Practice planning for youth coaches
Show up readyto coach.
Guru turns your players, goals, field, and equipment into a complete practice, then guides you through it drill by drill.
The problem
Every coach can find a drill. The hard part is choosing the right ones for your players, fitting them into one hour, and making them work with the field and gear you actually have.
What Coaches Told Us
We started with interviews with volunteer coaches and a close look at real youth practices. 3 things kept coming up.
Finding drills isn’t the problem.
Coaches told us YouTube has plenty. Picking the ones that fit their players’ ages and skill levels is what takes the time.
Playing isn’t coaching.
A coach with more than 10 years in youth sports told us that early on, he ran drills he remembered from playing. Many didn’t work for young kids.
Downtime costs focus.
In the practice footage we studied, players waited in lines and some activities ran too long. Kids who stayed active had more fun.
YouTube finds drills. Guru builds the practice.
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Dynamic warm-up
Video, 4:128 min - 0:088
Ready position rollers
Video, 6:408 min - 0:1610
Tee line drives
Video, 9:0510 min - 0:2610
Front toss contact
Video, 5:4810 min0:36Water break, 2 min - 0:3810
Relay race throws
Video, 7:3110 min - 0:487
Base running relay
Video, 3:577 min - 0:555
Cool-down and huddle
Video, 2:205 min
Long toss, 150 ft
Video, 11:20
Too advanced for 9U
Pickoff moves
Video, 8:14
Not today’s focus
Batting in one line
Video, 6:02
Too much standing around
Full-field scrimmage
Video, 14:45
Needs a full field
These are real screens from the Guru app, start to finish.
Tell Guru about practice
Pick the team, a position group, the goals and skills to work on, the space you have, and how long you’ve got. Let AI draft the plan or build it yourself.
- Team
- Position group
- Goals
- Skill focus
- Facility
- Duration
Get the whole plan
A warm-up, drills in order with time for each, coaching cues, equipment, and a cool-down. Review it, then schedule it or email the time to parents.
- Warm-up
- Timed drills
- Coaching cues
- Equipment
- Cool-down
Run it from the sideline
Practice mode counts down each activity and shows what to teach, the gear you need, and what’s up next. Rate the session when you finish.
- Countdown timer
- What to teach
- Up next
- Session review
Each sport has its own skills, position groups, and practice spaces, for teams from 6U through 14U.
Baseball
Tee work to situational defense, with plans that change for pitchers, catchers, infielders, and outfielders.
Positions: Pitcher, Catcher, First base, Second base, Third base, Shortstop, Left field, Center field, Right field
Focus Areas
- Hitting
- Pitching
- Catching
- Infield
- Outfield
- Baserunning
- Throwing
- Fielding fundamentals
- Team defense
- Situational play
Practice Spaces
- Indoor / gym
- Backyard
- Batting cage
- Bullpen
- Infield
- Outfield
- Full field
Position Groups
- Pitchers
- Catchers
- Infielders
- Outfielders
Player Ratings, 1 to 5
- Hitting
- Fielding
- Pitching
- Running
Families connect when the coach adds a parent’s email to the roster. No codes, no extra setup.
Send practice times and recaps
Email the schedule before practice and a recap after it, straight from the plan. Recipients come from the roster.
See every team practice
Once a parent’s email is on the roster, the team’s practices show up in that parent’s schedule, next to any home sessions.
Plan training at home
Parents can build custom or AI-assisted home sessions for their player’s sport and position, then share them with the coach.
For leagues and clubs
Share Guru with the coaches in your program so every team gets organized, age-appropriate practices.
- Give new volunteer coaches a plan from their first practice
- More consistent, age-appropriate practices across teams
- Players moving and learning instead of waiting in line
Join the early access list. We’ll reach out when Guru is ready for your team.