Baseball for 10-year-old newbie

North Oakland/South Oakland Little League (NOLL/SOLL) offers Fall Ball, which is usually more low-key than spring baseball and might be good for a beginner. I don't see a ton of info on their website, but you can sign up here through 8/20/21 (https://secure.sportability.com/spx/Leagues/League.asp?LgID=48594) or email info [at] nollsoll.com for details. Some Little League options are dependent on residency, so you might also want to check out what San Leandro Little League (sanleandrolittleleague.com) is offering if Oakland isn't available to you. Sometimes local park & rec departments will have classes, too. 

Our kids are Albany Little League, so YMMV, but we've found that most of the surrounding LL's tend to be about the same.  I'd absolutely suggest going for it next spring....I coached my 10 year old this past year, of our 12 kids 6 had played multiple years, 3 hadn't played at all and 3 had played during the extremely short Covid shutdown year. As far as something before that starts, there aren't as many baseball camps over breaks until LL would start mostly because of the possibility of rain.  Skyhawk Sports has classes for older kids normally and I'd check there.  Lastly, your local LL may run something akin to spring training, which are stations, introductions to the game kinda stuff, starting in February or so. Hope that helps a little bit

Have no worries at all.  I cannot say enough good about Albany Little League.  Sure, it has its politics just like every organization, but for the kids, it is a tremendous program.  There is absolutely no skills requirement or expectation.  All your child needs is a willingness to go out there and give it what they have, be a good sport and teammate, and always be learning.  The kids in the program form strong friendships and league play is all about the love of baseball.  Parents, form strong bonds too because we have all been around one another for many years.  There are other more competitive options, like the East Bay Cyclones, but you needn't worry about that now.  (Keep it in mind if it turns out your child loves baseball and wants to commit to more development.  Plus, until the kids are 13/14, ALL and Cyclones work to complement one another.)  When we joined ALL when my son was 7 or 8, there were about 800 kids in the program across all ages and levels.  There will be a place for your child.  Most of the practices are in or near UC Village in Albany (e.g. NW Berkeley), but it is very easy to get there off the highway.

http://www.albanylittleleague.org/

https://www.eastbaycyclones.org/

El Cerrito Youth Baseball has a fall program called Fall Ball, which is all about skills building and learning the mechanics of the game. Kids are divided up into age-specific groups (based on the age groups they'd play in for the spring season). It's a great program; both of my kids have attended and plan on going again this year. There's a real range of experience amongst the kids who attend and everyone is treated equally. ECYB is a pretty relaxed league in general; it attracts families from around the area for that reason. Fall Ball tends to be at parks/fields in El Cerrito/Albany/Berkeley on Saturday or Sunday for a couple hours. More info will be available on their website soon, and registration opens soon as well. It's helpful to have some gear (glove, bat, cleats) but not required.

From my husband’s perspective of 20 years coaching kids LL (girls and boys) you can’t do better than “playing catch” every day gradually increasing distance.  It’s a “father-son” thing, but with two mitts, it can be any family member or neighbor or friend.  It should be someone whose played the game tho.  (It’s social with running commentary)