Things we have figured out running a youth baseball program, written down in case they are useful to somebody else.
Seven warning signs worth spotting before you write the check, and what a program worth joining looks like instead.
Read: Travel baseball red flags every parent should knowMost parents ask what it costs. The more useful question is what it costs per hour, and where the hidden money hides.
Read: The real cost of travel baseballTwenty minutes a day in a basement or a garage. The equipment, the weekly plan, and the part parents get wrong.
Read: Building the hit tool over winterLocking a ten-year-old into one spot builds a narrow athlete. What to develop instead, and how it should progress by age.
Read: Why 10U players should not pick a positionFour data sources, one score, and a training plan that changes every time the numbers do.
Read: What Pelotero actually does for our playersObjective feedback on every swing, and where the ball would have landed in a real park.
Read: What HitTrax actually doesHow we made 9U players feel like D1 recruits without spending thousands, and what it actually cost.
Read: Signing day photos on a youth baseball budgetIf there is something you want us to write about, tell us.
