Tips for Preparing to Host a Little League® Tournament
Hosting a regular season or district tournament can be a lot of fun, and an exciting event for the communities entering teams and fans, families, and friends coming to the…
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Local League Finances: What Parents Need to Know
As a parent, it’s important to understand your local league’s financial operations, and we encourage all local leagues to be transparent with their finances. Since its inception, Little League® International…
Keep Little League® Practices Fresh by Including Intrasquad Scrimmages
When your focus turns to the regular season, managing effective, engaging practices between games can become a challenge. By the time the season is under way, your team has settled…
Coaching Little League® Is a Learned Skill
All Little League® managers and coaches are volunteers, who by definition, are considered amateurs. Yet, whether coaching for the first time, or a veteran of many seasons there is always…
Tips for Operating Your Little League® Program’s Social Media Accounts
Social media is a great way to share the fun of Little League® with your fans, followers, and friends. Your presence should reflect the positive, emotional impact of the league,…
Little League® Background Screening Process
As a condition of service to the league, all managers, coaches, Board of Directors members and any other persons, volunteers or hired workers, who provide regular service to the league…
You Make the Call – Did that Batter Bail Out or Swing?
Situation With a count of two balls and two strikes, the batter for the home team is moved back off home plate by an inside pitch and in the process…
Backyard Tip: Placement Hitting Using a Hit Stick
A hitting stick is a simple training device commonly used to replicate soft-toss with either a baseball or softball. Designed to improve hand-eye coordination, directional hitting, and timing, a hitting…
Hey, Blue! – Batting Out of Order
This month, we will explain and outline one of several different consequences for batting out of order. The situation described below is applicable in all divisions of Little League Baseball®…
Backyard Tip: Secondary Lead, Base Running Drill
Base running and timing are essential to scoring runs. A simple and fun way to develop proper base running technique is to practice the secondary lead drill. This will help…