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The Baseball Coach's Guide presents select books and videos related to:
    
COACHING & MANAGING SKILLS 

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BOOK 
101 Things* You Can Teach Your Kids About Baseball

By Don Marsh

With over 25 years of playing, teaching, and coaching baseball, Don Marsh shares his knowledge of pitching, hitting, catching, fielding, bunting, baserunning, throwing, defense, offense, coaching, and fun in a well-presented treasury of tidbits that when taken together add up to considerable insight into the game of baseball. *(Actually there are over 400 of them.)
In association with Amazon.com


  
BOOK   
Managing Little League Baseball

By Ned McIntosh

Featured are 20 of the most important and frequently used Little League Baseball rules; Drills for players on hitting, baserunning, defense and pitching; Tips on drafting players, motivating players, and game strategy.  Illustrated with photos and diagrams.
In association with Amazon.com



BOOK 
Jeff Burroughs' Little League Instructional Guide: Tips and Techniques for Coaches and Parents From the Coach of the Two-Time World Champs 

By Jeff Burroughs

Borroughs, who had a 15-year career in the major leagues, is also a former Little League player and coach of the 1992 and 1993 Little League World Series Champions in Long Beach, California. Burroughs emphasizes methods to teach hitting, pitching, and fielding skills and outlines practice schedules, drills, and game simulations.
In association with Amazon.com



BOOK 
Think Better Baseball: Secrets From Major League Coaches and Players for Mastering the Mental Game

By Bob Cluck

Widely respected baseball coach Bob Cluck unwraps and analyzes baseball's inner game by dissecting game situations position by position and thought by thought. With an immeasurable wealth of resources and wisdom based on his 36 years of major league experience, Cluck brings the intellectual aspects of the game to life. Think Better Baseball is a valuable reference and learning tool for coaches, parents, fans, and players--whether you are at the recreational level or have an eye toward a major league career.
In association with Amazon.com



BOOK
Coaching Youth Baseball: A Baffled Parents Guide

By Bill Thurston

Written by a four-time New England Coach of the Year, it shows novice coaches exactly how to go about building skills, developing teamwork and sportsmanship, and creating an experience that both kids and coach enjoy. Bill Thurston leaves no question unanswered. He addresses both broad organizational issues like how to get uniforms or arrange for practice time and more focused specifics like what to do at the first practice. The Baffled Parents Guide is the ultimate coaching guide for the uninformed.
In association with Amazon.com



BOOK 
The Baseball Coaching Bible

By Jerry Kindall (Editor)

27 contributing coaches share their keys to winning baseball—something they know well, having won 50 national titles and nearly 25,000 games. The book's varied and vast amount of information allows you to pick and choose what you wish to implement in your program, but you will gain knowledge and be entertained by it all. The wit and wisdom of baseball’s sharpest minds shine through in their memorable stories and valuable insights.
In association with Amazon.com



BOOK 
Coaching Youth Baseball (Betterway Coaching Kids Series)

By John P. McCarthy. Jr.

Let Youth Baseball be your guide, whether you're running the team or working one-on-one with your child.  Longtime Little League coach John P McCarthy covers the basics and much more.
  In association with Amazon.com



BOOK 
Coaching Baseball Successfully

By Andy Lopez, with John Kirkgard

In Coaching Baseball Successfully, Coach Andy Lopez shows you how to build your own championship baseball team. He includes nuts-and-bolts information about how to: plan for the season and prepare for practices; teach both offensive and defensive techniques and tactics to players; prepare for games and handle various game situations; evaluate your players and your program, and use 36 drills to develop players’ bunting, baserunning, hitting, and defensive skills. Lopez also explains how to develop a baseball coaching philosophy, communicate on and off the field, and motivate players to be their best.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK 
A Youth Baseball Coaching Guide

By Danford Chamness

A guideline of information directed at training young players from T-Ball to fast pitch, full-blown baseball. The vernacular of the game to coaching signals for the players. A Youth Baseball Coaching Guide is a comprehensive guide to coaching young people who want to play baseball. Rules, regulations, coaching signals, how to play offense and defense. The role each player plays in the games.
In association with Amazon.com

BOOK 
The Baseball Handbook

By Bernie Walter; Foreword by Denny Neagle

More than 55 major league players, including Mike Mussina, John Smoltz, and Denny Neagle, have already reaped the benefits of Bernie Walter’s coaching expertise. Now you can too. He’s a masterful teacher, highly successful coach, and three-time National Coach of the Year who shares a wealth of knowledge about the game in The Baseball Handbook. This easy-to-use guide is packed full of photos, diagrams, and advanced strategies to show you the way to greater success on the field. If you’re serious about the game, this book is as essential as a bat and ball.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK 
Coaching Youth Baseball (Coaching Youth)

