Port Washington Youth

 Baseball & Softball

 

 

Providing an experience in Sportsmanship, Teamwork, and Fair play

for the youth in our community

 
 
Important Dates to Remember

2009 SPRING REGISTRATION is now open.

Coaches Schedule Your Practices Here

Click Here for Important Traveling Team Tryout Information
Click Here for Important Tournament Information

Ten Common Hitting Mistakes
(Click on the link to see the solution)

1. Stance and Stride
2. Grip Mistake: Choke grip (base knuckles lined up on both hands)
3. Improper Box Mistake: Stretched or high box (back elbow up)
4. Dead Stop Hitting Mistake
5. Back foot lockout Mistake
6. Bat Angle Mistake
7. Front Shoulder Early Release or Quick Hip Problem
8. Lack of Follow-through Problem
9. Head Positioning and Tracking Mistake
10. Fear of the Ball Mistake

2009 Baseball/Softball Skills Day
Saturday, 4/4/09 @ PWHS Gym

Any child that is signed up for one of the following is expected to attend:

Major Boys (5th-7th Gr) 8:30-9:30 am
Minor Boys (3rd-4th Gr) 9:30-11 am
Major Girls (4th-7th Gr) 11am-12pm

Questions: Call Randy @ 262-689-4137 or Ward @ 262-844-4500

2009 Happenings

Welcome back for another exciting baseball and softball season! For those families new to our program, we’d like to extend a special welcome. Last year, nearly 550 kids participated in our baseball and softball leagues and with the help of countless volunteers, we had another incredible season.

One of PWYB/S’s primary goals is to give our children a great outlet for playing organized baseball and softball in a fun & safe environment. We also seek to provide baseball fundamentals and teach lessons that can be applied later on in life.

Thank you for participating in PWYB/S. We are committed to having another season of safe, fair and fun baseball and softball - LET’S PLAY BALL!!!

Check out the Coaches Corner for drills and instruction.
Here's a sample:

Drill:
Soft Toss Scrimmage

Purpose:
Fun quick paced game that allows players the opportunity to play many different positions.

Equipment:
Game equipment

Setup:
Split your team into 2 squads. One will play offense, one defense, just like a regular game. Since each team will be short of a full defensive team, let the defensive players determine how they will set up their defense. We usually go without a pitcher and catcher. No bunting or stealing allowed.

Execution:
The name of the game is movement. We play 6 outs per half inning.

The coach will soft toss each pitch to the hitter from the side. The hitter must swing at each pitch.

After each hitter, the defense will rotate one position. We rotate around the infield from 1st to 3rd, then to left field and around to right. The right fielder will then move to first.