What Coaching Resources Are Available on QCBaseball?

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QCBaseball is a free youth baseball coaching resource that has been online since 2000. Its content is organized into six main sections—Coaching, Instruction, Situations, Drills, Rules, and Blog—plus a featured drill and a parent letter resource. It is aimed primarily at youth coaches just getting started, though the site notes that high school coaches also report finding the material useful.

Main Content Sections

Section What it covers
Coaching General guidance for running a team and building a positive learning environment
Instruction Teaching players the skills of the game
Situations In-game scenarios and how to handle them
Drills Practice activities, including the featured drill below
Rules Baseball rules reference
Blog Ongoing posts, available via RSS or email subscription

The site describes its purpose as helping coaches provide the best possible positive learning environment for their team, and helping them enjoy coaching and being part of a team.

Featured Drill: Soft Toss Scrimmage

This is a sample of the kind of drill content the site publishes. It is a fast-paced game that gives players the opportunity to play many different positions.

  • Purpose: A fun, quick-paced game that lets players try many different positions.
  • Equipment: Regular game equipment.
  • Setup: Split the team into two squads—one on offense, one on defense, like a regular game. Because each squad is short of a full defense, the defensive players decide how to arrange themselves. The game is usually played without a pitcher and catcher. No bunting or stealing.
  • Execution: The emphasis is on movement. Each half-inning is six outs. The coach soft tosses each pitch to the hitter from the side, and the hitter must swing at every pitch. After each hitter, the defense rotates one position—around the infield from first to third, then to left field and around to right.

Additional Resources

  • Articles and coaching tools: The site states it offers coaching tools, drills, and articles. A reader testimonial specifically mentions using "all of your coaching tools, drills and articles."
  • Parent letter: A reader testimonial calls out the parent letter as especially valuable, saying it "made a difference" and that they recommended it to their entire league. This suggests it is a ready-made communication template for coaches to share with parents.
  • Blog updates: Recent posts are listed on the homepage, and you can subscribe via RSS or have the blog sent to your inbox by email. The site states your email will never be sold or given away and you will not receive spam.

Who This Is For

The primary intent is to help the youth coach get started on a positive note and keep improving over the years. High school coaches have also provided feedback that the site has valuable information for them. If you are a new youth coach looking for drills, skill instruction, in-game situation guidance, and ready-to-use communication materials, these sections are the place to start.