American Sport Education Program

Developed by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s number one coaching education program, Coaching Youth Baseball provides volunteer coaches with both an explanation of their role and concrete instructions on how to fulfill that role. this valuable resource features the games approach instructional method, which makes practice more fun for the kids and teaching more effective for you, the coach. Also included are chapters on communicating with athletes and parents, planning and conducting practice, and coaching during games.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
Little League's Official How-To-Play Baseball Book

By Peter Kreutzer and Ted Kerley

Based on the bestselling video by MasterVision, with more than 125 illustrations plus the Official Little League playing rules.  Special tips and informative quizzes compliment easy-to-follow instruction in all the skills beginning players need to master the game.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
Play Better Baseball: Winning Techniques and Strategies for Coaches and Players

By Bob Cluck

Play Better Baseball prepares coaches and players to meet the challenges of tough competition.  It is the state-of-the-art source for baseball fundamentals and mechanics, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and accompanied by helpful new drills.  Based on actual team situations drawn from Bob Cluck's 20-plus years of coaching.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
Baseball coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and a Winning Team

By Jerry Weinstein and Tom Alston

Here is a comprehensive, practical resource that makes building a successful baseball program considerably easier for both the new and the experienced coach. Included are proven techniques and ready-to-use materials for virtually every aspect of the coach's job, from recruiting to training talent for each position.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
The Fundamentals of Coaching and Playing Baseball

By Joe Russo and Don Landolphi

Here is a comprehensive, practical resource that makes building a successful baseball program considerably easier for both the new and the experienced coach. Included are proven techniques and ready-to-use materials for virtually every aspect of the coach's job, from recruiting to training talent for each position.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
Youth League Baseball: Coaching and Playing

By Skip Bertman

Skip Bertman, coach of the 1994 NCAA Champion Louisiana State University Tigers, has devoted each chapter of this book to a specific phase of the game. The text includes information on basic skills, such as hitting and catching, as well as on more complex matters such as position-specific abilities.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
The Dugout Bible: Coaching Youth Baseball for Success: Strategies and Tactics for Preparing Little Leaguers to Have Fun, Gain Confidence, and Win the Right Way

By Rob Shoemaker

No glossy pages, no pretty pictures, no fancy diagrams, no fluff.  Instead you receive 170 pages chock full of Little League coaching strategies and tactics that will maximize yout team's potential and make your players feel successful.
In association with Amazon.com

Baseball Playbook by Ron Polk (Book, paperback only)
BOOK
Baseball Playbook by Ron Polk (Book, paperback only)

By Ron Polk

By Ron Polk, Mississippi State University
This book is the most complete baseball book ever published! It covers everything: offense, defense, practice organization, drills, signs, coaching guidelines and responsibilities, correcting faults, pages of charts, diagrams, and sound baseball instruction.  Even groundskeeping!
In association with OnlineSports.com


BOOK
Coaching Baseball: Skills and Drills: The Ultimate Baseball Training Guide

By Dr. Bragg Stockton

One of the most famous coaches in baseball updates and revises his classic work. Dr. Stockton presents every aspect of baseball, from offensive play, to defensive play, to planning. Large format, 264 pages with many illustrations.
In association with Amazon.com


BOOK
Heads-Up Baseball: Playing the Game One Pitch at a Time

By Ken Ravizza and Tom Hanson

What does it mean to play heads-up baseball? A heads-up player has confidence in his ability, keeps control in pressure situations, and focuses on one pitch at aq time.  His mental skills enable him to play consistently at or near his best despite the adversity baseball presents each day.
In association with Amazon.com

 

VIDEO (VHS)

'Pre-Game Infield/Outfield Rituals' (video) by Larry Price
VIDEO
'Pre-Game Infield/Outfield Rituals' (video) by Larry Price

Coaches Choice

Crucial coaching before the first pitch. Covers field entrance, warm-up and stretching, sprinting, throwing, batting practice, infield/outfield, bullpen observation, situational running, away-game rituals, drills and much more.
In association with OnlineSports.com



VIDEO 
A Coaching Clinic

Major League Baseball Productions

Hosted by Bobby Brown, former New York Yankee and American League President.  A training video for everyone -- coaches, managers, dads, moms, and players, too!
In association with Amazon.com



VIDEO
  Pitching Strategies And Tactics

  Robert Steinfeld Productions

  Texas Rangers pitching coach Tom House takes us through
  a day in the life of a pitcher.  Includes conditioning methods,
  skillwork, new drills, flexibility exercises, matching workloads
  with weight training, velocity ratio charts, how to spot a bat-
  ter's weakness, and daily workout tasks.  65 mins..
  In association with Amazon.com

                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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