Coach's Dugout & Practice Planner

Build a player-first practice

Choose one game problem, demonstrate a short solution, let players make a decision, then use coaching points to improve the next rep.

Which sequence fits that goal?A long lecture with no player decisionA race without a stated purposeOnly correction after mistakesShort scenario, guided rep, feedback and another try

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Coaching Points

Keep stations small enough for every player to act and explain a read.

Common Mistakes

A busy schedule is not proof that players practiced the intended skill.

Alternative Considerations

Adjust station length to attention and safe staffing, not an inflexible timetable.

Coaching exercise: not a national rule requirement.

Track mandatory play separately

Before a regular-season game, an adult plans defensive outs and batting opportunities for every rostered player. The plan also records the batting-order format.

What baseline belongs to regular-season mandatory play?Six defensive outs and one at-bat, with the regulation's exceptions checkedWhatever the winning team prefersOnly a substitute appearance on the lineup cardThe PONY rule from a similar-sized field

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Coaching Points

Use a paper or league-approved record; this training page is not an eligibility tracker.

Common Mistakes

A short-game exception must come from Regulation IV(i), not an improvised reduction.

Alternative Considerations

Tournament procedures and an adopted continuous order require their own checks.

Rules/safety: minimum

Check traditional-order re-entry

A starter is waiting to return for a substitute. Before making the change, the adult reviews the substitute's defined at-bat and defensive outs.

Which condition is specifically part of Rule 3.03 re-entry?Any three defensive outsThe substitute's six consecutive defensive outs and qualifying at-batOnly warming up on defenseEntering at a new batting slot

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Coaching Points

Keep the original batting slot and distinguish starter/substitute re-entry from pitcher return.

Common Mistakes

Do not drop 'consecutive' from this particular requirement.

Alternative Considerations

Emergency roster exceptions and tournament play need their exact provisions.

Rules/safety: reentry

Handle a returning pitcher

An eligible Intermediate pitcher moves to another defensive position and remains in the game. Later, the coach considers one return to the mound.

Which statement fits the division?A return is never possible because Majors forbids itThe previous pitch count resets to zeroOne return can be possible; eligibility and prior visits still matterReturning gives a new daily limit

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Coaching Points

Carry the day's count and that pitcher's visits forward. Read the 2026 8.06(b) clarification.

Common Mistakes

Changing positions does not reset fatigue or eligibility.

Alternative Considerations

A legally permitted return is not a reason to use a tired or painful arm.

Rules/safety: pitch-return safety

Use league age for pitch limits

An 11-year-old and a 13-year-old are on the same Intermediate team. The adult uses each player's league age when checking the regular-season daily maximum.

Which pair is correct?Both 95Both 85Both 7585 for league age 11; 95 for league age 13

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Coaching Points

Verify league age rather than assuming birthday age or a division-wide limit.

Common Mistakes

A shared jersey does not create a shared pitch limit.

Alternative Considerations

The finish-batter exception has defined endpoints; record the relevant batter, not just the final count.

Rules/safety: pitch-limit ages

Name the rule's scope

A tournament or interleague event approaches. Before altering a lineup plan, the coach checks that event's rules and the local league's written adopted options.

What should not be assumed?That regular-season re-entry automatically describes every tournamentThat the source should identify a governing bodyThat the season mattersThat local options should be labeled

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Coaching Points

This pilot's rules packet is for regular-season Intermediate; link to the governing source when scope changes.

Common Mistakes

A rule remembered from another program can sound familiar and still be wrong here.

Alternative Considerations

AA, AAA and Travel labels need their own actual profile; do not invent them.

Rules/safety: minimum reentry

Rules and source notes

Little League International · Intermediate 50/70 · regular-season pilot. Sources reviewed 2026-09-06. No edition/build metadata displayed. App origin user-attested; supplied source text, not independently acquired app session. No edition/build metadata displayed; user-attested app origin. This is not a complete rulebook or a tournament eligibility guide. Coaching suggestions are labeled teaching choices, not national rules.

eligibility: The national division age band is league ages 11-13; actual roster and tournament eligibility must be checked separately. (regular-season; national-rule) Little League Baseball Divisions
amendments: The 2026 update list was reviewed. Relevant changes include returning-pitcher visits, simultaneous courtesy runners, and either half of double first on an uncaught third strike. The corresponding full rule governs exceptions. (all-play; national-rule) 2026 Rule Changes and Clarifications Little League Baseball Rulebook app: Rule 8
geometry: Intermediate uses 70-foot base paths and a 50-foot pitching distance. (all-play; national-rule) Little League Baseball Divisions
mandatory-play: Regular-season mandatory play calls for six defensive outs and one at-bat. This is not identical to the consecutive-outs re-entry requirement. Check Regulation IV(i) for shortened games, exceptions and remedies; do not substitute a local custom or assume this is the tournament procedure. (regular-season; national-rule) Regular Season Rules and Regulations Spotlight Little League Baseball Rulebook app: Rule 3.03
pitching: Regular-season daily limits: league ages 11-12, 85; league age 13, 95. The finish-batter exception ends when that batter reaches base, that batter is retired, the third out occurs, or the pitcher is removed before the plate appearance ends. Intermediate pitchers cannot pitch in two games in one day. (regular-season; national-rule) Regular Season Pitching Rules
substitution: An Intermediate pitcher who stays in the game defensively at another position may return to pitch once in that game, subject to eligibility. Under 8.06(b), prior visits remain attached to that pitcher; remaining visits do not by themselves bar return. (regular-season; national-rule) Regular Season Pitching Rules Little League Baseball Rulebook app: Rule 8 2026 Rule Changes and Clarifications
substitution: With a traditional batting order, starter re-entry requires the substitute's defined at-bat and six consecutive defensive outs; the original batting slot is retained. Once mandatory play is met, starter and substitutes may re-enter for one another as Rule 3.03 permits. Emergency exceptions require the actual rule, not an invented roster shortcut. (regular-season; national-rule) Little League Baseball Rulebook app: Rule 3.03
safety: Stop throwing for fatigue. Elbow or shoulder pain requires stopping pitching and evaluation by a sports-medicine physician. Keep an off-season, coordinate workloads across teams, develop basic throwing before fastball and changeup, and avoid combining pitcher and catcher workloads. Eligibility is not medical clearance. (safety-guidance; safety-guidance) Position Statement for Adolescent Baseball Pitchers

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