Baseball drills for 5 year olds

At 5

The age at a glance

This year

At 5 nobody needs a pitch count yet: Little League's pitch-count table starts at league age 6.

Drills this year

At 5, SSTracker's plans are the ages 4 to 6 games: play with a ball, no positions and no contact. Beginner drills start at 7.

At 5

Organized sport in all: no more hours a week than the child's age (NATA), so at most 5 hours for a 5 year old, with two rest days a week.

At home

SSTracker keeps one home session for a 5 year old within 30 minutes and plans at most 3 home days a week, with rest days between.

9 drills

Drills for 5 year olds

Every drill here is one the app opens for 5 year olds, at the level for the age. Each page has the steps, a diagram where the setup can be drawn, three ways to make it a game and a practice log to print.

What you need at home

What you need at home at 5

9 of the 9 baseball drills for 5 year olds work at home, in a room, garage or yard. Most used: batting tee or a tall cone (1 of the 9 drills), beanbags or rolled-up socks (1), big soft ball or beach ball (1), bucket or a big box (1), cones, shoes or toys (1), foam or plastic ball (1), glove (1), light plastic bat (1). 2 drills need nothing but space.

• Frog Jump the RiverAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Rocket RunAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Tail TagAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Roll and ScoopAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Throw to the BucketAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Foam Ball Tee HitsAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Animal ParadeAges 4 to 6 · 3 min
• Flamingo BalanceAges 4 to 6 · 3 min

Questions parents ask

Baseball for 5 year olds: questions and answers