Introduction:

Family is the most important agent of socialization through which the students who start sports training develop their identities and learn the rules and values of their social settings.

Aim:

To spread the results of the design and implementation of a set of educational actions that will prepare the families of stater baseball athletes (7-8-year-old children) in the municipality of Sancti Spiritus.

Materials and methods:

The methods used were empirical: survey, interview, observation, document review, pool analysis, and pre-experiment, along with theoretical and mathematical-statistical methods. The sample consisted of fifteen families of starter baseball athletes in the 7-8 yea-old class, at the Julio Antonio Mella Sports Facility in Sancti Spiritus.

Results:

the actions taken produced a major quality change in all the dimensions (cognitive, procedural, and attitudinal) with their respective indicators associated with family preparedness for integration into the sports initiation process as educators.

Conclusions:

The families were empowered for better integration into the work of baseball coaches in the sports facility, thus enabling a broader educational role in the process.

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