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Amazon.com Books: coaching baseball
Seventeen of the game's top collegiate coaches have teamed up with the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) to bring you the game's most comprehensive assortment of practice activities. The Baseball Drill Book features 198 drills proven to improve individual and team performance. Former Fresno State coach Bob Bennett, Ripon College's Gordie Gillespie, Lewis-Clark State's Ed Cheff, Wichita State's Gene Stephenson, and South Carolina's Ray Tanner are among the greats who present their best practice drills and insights for improving these skills: -Conditioning and warm-up -Throwing and catching -Base running and sliding -Hitting and bunting -Pitching -Fielding -Offensive and defensive tactics Additional chapters explain how to effectively and efficiently incorporate drills in practice sessions and to simulate game situations. In all, The Baseball Drill Book provides the essential link between initial skill learning and winning performance on the diamond. Author: American Baseball Coaches Association Paperback: 320 pages Company: Human Kinetics (2003-11-26) ISBN: 0736050833 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $9.16 Used Price: $7.19 
How to Coach Youth Baseball is the perfect guide for parents and coaches of youth baseball teams. Whether you are new to the coaching game or looking for ways to improve your techniques, Beverly Breton Carroll and the father-son combination of Fran and Kevin O'Brien offer everything you'll need to keep growing - and keep your players enthusiastic and excited. Author: Beverly Carroll, Kevin O'Brien, Fran O'Brien Paperback: 160 pages Company: Lyons Press (2007-03-01) ISBN: 1599210517 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $7.24 Used Price: $4.02 
Coaching young players, developing their skills, and cultivating a love for the sport may be the most rewarding experience baseball can offer. Cal and Bill Ripken understand this like few others. From their father, Cal Sr., a legend in the Baltimore Orioles organization for 37 years, they learned to play the game the right way. Those lessons, paired with their combined 33 years of big league experience, helped develop the Ripken Way, a method of teaching the game through simple instruction, solid explanations, encouragement, and a positive atmosphere. In Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way, Cal and Bill share this approach to coaching and development. Whether you’re teaching your children at home, managing the local travel team, or working with high school-level players, Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way will help you make a difference both on and off the field, with these features: More than 50 drills covering defense, hitting, pitching, and baserunning Age-specific practice plans for players ranging from 4 to 15+ Strategies for setting goals and reasonable expectations for your players and team Advice on communicating with parents, players, and staff Methods for creating a positive and fun environment in which kids can learn the skills and strategies of the game Bill Ripken was once voted by his peers as one of the big league players most likely to become a manager. Cal Ripken, Jr., known as baseball’s Iron Man, is a member of the game’s All-Century Team and a future Hall of Famer. Together, they are proof positive that the Ripken Way is the right way to teach the game of baseball. Author: Cal Ripken Jr., Bill Ripken, Scott Lowe Paperback: 264 pages Company: Human Kinetics (2006-12-15) ISBN: 0736067825 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $6.89 Used Price: $6.89 
Learn how to manage your youth team to success 
Use Youth Baseball Drills to develop players' understanding, skills, and love for the game. The activities presented will help you make each practice more educational and fun. This handy coaching tool contains a variety of both tried-and-true and innovative drills that build on and reinforce your technique and tactic instruction of 7- to 12-year-olds. Drills are easily located by topic in the seven chapters, and they progress in difficulty so that you can choose the most appropriate ones for your players' abilities in each facet of the game. And, because attention spans are short at those ages, each drill is designed to maximize the number of players involved on the field. Helpful tips throughout the book make on-field practice, organization, and time management much easier. Youth Baseball Drills is your guide to fun, productive practices so that your players get the best possible experience playing the sport. Author: Marty Schupak Paperback: 208 pages Company: Human Kinetics (2005-02-18) ISBN: 0736056327 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $6.33 Used Price: $6.00 
Successful seasons don’t begin on opening day. They begin long before, in the cages, gym, locker room, and practice field. There, consistency, execution, and teamwork form the foundations of powerhouse programs and championship titles. While most coaches understand the importance of practice, far fewer have perfected it year after year, team after team.
In Practice Perfect Baseball, the game’s premier collegiate coaches share their approaches, experiences, and philosophies on every facet of practice. This authoritative guide goes beyond the stretches and drills straight to the heart of winning—effort and attitude. From structuring sessions to evaluating practice performance, the vast information allows you to choose what you wish to implement in your program. You’ll find unique insights and invaluable advice from the all-star roster of contributors:
Ed Cheff Pete Dunn Dan Hartleb Steve Jaksa Tim Jamieson Mark Johnson Keith Madison Sean McNally Dave Perno Gary Pullins Terry Rooney Dave Serrano Gary Ward Bob Warn
In Practice Perfect Baseball, you‘ll identify and establish a practice ethic, learn to assess team strengths, and develop players’ skills in the field, on the mound, or at the plate. You’ll also learn to make the most of indoor practices, incorporate technology to perfect skills and evaluate performance, and prepare your team for upcoming opponents.
Developed by the American Baseball Coaches Association and edited by Bob Bennett, Practice Perfect Baseball is essential reading for every coach at every level of the sport.
