Wesley,
In addition to picking up some pointers under the "beginner" area of the baseball skills and drills section on Weplay (http://www.weplay.com/youth-baseball/drills/skills/beginner), there are some great sites for teaching beginners.

The best is teeballusa.org. They've got a great drills and games section here:
http://www.teeballusa.org/DrillsGames.asp
Each one of these drills is a time-tested, proven successful way to teach the basics.

Another great site, though you'd have to pay for it:
http://www.teeballuniversity.com/

I am a first time Tee Ball coach. I had the same question. I found the best thing was to have a quick warm up (run bases twice) Then create three stations (10 min each): 1)Batting, rotate batter and fielders. 2) Fielding, roll, bounce, or throw ball to players based on skill 3) Throwing, focus on grip and stance. After all players have rotated thru have a scrimmage.

we used this traning ball and it worked very well for catching. www.safetoss.com would work well for the drill that Steve Faust mentioned above. Great team gift that they can use at home to practice

I checked out the safetoss ball. Great idea. I currently use tennis balls and wiffle balls. The safetoss ball looks to have equal weight as the tee ball. Might be worth a try.

It sure does Steve, and because of the weight and 'feel" of it. When you do switch over by choice or in a game situation it's not a big difference. It feel great catching it too! it sure does . be

We have been practicing supper high fly ball catching with my 5 year old son using the safetoss.com ball. Since his catching has improved dramatically I started working on his weakness, pop-ups. Sure enough, a pop-up came to him wile playing first base last week and the crowd went wiled when he got under it and caught it no prob. Thank you safetoss.com
Thought I'd share!

Thanks Al,
Are you part owner in safetoss?

Proper equipment is important. I agree with Steve, Albert.

On another note. The language you use with kids is also very important. Beginner athletes are not little adults. How you speak to them about baseball, or any sport for that matter, does make a difference on their sports experience and yours. At Jelly Bean Sports, we've created an introductory language for kids that has two great benefits 1) it ignites kids potential and 2) coaching is made easier.

Wesley in the end, our approach is about the kids. They should be doing all the work in practice if they are to be learning in the ways that are the most productive. As a coach, consider yourself a facilitator. You explain t-ball, they play t-ball. How you coach t-ball is what dictates how much work you will have to do. I am here to say, many coaches work way to hard. Embrace the idea of making coaching fun. You can begin making coaching easier and more fun by considering the language you use with kids.

A kid-friendly language
1. helps unlock children's focus.
2. allows them to remember more because learning is made fun.

As for coaches,
1. A kid-friendly language will help you build a stronger synergy with young players.
2. Player response and development will gain you greater respect amongst parents and peer coaches.
3. You begin walking away from every practice feeling more in control and enjoying the process because you will have taken the time to consider kid-thinking inside of your coaching approach.

When you learn to connect with players and breakdown learning into a process t-ball becomes a win-win for everyone. Players, parents and you share a richer youth sports experience.

Try a few of our techniques. They work. If used consistently, you can expect to see children understanding to such a high level that they actually begin to own the process. You will teach more in less time.

Teaching more in less time is what every tot-coach yearns to do but few know how to.

Check out one example of how we teach more in less time, at Jelly Bean Sports, teach throwing to beginner athletes.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Coachs-Clipboard--How-to-Teach-Young-Kids-to-Throw-a-Baseball

Let me know how it goes.

Coach Pickles
Chief Executive Bean
Jelly Bean Sports--Sports Made Simple, Learning Made Fun
www.jellybeansports.com