Coach May.... I like the way you think. I had another coach on here send me a PM asking about how we use our middle infield to call how many looks the pitcher takes.... I had to stop and think for a minute. I told him I told the MI guys what I wanted and they made it their own. I explained what they were doing and how they did it, but it was of their own design.
As for the topic of keep it fun for the little ones.... I have the unique opportunity to have coached HS ball for 20 years, and I now have a little one playing machine pitch youth baseball. I have often pondered what happened to those kids that love playing the game as 7 year olds to the kids that show up as teenagers on our field that seem to think that it is no longer that game they once loved. I am seeing that the fire was never lit or it went out. The hows and whys that happens are long, but hopefully I can use that to keep my son's love of the game burning bright.