Things we have figured out running a youth baseball program, written down in case they are useful to somebody else.
Every club player gets baselined on the Universal Rating System in November. What the number measures, why it is a rating and not a ranking, and what it cannot tell you.
Read: Every Gorilla player is getting a number this yearSeven 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.
