Play Better Baseball

Play Better Baseball
Author: Bob Cluck
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1993
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Gives techniques and strategies for baseball coaches and players based on actual team situations.

Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way

Coaching Youth Baseball the Ripken Way
Author: Cal Ripken, Jr.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2006-12-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1492582174

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.

A Youth Baseball Coaching Guide

A Youth Baseball Coaching Guide
Author: Danford Chamness
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2001-06-19
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0595185142

This book was written expressly for you who are coaching children in basetball. We stress how to teach children this complex game and to have fun doing it. The book covers all facets of the game from the most basic "how to" throw, catch, run and bat to game strategies and tactics. When coaching children it should be a fun experience for everyone, for you, for the parents, and most important of all, for the children. As a coach, we cover the teaching attitude and methods. We always keep in mind that these are children, and the game is for the kids and not for the adults. Winning isn't everything, but learning to play well and wanting to win is. We have taken the children from first grade through the eighth grade and bro-ken them into four categories. In each category we discuss the players needs and abilities, what they are capable of in both the physical and emotion sense, and their limitations. We have also defined the coach's role, the parent's role and the player's role.

Changing the Game

Changing the Game
Author: John O'Sullivan
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-12-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1614486468

The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O’Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only raised elite athletes, but have done so by creating an environment that promotes positive core values and teaches life lessons instead of focusing on wins and losses, scholarships, and professional aspirations. Changing the Game gives adults a new paradigm and a game plan for raising happy, high performing children, and provides a national call to action to return youth sports to our kids.

Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Baseball

Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Baseball
Author: Daniel Keller
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2011-01-25
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1492583162

You volunteered to coach the local baseball team, but are you ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Baseball has the answers. In Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Baseball, longtime coach Dan Keller shares his experiences and provides advice you can rely on from the first practice to the final game. From evaluating players’ skills and establishing realistic goals to using in-game coaching tips, it’s all here—the drills, the strategies, and most important, the fun! Develop your team’s fielding, catching, throwing, pitching, and hitting skills with the Survival Guide’s collection of the game’s best youth drills that young players can actually use. Best of all, you’ll be able to get the most out of every practice by following the ready-to-use practice plans. Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Baseball has everything you need for a rewarding and productive season.

How to Make All-Stars

How to Make All-Stars
Author: Andy Collins
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2014-03-19
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9781496096685

Hey kids, do you want to know how to make all-stars for your baseball league? Or parents, do you feel like the coaches keep passing your child up? Well no more! Or coaches, want drills and ways to motivate your players to get better? Coach Andy Collins is going to tell you everything he knows from his 35 years of youth and adult coaching and watching what works and what doesn't work. It's chock-full of ideas in 86 pages. He'll cover: * How your league chooses all-stars * What all-star selectors are really looking for * 7 tried and true methods of getting better at baseball * But more importantly, little known ways to get the people picking the team to notice you * And how to beat the "politics" that seem to get in the way Year after year kids sit in the stands crying after the all-star teams are announced and they weren't one of the players that were chosen. At the same time the students I've trained do make these same all-star teams. It was then I realized I had the information that the kids in the stands and their parents and coaches were looking for. Wherever there are kids around the world that play youth baseball, there are kids that long to make the league's all-star team. Every year it's the same, kids that desperately want to have their name called out (or see it announced on the list) don't make it, and a little bit of them is hurting deep inside; and they don't know why they were not picked. Little did they know that they could have fairly accurately predicted their chances almost from day one of when the season started. And if they knew what you're about the find out, they could improve enough in skill in the eyes of the all-star selectors as to be a better player or even make the all-star team. The good news is that in this book, there is a way to learn how to make the all-star team for the next upcoming season; and if not then, the following year (if you're willing to listen and follow the advice I give). While I have written this for parents and coaches to learn how this process works and how they can help these youngsters achieve their dreams, this is mostly a book written for the kid who wants to make all-stars, not a book for the parent who wants their kid to make all-stars (there is a difference). And it will be in that voice that this book will be written.

The Mental Game Of Baseball

The Mental Game Of Baseball
Author: H. A. Dorfman
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2002
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1888698543

In this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peack performance at every level of the game.

Coaching Youth Baseball

Coaching Youth Baseball
Author: David Grossman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2022-02-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578360560

It's said that it takes a village to raise a child. Generations ago, instead of two stressed-out working people trying to commute and raise kids, you had dozens of aunts, uncles, and grandparents to help out. With youth baseball, I think the same thing is true. Many teams have two assistants - but my teams typically have six or seven or even nine assistants. Everyone is on the field - parents, siblings, uncles, you name it - we use a village. And it's fun. I decided I needed to write about it, as no one else does it - despite my advocating it when I was in charge of safety and training for my own league. Somewhere it seems to be written "And thou shalt have only two trusted assistants and thou shalt do thy best ? but good luck to you." Having just two assistants is probably fine when players are 15 or older. At that age they can do a ton of stuff on their own. With kids ages 7 to 9 or even younger, if you tell them "Go play catch" it's not going to go well. Sure, some can do it, but many of them can't. With everyone helping, though, you can put players in a position to succeed - you can generate positive reps and the kids get better quickly. I have coached youth baseball for 25 seasons starting back in 1998. My intent here is to write a quick guide that will help new coaches and parents - so the kids ultimately benefit.