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Dominate the Diamond with Duke and Steve

Dominate the Diamond with Duke and Steve

Baseball parents, let's lead by example. Be a great spectator

Coaches need to talk to the parents about talking to umpires and heckling calls to respectfully handle the player's parents and manage relationships. ...

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How to Prevent Kids from Misbehaving

As a youth coach, sometimes there are moments that your players are on hyperdrive and you and your coaches feel like it is impossible to keep them con...

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Create New Baseball Drills for Practice

As a youth baseball and softball coach, sometimes it is overwhelming to always come up with new drills to keep practice fun. The same drills and pract...

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How to Hit Slow Pitching as a Hitter

As a coach of youth baseball and softball, the game continues to advance as the ages go up. As baseball players advance, the selection of pitches adva...

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Everything you need to know about Cooperstown

Coach Duke Baxter of Dominate the Diamond shares the details of his Cooperstown All Star Village experience. The wins, the losses and the smells! Grab...

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How to Build Confident Hitters at the Plate

Youth players need to learn how to build confidence as hitter at a young age. Therefore, that confidence will build and carry into their career's next...

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How to Develop Youth Players and Handle Parents

As a coach it can be difficult to handle your youth player's parents efficiently and how to mentally develop your players for success. Coach Duke Baxt...

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How to Get Your Pitcher Locked In!

Duke Baxter and Steve Nikorak break down some mental tips when your pitcher is throwing strikes but being hit. Trusting the infield is crucial to a pi...

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How to Manage your Baseball Roster

Many times youth coaches are unsure or worried about how to pick their roster and how many players to carry. Duke Baxter breaks down how to properly p...

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How to Increase a Baseball Players Reactions

When do you prep step? Athletes need to prep step as soon as the ball is being hit so they are able to land in a balanced, athletic position that allo...

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The best ways to hold runners on base in baseball

Coach Duke Baxter and Steve Nikorak explains how to hold runners on base and stop them from advancing to second and third once they are on first. It i...

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The Top Tips for Coaching 1st and 3rd Plays

Duke Baxter breaks down how to defend when there are base runners on 1st and 3rd base. A key aspect is to set up a trick play because the opposing tea...

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Parents, be better than this. Parent punches umpire at youth baseball game

Coach Duke Baxter received a phone call during a Zoned 13U baseball game from one of the 13U coaches. He said "a parent just punched the umpire right ...

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How to warm up pitchers properly for performance and arm health

Pitchers need to be hot when they get on the mound. This means that they are warm, loose, and have had pitches in the bullpen. What this looks like is...

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