13 but never wanted to try baseball. Thanks!
How is it going
When taking the ball out of the glove to get into position to throw, is it true that you need to keep ball facing down all the way until you can't reach when pulling ball out? Sorry if this is irrelevant, my school tryouts are next week.
Small shirt big pants?
My son throws as if he is shock putting. Is there a drill to help with his extension?
Thanks Coach...I'm 67 years old and this video has taught me a lot.
Absolutely! Thanks for watching! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
me, at 20-year-old who's never played baseball before: *interesting... yes, yes, all this for little kids*
My 8 year old throws short arm and I can't for the life of me get him to extend his throwing motion. I just found your videos today and like what I see. I coach his little league squad. We're getting into kid pitch now and his motion is killing me. Any tips or drills I can do to remedy this?? Thanks!
Wow
Not sure if you’re still answering questions, but I’m having an issue with grip. I have a 7 year old that has an issue with the ball coming out of his hand sideways off his pinky. I’ve yet to find help with this and it’s been incredibly frustrating. Any help would be appreciated!
Hey Darren, thanks for the question! This is a very common issue with young players. Get a tennis ball and a baseball, draw a straight line around the equator of the ball (ideally set up for a 4 seam fastball) with a sharpie. With the baseball, you can play catch and get the line to go end over end so you can see it... the tennis ball is for at home where they can throw the ball against the ground, wall or lay on back and throw into air doing the same thing, getting the line to go end over end. It's important to allow them to still throw as naturally as possible, so not trying to aim or throw the ball like a dart, but to make throws gripping a four seam and over time getting that line perfect. Hope this helps out! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
I played baseball this is a great vid:)
" YES !!! "
I have been coaching for over 30 years , throwing drills is very important for first time players. Also short toss drills.
+ken Jones Couldn't agree more. Starting with the general technique is key for developing sound mechanics in the future! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Once they learn these basics, should they step forward during the throw?
Thanks great drill 👍🏽
Happy to help!
Wow Michael... I shouldn’t be astonished since I have tried several of your tips and drills myself and see them working, but this is amazing: My son Andrew is 4 years old and for a while several coaches have unsuccessfully tried to teach him to throw ... until today that I implemented the advice on this vid in the park and he emptied the bucket of balls putting 59 balls on a target set 6 ft away and just missed 10... just seeing his face and jumping all happy was priceless... Thank you sooooo much for sharing your knowledge! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hey Wander, thank you so much for the awesome comment! That is so cool to hear... it never gets old! So glad we could help out! Good luck with Andrew in the future! Sounds like he''s off to a good start :) ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Love this story. How's he getting on now?
@@JeffJefferyUK TY for following up.. Andrew is about to be 8 yo... he played 2 seasons then started experimenting into soccer, swimming, Tae Kwon do, biking and all other sports, which is good for all kinds to experiment ... and still he is trying, meanwhile dads still plays at at 35+ adult league, the kids is now doing JiuJitsu and no baseball! lol
@@WanderlyRamirez He'll be back...(hopefully).
Good to hear you're still playing though!
When i throw it go up high how to fix it i want it become lower or I don’t have power to throw?
I’m in high school as a jr rn. I really want to play next year in senior year.
Bro please respond, I’m left handed learning right handed because I want to be ambidextrous for high school baseball and this video helped so much I’m progressing so much thank you man.
My son has the bad habit to throw side arm how can I fix that ? Thanks
Still waiting for the video which teaches the arm and wrist motion. Believe it or not, it's not natural to everyone to use your wrist in throwing the ball. You show the person using it without talking about it, as though everyone already knows it. I had a throwing problem growing up. I had no idea what I was doing wrong. I wasn't using my wrist. If I'd watched this video, it wouldn't have helped me at all.
Brilliant Video!!! Excellent step by step procedure!!! Easy to follow!!! THANKS!!!
I’m 10YO and getting into baseball, and this is helping me.
Thanks!
I want to hit a tennis serve with my left hand. My right elbow hurts. My step 1, learn to throw a baseball left handed. Do you know of advice to learn to throw with the off hand. I'm an adult.
I’m 40 and this video is for me lmfao
"T"/Point Foot/Yes/Step/Skip
I'm going to work this into a "follow the leader" type game for my tee ballers.
