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Baseball Coach's Guide
presents select books and videos
related to:
COACHING
& MANAGING SKILLS
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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.)
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
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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.
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association with
Amazon.com
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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.
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association with
Amazon.com
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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.
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association with
Amazon.com
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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.
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association with
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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!
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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.
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association with
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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.
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VIDEO
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'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.
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association with
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VIDEO
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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!
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association with
Amazon.com
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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..
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association with
Amazon.com
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