May 12 2022
By: Celia Balf
Baseball tryouts are right around the corner and for players, making the youth baseball team is a top priority. Here are 10 tips you can share with your players to…
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Apr 18 2022
By: Celia Balf
Baseball continues to be one of the most popular youth sports in North America. While baseball participation rates increased from 2018-2019, from 2019-2020 numbers dropped. When looking specifically at data…
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Apr 15 2022
By: Celia Balf
Even though Stephen Woods Jr. plays professional baseball for the Kansas City Royals, he still can speak to what it feels like to attend tryouts and how to best prepare….
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Apr 15 2022
By: Celia Balf
For many youth baseball organizations that turn to TeamSnap, they are looking for a similar solution: more time on the baseball field and less time on spreadsheets. Baseball teams and…
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Apr 10 2022
By: Celia Balf
“There are three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now: the Constitution, jazz music, and Baseball. They’re the three most beautifully designed things this culture’s ever…
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Feb 28 2022
By: Sarah Kostin
Baseball and softball remind us of summer days outside and making friends that last a lifetime. Although there is plenty of sitting in the dugout, the sport requires quick bursts…
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Dec 13 2021
By: Marika Dasbach
With the holiday rush in full swing, the last thing on most people’s minds right now is probably sports and registration. But with baseball and softball registration season right around…
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Feb 28 2020
By: Lisa Hope
Essential hacks to lead your baseball and softball team with TeamSnap.
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Oct 30 2019
By: Anand Patel
Every season comes with new and exciting challenges – yet sometimes they can leave you feeling anxious or uneasy. Will you get enough players and coaches to sign up? Are…
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Oct 09 2017
By: Emily Cohen
I was livid. My son, the back-up second baseman, had been told by the coach that, if the team had a sizable lead, he would come into the game in…
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Apr 19 2017
By: TeamSnap
Take a look around. It’s not hard to find examples of parents gone wild at youth sporting events. Arguing with officials, arguing with coaches and berating young kids has become so…
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Apr 22 2016
By: TeamSnap
Baseball is a complex game, but many of us understand it well enough to play. Surely from the first time aunt Helen or uncle Bill threw that first ball to…
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Apr 11 2016
By: TeamSnap
If you’re a coach starting a new season, your schedule is probably packed. You’ve got practices to coordinate, new names to learn and games to prepare for. That’s why we’ve…
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Mar 03 2016
By: Chuck Schumacher
Many parents have told me that their child does well in the batting cage, but when playing in a game, it looks like they’ve never swung a bat before. Pressure…
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Feb 19 2014
By: Emily Cohen
You are at your 8-year-old daughter’s recreational soccer game and you are livid. Why? Because your daughter isn’t getting the playing time you think she deserves. You seethe and stomp…
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Jan 14 2014
By: Emily Cohen
A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about coaches who play favorites, giving some kids more playing time than others for various valid – and not so valid –…
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Mar 05 2013
By: TeamSnap
Part III of III Read Part I and Part II Parents and coaches, keep your cool. Manage your expectations of your athlete, or they won’t find it enjoyable on a deeper…
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Sep 26 2012
By: Emily Cohen
I, along with several million other football fans, watched in disbelief on Monday night as the Seattle Seahawks were awarded a game-winning, last-second touchdown after Golden Tate clearly pushed the…
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Apr 03 2012
By: Emily Cohen
Since I started blogging on this site about a year ago, I’ve written extensively about parents who behave badly at tryouts, practices and games. Those yellers, screamers, and tantrum-throwers who…
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Mar 12 2012
By: Emily Cohen
Every year at tryouts, no matter for which sport the tryout is held, hyper-competitive parents can be heard boasting to their friends that their child is going to ‘play up’…
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Oct 03 2011
By: Emily Cohen
Cape Cod League baseball provides an unrivaled environment for baseball fans – young and old – to meet and mingle with top college ballplayers, many of whom go on to…
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