Thank you coach.
Now how do I get timid batters to hit with power? Coaching 4,5,6 year olds.
Great video, thank u ...coaching my first little league team
Skip and throw WTF.
This was great. Very basic. But that's what I want to give my kid - fundamentals. Thanks.
Great video !! Helped me explain a little better teaching my wife to play catch, great tips !
My grandson fell asleep watching this next time get to the point.
We skipped throwing on one knee to learn how to grip the ball, the proper arm route, and proper front side?
Our rec team had our first practice last night. We have (hope you're sitting down) 6 or 7 kids that are 14-15 years old, and they're 1st year players. It's unbelievable. I thought the days of teaching basics was behind me lol.
The steps here in this video are exactly where I was at last night. Just seeing if I missed anything. It's been awhile since I taught this level.
Michael Derr...you are an excellent coach sir. I am truly grateful.
+Doc Holliday Hey Doc, thank you for the awesome comment. It's very much appreciated!
Thankfully I was sitting down when I read the comment :P It's crazy when you go to teach something so basic, and because you haven't thought of it in a while it seems almost foreign.
Glad the reference video helped out!. If there's anything we can do to help out, just let us know!
~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
0:45
I love baseball
I have a friend and when he throw the ball I can hear the rotation sound or wind sound when the ball travel
and clearly the throw was powerful
so can you tell me secrets to throw as powerful as that throw?
EXCELLENT!!!
Any tips
My son is in his first year, I'm happy with his progression because of your videos, particularly this one. His basic mechanics are probably one of the better on the team, which consists of mostly older boys. However he seems to lack power, and the ball often flutters out of his hands, into a short lobbing throw. Any suggestions?
+Lewis Upfold Hey Lewis, thanks for the question! Glad the videos are helping out as well!
It's tough to say, if you're son is a little younger, anywhere form 6-9ish it could be just a matter of experience and repetition. The more he does it the easier it's going to get. Especially at a younger age.
As long as his goal is to make good throws and he is practicing good mechanics, he will be good to go!
A quick suggestion would be to start working on a shuffle step to gain some momentum in the throw. Where both feet do a skip-like motion before the throw.
Hope this helps out. If you guys have any other questions on this or anything else, please feel free to hit me up anytime!
~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
+Pro Speed Baseball Thank you for the advice, and peace of mind too. He's only 6, I just don't want him to develop bad habits that will be hard to break out of. One thing that helps is the "yes" motion. A big problem he has is letting that glove hand flail, it basically twists his body around rather than forward would be the best explanation. Being 6, he doesn't always know he's doing it, even when I remind him ti "yes." One drill I've been working on with him to get him aware of the benefits of bring that arm in, is having him keep it close to him before the throw. Even having him put his glove on the opposite hip. t's just a drill, to show him about where his glove should end up, and the power/accuracy that comes from it. Working my way to getting him to point then pull it in, though. Also working on that step that you suggest. Thank you for the input.
Anytime! Glad to hear you're getting him started on the right foot! Going to go a long way as he gets older.
The struggle with him not knowing he's doing something is perfectly normal, especially for someone his age. As long as there is consistent reminders and he's practicing he right stuff, he'll be good to go!
Good Luck out there!
~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Throwing a baseball
Even when I throw softly
Great instructions, thanks
My arm hurts when I throw
Can you teach me how to hit the ball with a baseball bat
Me learning to switch pitch
bade
Thank you I'm 10 and I'm having trouble throwing in all-stars
You are most welcome! Good luck with your practice! ~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
Me a high school lefty baseballer trying to learn to throw with his right hand too: 👀
i play bseball tooooooooo
Wow this actually help out a lot, thanks
Coach Derr is the best!
i'm in high school playing baseball and not getting a whole lot of playing time because of my arm. it's my bicep and i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong
How are you good bro!!!!
Well done
Thank you...helpful
this is so cool
+Isabella Arcos Thanks Isabella, glad you liked the video! Thanks for the great comment!
~Michael Pro Speed Baseball
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Me too
It helped
I'm definitely going to try this with my sons team
From transitioning into each phase how do you gauge when it’s time to move on?
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