What Is QCBaseball?

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QCBaseball (qcbaseball.com) is a free youth baseball coaching resource that has been online since 2000. It is run by owner Don Edlin and is aimed primarily at youth coaches who want to start on a positive note and keep improving, though the site notes it also gets feedback from high school coaches who find the material useful. If you coach a youth team and need drills, coaching instruction, or help handling common situations, this site is built for you.

What the site covers

The main navigation reflects the core content areas:

  • Coaching – general instruction for running a team and developing players
  • Instruction – teaching specific skills
  • Situations – how to handle game and team scenarios
  • Drills – ready-to-use practice activities
  • Rules – rules reference
  • Blog – ongoing posts and updates

The stated focus is providing the best youth baseball coaching information the owner can, with the goal of helping coaches create a positive learning environment for their team.

A sample of the content: the featured drill

The homepage features a drill called Soft Toss Scrimmage, which shows the practical, game-based style of the material:

  • Purpose: A fun, quick-paced game that lets players try many different positions.
  • Equipment: 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 set up. Typically no pitcher or catcher is used, and bunting and stealing are not allowed.
  • Execution: The name of the game is 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.

This illustrates the site's approach: drills that keep players moving, expose them to multiple positions, and fit within a normal practice.

Staying updated

QCBaseball offers a blog with recent posts and an RSS feed, plus an email subscription option. The site states your email is safe, will never be sold or given away, and you will not receive spam.

Who it's for

The primary audience is the youth coach — including parents who are just getting involved. One testimonial on the site describes a dad who went from a parent volunteer to one of the most in-demand managers in his league, and who recommended the site to his entire league, particularly praising a parent letter resource.

If you're looking for a long-running, free starting point for youth baseball coaching material, QCBaseball is worth browsing — start with the drills section for ready-to-run practice activities, or the coaching section if you're new to running a team.