Andy Collins has been coaching since 1970, covering Little League, girls’ fastpitch at the high school, travel elite, and rec ball levels, as well as men’s slow pitch (winning over 70% of the games he coached). He’s coached coaches and players in clinics from local leagues to the Brazilian Jr. National Teams, and has coached hitters, catchers, and other position players privately since 2003. Many his students have gotten college scholarships along the way. He recently coached a number of players via Zoom.

Collins is the author of a book, “How to Make All Stars”, two journals (one for baseball and one for softball), and 15 videos on hitting, coaching hitting and defense. He is a graduate from Cal State University, Northridge with a degree in Recreation.

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CLASSES:

Introduction to Youth Baseball/Softball Coaching from a winning coach of 50 years

Welcome to Coaching 101 where we’ll cover everything you’ll need to get started to having a successful and fun season for you and your kids. Items like: 

• picking the team, 
• starting out on the right foot, 
• setting the tone, 
• organizing practices, 
• how to coach in games, 
• making batting orders, 
• coaching the bases, 
• managing the parents 🙂  
• and answer all your questions from my 50 years in coaching, both little league and recreational girls softball as well as coaching high school and travel teams

 

How to make the high school baseball/softball team

If you or your son or daughter want to make the high school team there are a lot of things to know about the realities of the process by which that is done, so we’ll go over 

• an assessment of your current skills and 
• the type of team the high school where you/they want to go to is
• these two assessments determine the steps you can take
• How will the coaches evaluate you
• What you need to do on tryout(s) day(s)
• Do Grades Count?
• Goal Setting
• and answer all your questions from my 50 years in coaching and coaching high school teams

 

How to make the all-star team in youth baseball or recreational softball leagues

How exciting is it when you or your kid gets chosen to represent their league’s all-star team? And how sad is it when you or your kid want to make that team but don’t get chosen, and even worse when you think there are kids that are as good as you on the team?
In this club, we will have the opportunity for both the players and their parents to take the class at the same time so we can put your kid on the path to achieving their goals.

The class is taught by the author of the book, “How to Make All Stars: the secrets and techniques that will help you make the team and covers:

• How to assess your skills vs. the rest of the league
• Different types of all-star teams
• How are all-star teams chosen (3 different ways depending on your league)
• What selectors are looking for
• How to get noticed by the selectors
• How to get better at batting and fielding and throwing and catching
• What to do if you don’t make it this year
• Goal Setting
• and answer all your questions from my 50 years in coaching, both little league and recreational girls softball as well as coaching high school and travel teams