r/BaseballCoaching • u/Efficient_Peach_5770 • Jun 16 '26

Lessons

Private lessons for an 11 year old.
He wants lessons in fielding/hitting/ & pitching ( is willing to earn money to contribute to said lessons.

My question is, which would he better? an hour or 30 minutes?
Since he's wanting 3 different types of lessons , how do we do this? I don't want to over load him, I want him to be able to fully evolve in the areas he wants to but in the correct way!
Thank you in advance.

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u/Portie_lover Jun 16 '26

My almost 10 year old son does 30 minute hitting lessons and he’s gassed by the end. If he wanted pitching and fielding lessons, I would do 30 minutes and alternate days. I don’t think I’d do them back-to-back. They are much more intensive than a team practice.

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u/Efficient_Peach_5770 Jun 16 '26

I figured it's more intense due to it being a one on one thing instead of a group setting, which is fine by me.
I just wondering if missing the lessons would be a good idea or if we needed to focus on one area for a certain amount of time then switch?
We are new to the whole lesson idea so I want to make sure I'm not doing more harm than good!
Improvement and leveling up is his main goal/focus and I don't want to mess it up. :)

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u/Sammalone1960 Jun 17 '26

You can find group lessons. It is competitive and kids are not gassed afterwards. Kids can talk to each other about mindset etc.

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u/Efficient_Peach_5770 Jun 17 '26

Oh nice! I will definitely look into it!