Author: American Baseball Coaches Association Paperback: 256 pages SHK01435 Company: Human Kinetics (2009-12-31) ISBN: 0736087133 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $11.57 Used Price: $10.98 
Every year, hundreds of thousands of children play “Cal Ripken Baseball” in the largest division of Babe Ruth League, Inc. Play Baseball the Ripken Way is the ultimate guide to playing the game, by one of the sport’s living legends. Baseball is America’s national pastime, but that doesn’t mean we’re all born naturals. Kids of all ages (and their parents) are eager to improve specific skills, and now they can learn from one of the most respected baseball families in history. Cal and Bill Ripken have written a thoroughly illustrated instructional book that clearly explains proper baseball fundamentals—hitting, fielding, baserunning, pitching, and much more. Based on the teachings of the late Cal Ripken, Sr., a player, coach, manager, and scout in the Baltimore Orioles system for thirty-seven years, Play Baseball the Ripken Way shows players just what they need to do to be their best while maintaining a sense of fun and accomplishment with every new lesson. The Ripken Way consists of the following principles: *Keep It Simple: Teaching that is too complicated is difficult to remember and can result in frustration. *Explain Why: A teacher who cannot explain why is not truly teaching. Lessons that make sense will stick with players. *Celebrate the Individual: No two players are alike, so why treat them as if they are? *Make It Fun: The game gets serious enough quickly enough on its own. Drills and instruction should be structured so that players can enjoy themselves while learning. The book also includes tips for parents and coaches, practice workouts, and drills for players of every level. From the Hardcover edition. Author: Cal Ripken Jr., Bill Ripken, Larry Burke Paperback: 256 pages Company: Ballantine Books (2005-01-25) (2005-01-25) ISBN: 0812970500 List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: $4.44 Used Price: $0.28 
Written by three of baseball's top collegiate coaches in their respective areas of expertise and endorsed by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), Baseball Skills & Drills is absolutely the most complete instructional guide of its kind. This book offers 17 concise chapters including: - catching and pitching with Coach Pat McMahon of the University of Florida, Baseball Skills & Drills is an extraordinary book with 225 pages of relevant information and more than 200 photos that help illustrate the practical instructions on the basic skills and drills for developing top players at any age. Author: American Baseball Coaches Association Paperback: 240 pages Company: Human Kinetics (2001-03-06) ISBN: 0736037381 List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $8.77 Used Price: $1.96 
Some books teach coaches and players what to do; this also explains why. Developed by an all-star cast of coaches selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association, Baseball Strategies is the most comprehensive resource ever written on the tactical aspects of the game. Providing the content are 18 of the game's top strategists, including several coaches whose teams have totaled more than 1,000 wins and have won national championships. Meet every decision-making challenge, from setting the most effective lineup at the plate and in the field to deciding what play to call and when to call it in tight game situations. Should a runner be sent on a 2-2 pitch with one out? Should a hitter be walked to allow for a force-out even if the next batter is an RBI leader? When should a pitcher hold a runner on base from the stretch position or pitch from a more comfortable full windup? The analyses and answers to all of these questions and many more can be found in this book. In part I, you'll learn the specifics of offense, from determining the hitting lineup to studying the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing pitcher and defense. The contributors to the offensive side of the game include Itch Jones, Mike Gillespie, Danny Hall, and Mark Johnson. In part II, experts such as Bob Bennett and John Winkin explore pitching from every angle, including strategies for shutting down hitters, stopping baserunners, and fielding the position. In Parts III and Parts IV, you'll learn better defensive strategies for fine-tuning your strategic approach from George Horton, Jim Morris, and Bobo Brayton, just to name a few. Take a big tactical lead on your opponent. From position-specific responsibilities to situation-specific options to adjusting to the level of competition to altering your game plan in the middle innings, Baseball Strategies covers all the bases to give you a winning advantage in thinking the game. Author: American Baseball Coaches Association Paperback: 360 pages Company: Human Kinetics (2002-12-23) ISBN: 0736042180 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $10.60 Used Price: $8.25 
For the first time ever, Coach Jeff Dawson, with decades of both playing and coaching experience across multiple states and venues, addresses the game of baseball in the way it demands to be addressed: from the fundamentals and psychology of the game!That psychology, however, is honed from experience. Here you get nothing but a "hands-on psychology" style that you as the team's coach can and will begin implementing immediately to see instant results! All aspects of the game are touched on including: • Team Unity and how to get it back once lost and then how to keep it! • Practice to stay focused instead of practice and for practice's sake! • Catchers and batters and how to maximize their minds and steer them into winning players! • Drills, drills, drills and what not to do during drills! • Outfielding and how to boost your outfielder's desire to play their positions with razor-sharp accuracy! • Infielding: how almost all coaches overlook the most basic requirement of their infields during practice! • Run-downs, base-running, and stealing and how to drive a winning desire into your players that they won't ever let go of! • Baseball psychology, a tried and tested psychology that is immediately applicable to the team itself and how to apply it to your players, the parents, and most important to yourself! You won't find a boring encyclopedia of diagrams here! You won't find a detailed over-analysis of historical losing teams here! Instead, here you will find short and concise fundamentals that put the all-important fun back in the game for the players, parents, and you! Here you gain your coaching focus once again and immediately learn the techniques to instill that focus into your players! Here, you will find just enough of the all-around coaching guidance that you need to turn around your team and to build winning teams in the future! Click to get this book because you owe it to your players not just to improve their play but to put the basics and fundamentals and fun back into the game starting today! Author: Jeff L. Dawson Kindle Edition: 35 pages Kindle eBook Company: LDDJ Enterprises Publishing (2010-12-04) (2010-12-04) List Price: $5.27 Amazon Price: |
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