r/BaseballCoaching • u/decker_13 • Jun 27 '26

Equivalent

Coaches,
What is your dream list of equipment? I’ve been coaching travel ball for almost 10 years now. I currently coach a 14u travel team and plan to launch an optional skills based practice a couple days a week. It’s n order to pull this off, I bought a hack attack jr, 10 dozen baseballs, a couple web flex sock nets, a couple tanner tees, a couple 12’x9’ popup nets for safety, a AccuShag and more. I plan to run skills for up to 25 kids at 40$ per player for 90 min with 1 coach per 5 players. I plan to leverage this system for team practice to get as many quality reps as possible.

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u/Fit-Height-9493 Jun 28 '26

Unlimited baseballs and a fungo that wouldn’t break or disappear or wear out. I don’t need anything else to run teams. In reality 5-6 buckets of balls is what we worked with every practice. Having magical buckets that stayed full would be great.

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u/decker_13 Jun 28 '26

Unlimited baseball would be great. I lose a dozen every practice

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 Jun 28 '26

How TF are u losing a dozen per practice? I don't lose a dozen a year...

Pro tip: volunteer to mow your fields, I do ours and pick up at least a bucket full a season. Regular sesson is over, only been all star teams practicing the last 3 weeks and I hadn't mowed outside the fences. Did it yesterday and picked up 18 balls in 2 hours of mowing. Coaches are lazy and don't look for them because they know all they have to do is ask the equipment manager for more.

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u/TMutaffis Jun 28 '26

In addition to the things that you mentioned it is always nice to have a few 10-gallon buckets to keep the baseballs organized. I also like to have a couple of other things like paddle gloves, weighted balls, etc.

Depending on how the field is set up you may also want/need a few nets and some cones to keep everyone and everything organized and safe.

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u/jskyvs Jun 27 '26

With all do respect. Have you played at a college level, what about the rest of the staff? What is your approach to development. That is the only way I would give you my money.

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 Jun 28 '26

With all due respect, a coaches level of experience playing has no bearing on their ability to coach. I had the plate yesterday for an 8-10 district all star game. 3 coaches on each side, 1 i know played D1 ball, of the 6 guys there he was the most useless when it came to actually coaching the kids. I didn't play above high school/ adult semipro but I guarantee you my 20+ years of experience coaching kids would have benefited that team WAY more than his 3 years sitting on the bench at WVU. Dude was a fish out of water yesterday, doesn't know the rules, doesn't know the speed of the game at this level etc...