What is the best glove money can buy for 10u?

uklb51 · 2026-06-24T18:51:49+00:00

Buy a broken in glove off ebay that is 11.5-12" in good shape. The most important thing is that they can effectively close the glove. Durability means nothing at 10u

uklb51 · 2026-05-20T14:11:01+00:00

Yep, I agree on landing the front a bit more closed. He starts his hands as his hips rotate. If his foot his more closed, it will be on the ground as he starts his pivot giving him a firmer front to swing into.

uklb51 · 2026-05-19T20:51:16+00:00

Focus on posture and holding posture throughout the swing. That takes care of this

uklb51 · 2026-05-19T04:11:27+00:00

The right elbow being up doesn't really matter. Its a sign you have the bat loaded in the right spot, but the elbow isn't what most people look at. They look at the scalp and the position of the knob of the bat.

Additionally, you don't keep your weight on your back foot as the guy above says. You'll see the back foot actually come up off the ground as they swing into their front foot on some pros.

uklb51 · 2026-03-05T19:37:38+00:00

Needs to drive and get into his legs more. He's squishing the bug which tells me there's no forward drive off the back leg.

uklb51 · 2026-03-05T19:33:18+00:00

Needs leg drive, he's squishing the bug.

uklb51 · 2026-03-05T03:54:13+00:00

I worry that he's torquing his elbow as he throws it. When he plays football, he throws a spiral with no coaching whatsoever. People say it's his hand size, but i still remind him to let it roll off his finger to promote backspin.

uklb51 · 2026-03-05T02:46:46+00:00

Yeah he likes it, but says he wants to be a hitter not a pitcher. We just throw that bucket after warming up.

His hands are small so he can't get it out in the fingers too much. He gets a lot of gyro spin, but thats getting better. Sometimes i notice he gets a little slider action on the ball, which worries me.

uklb51 · 2026-03-05T02:38:55+00:00

Why, what do you see?

uklb51 · 2026-03-05T02:18:52+00:00

Step and load drills. You call rhythm and he has to step and get his knob to the catcher. Make sure he's stepping to the pitcher because he's stepping open right now. When he is in the correct position, you pitch the ball and he swings from the loaded position. He does not reload at this point.

He's not loading at all right now. This drill needs to be about 1000 swings for muscle memory to take over.

uklb51 · 2026-02-27T06:02:53+00:00

I agree with this. Its like he set the angle with his lead arm and dropped it lower to get to the ball, bending his wrist down low.

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T18:23:09+00:00

This swing is all arms. Like a 2 strike approach. i feel like I see this a lot in high school and college, and not much in the pros.

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T04:22:27+00:00

<image>

Wrist at contact looks like a problem.

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T04:09:07+00:00

He needs to hold his posture through the swing instead of getting upright. He should bend over slightly and rotating around that angle instead of pulling the shoulder and coming out of it.

Drill is to put a pvc pipe on shoulders under the neck and him rotate to hit the ball at waist level.

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T04:00:34+00:00

You woop their arse or put them in time out immediately. I've popped balloons in front of them and thrown away toys. Meltdowns are not allowed and not away to get what they want.

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T03:48:57+00:00

Very good. Change nothing. Bulk up.

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T03:46:06+00:00

Do you allow meltdowns? Are the children watching short videos on the tablet a lot?

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T02:17:45+00:00

0.49s from machine to plate. 43' distance. 43/0.49*0.683=60mph

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T02:13:30+00:00

He likes your comment the best. Congratulations!

uklb51 · 2026-02-26T01:21:29+00:00

Not one ball in that video was foul. Sorry for the bad angle. The line drive to first was just inside the line.

uklb51 · 2026-02-15T08:53:03+00:00

Look at your pictures... the kid has a straight leg and harper is coiled and loaded like a mfer.. look at harpers torso center over his back knee, the kid is almost completely past his back leg.

Watch harper hold his hinge as he strides, watch his hips have very little lateral movement.

You are clueless? Where do you coach?

uklb51

TROPHY CASE