Expectations and Learning Objectives

Reasonable Expectations for Player Ability: NONE

• Objective #1 - Make the game fun & build confidence
• Objective #2 - Reinforce gameplay fundamentals and basic skills learned in T-Ball to build confidence and improve consistency
• Objective #3 - Promote equal opportunities and teamwork for players with different levels of ability, they will have chances do differentiate themselves at higher levels
• Objective #4 - Introduce next level of skills and gameplay knowledge to help players transition from T-ball to a “live arm” (Coach-Pitch):

Critical Concepts

• New Offensive Skills: Hitting a Moving Ball (Offense 2.0)
  • Seeing and tracking the ball
  • Timing: “Loading” to get ready to swing
• Suggested Drills & Games see

• New Defensive Skills: Fielding Fundamentals (Defense 2.0)
  • Fielding ground balls
    • Feet, hands, head
  • Catching pop-ups and fly balls
    • Feet, hands, head
  • Suggested Drills & Games see

• Gameplay: Introducing “real” baseball rules (Gameplay 2.0)
  • New Offensive Rules (Gameplay 2.1)
    • Strikes, balls, strikeouts, walks, and foul balls.
    • Base-running awareness
  • Suggested Drills & Games see

• New Defensive Rules (Gameplay 2.2)
  • Force outs vs. tag outs
• Roles and Responsibilities (Gameplay 2.3)

Basic Situational awareness - for each pitch, where to throw the ball if it is hit to you, and where to be if it is hit to someone else