Skills Chart

In an effort to provide a more consistent and comprehensive message to our Players and Coaches, the VCBS has developed a Skills Chart that identifies the key Baseball skills, and the age they should be introduced to young players.    The chart was developed with input from our coaches and local high school and college coaches. The goal of this Chart is to:

• introduce skills at an age when the player will be able to understand the skills they are being taught.
• have the underlying, more fundamental skills in place to allow them to pursue new skills correctly.
• expose the player to all fundamentals and avoiding missing key skills due to coaching styles and coverage
• provide the coaches with a roadmap that will help them focus their practices.

The chart is not intended to restrict the skills that coaches teach.  We do ask that they focus on the skills that have been identified for their age level at every practice, and reinforce the skills that were taught at the lower levels.  The Coaches Clinics that are held at the beginning of each Spring Season discuss the skills that should be taught at each age level and provide examples of drills that can be used during the season.