Exclusive Interview with St. Louis Cardinals Manager, Mike Matheny, Author of The Matheny Manifesto... A Must-Read for Little League Parents In 2008, some local parents approached current St. Louis Cardinals manager, Mike Matheny about coaching their youth baseball team the following spring. One night, he wrote a long … [Read more...]
Overuse Injuries Are Real: It’s Important to Know the Risk Factors
By Dr. James Andrews Spring is almost here and that means “baseball.” For parents and coaches it is a time to understand all of the risk factors and how to make sure your young players are healthy. Many of you will be starting up youth baseball in very cold climates. Even in the deep South there have been … [Read more...]
The Number-one Risk of Arm Injuries Continues to be Year-round Play
By Dr. James Andrews If baseball is to continue to be “America’s Pastime”, we need to make sure that prevention of injury becomes a number one priority. There is no question that Little League® International is working hard to keep our young athletics healthy. From my perspective, there is no youth baseball league that … [Read more...]
Jax Beach Bombers Home Run Leaders
Spring 2014 Majors Division Home Run leaders. … [Read more...]
3 Drills for Young Hitters
Batting a baseball is a difficult skill to master. This is often an especially frustrating task for a child. Successful batting requires body control and sound mechanics. In this article we will discuss some basics of hitting and introduce a few simple little league baseball drills aimed at improving technique. The … [Read more...]
