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| Author | : Ken Beardslee |
| Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
| Total Pages | : 90 |
| Release | : 2004-04 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1414064659 |
With a mere two hundred words, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the gifted American poet, changed the lives of countless numbers of young people by composing his inspiring poem, THE PSALM OF LIFE. Ken Beardslee, in this his sixth book, believes he can change the lives of thousands of young baseball pitchers with his latest effort, MAKING EVERY PITCH COUNT. It is a book of limited pages, easily understood, and in the long run quality always triumphs over quantity. With the lively baseball, the much smaller strike zone, and the lowering of the mound, all present day pitchers are working with a very narrow window to success. With new approaches, and tested theories of his own, the author presents a program that will vastly improve any pitcher's performance. The author's record as an amateur and professional pitcher, and his deep experience as a big league scouting supervisor for the Pittsburgh Pirates, speaks for itself. At Vermontville High School in Michigan, he set seven state pitching records. In addition he holds the national record for strikeouts per batters faced during a high school season, and career. In professional baseball before being injured, he had a seventy five percent winning percentage in the New York Yankee organization. MAKING EVERY PITCH COUNT breaks new ground for pitchers of all ages.
| Author | : Max Marchi |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2018-11-19 |
| Genre | : Mathematics |
| ISBN | : 1351107070 |
Analyzing Baseball Data with R Second Edition introduces R to sabermetricians, baseball enthusiasts, and students interested in exploring the richness of baseball data. It equips you with the necessary skills and software tools to perform all the analysis steps, from importing the data to transforming them into an appropriate format to visualizing the data via graphs to performing a statistical analysis. The authors first present an overview of publicly available baseball datasets and a gentle introduction to the type of data structures and exploratory and data management capabilities of R. They also cover the ggplot2 graphics functions and employ a tidyverse-friendly workflow throughout. Much of the book illustrates the use of R through popular sabermetrics topics, including the Pythagorean formula, runs expectancy, catcher framing, career trajectories, simulation of games and seasons, patterns of streaky behavior of players, and launch angles and exit velocities. All the datasets and R code used in the text are available online. New to the second edition are a systematic adoption of the tidyverse and incorporation of Statcast player tracking data (made available by Baseball Savant). All code from the first edition has been revised according to the principles of the tidyverse. Tidyverse packages, including dplyr, ggplot2, tidyr, purrr, and broom are emphasized throughout the book. Two entirely new chapters are made possible by the availability of Statcast data: one explores the notion of catcher framing ability, and the other uses launch angle and exit velocity to estimate the probability of a home run. Through the book’s various examples, you will learn about modern sabermetrics and how to conduct your own baseball analyses. Max Marchi is a Baseball Analytics Analyst for the Cleveland Indians. He was a regular contributor to The Hardball Times and Baseball Prospectus websites and previously consulted for other MLB clubs. Jim Albert is a Distinguished University Professor of statistics at Bowling Green State University. He has authored or coauthored several books including Curve Ball and Visualizing Baseball and was the editor of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis of Sports. Ben Baumer is an assistant professor of statistical & data sciences at Smith College. Previously a statistical analyst for the New York Mets, he is a co-author of The Sabermetric Revolution and Modern Data Science with R.
| Author | : H.A. Dorfman |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2017-03-01 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 1630761850 |
Author H.A. Dorfman brings his years of expertise as instructor/counselor with the A's, Marlins, and Devil Rays to provide an easy-to-use, A-to-Z handbook which will give insight and instruction on how to pitch to peak performance at every level of the game. Perfect for pitchers who need that extra edge or hitters who want to better understand the mental moves on the mound. With a new foreword by Rick Wolff!
| Author | : Wild Pages Press |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 150 |
| Release | : 2017-11-14 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781979775878 |
Designer Notebook Interior 150 lined pagesSize 6x9Glossy softcoverPerfect for everyday use Perfectly spaced between lines to allow plenty of room to write Wild Pages Press are publishers of unique journals, school exercise books, college or university lecture pads, memo books, notebooks, journals and travel journals that are a little bit quirky and different.Stunning covers, sturdy for everyday use. Great quality, we offer thousands, upon thousands of different designs to choose from. Our quality products make amazing gifts perfect for any special occasion or for a bit of luxury for everyday use. Our products are so versatile, they come in a wide range, be it the perfect travel companion, or a stylish lecture pad for college or university, cool exercise book for school, comprehensive notebook for work, or as a journal, the perfect family heirloom to be treasured for years to come. Our quality products are made in the USA and competitively priced so they can be enjoyed by everyone.
| Author | : Dan Blewett |
| Publisher | : Dan Blewett |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2019-04-08 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1727813936 |
Dear Baseball Gods, Why didn't you look out for him? Didn't he deserve better? He hustled, competed, and played the game the right way. What happened wasn't fair. A Second Comeback Dan sat by a tree, staring at the ground trying to decide what he would do next. The doctor had just explained that everything he worked for was now ruined. A second Tommy John surgery? Does anyone come back from that? Is my career over? Is this it? A Winding Road to the Top As a walk-on in college, Dan had to earn everything. He pitched on three hours sleep, lived in the clubhouse, played for a team that collapsed mid-season, and endured more arm pain than any kid should. A Way to Move On When finally forced to hang up his cleats, Dan looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the man peering back. If no longer a ballplayer...what would he do? What had been the point of it all? Who was he? The Deeper Side of Life as an Athlete In this philosophical memoir, written as a series of letters, you'll learn that the pinstripes don't wash off so easily.
| Author | : Nolan Ryan |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 1991-04-15 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : 0671705814 |
Offers advice on the mechanics of pitching, and recommends a program of weight training, aerobic exercise, and sound nutrition.
| Author | : Joseph Adler |
| Publisher | : "O'Reilly Media, Inc." |
| Total Pages | : 486 |
| Release | : 2006-01-31 |
| Genre | : Games & Activities |
| ISBN | : 1491949422 |
Baseball Hacks isn't your typical baseball book--it's a book about how to watch, research, and understand baseball. It's an instruction manual for the free baseball databases. It's a cookbook for baseball research. Every part of this book is designed to teach baseball fans how to do something. In short, it's a how-to book--one that will increase your enjoyment and knowledge of the game. So much of the way baseball is played today hinges upon interpreting statistical data. Players are acquired based on their performance in statistical categories that ownership deems most important. Managers make in-game decisions based not on instincts, but on probability - how a particular batter might fare against left-handedpitching, for instance. The goal of this unique book is to show fans all the baseball-related stuff that they can do for free (or close to free). Just as open source projects have made great software freely available, collaborative projects such as Retrosheet and Baseball DataBank have made great data freely available. You can use these data sources to research your favorite players, win your fantasy league, or appreciate the game of baseball even more than you do now. Baseball Hacks shows how easy it is to get data, process it, and use it to truly understand baseball. The book lists a number of sources for current and historical baseball data, and explains how to load it into a database for analysis. It then introduces several powerful statistical tools for understanding data and forecasting results. For the uninitiated baseball fan, author Joseph Adler walks readers through the core statistical categories for hitters (batting average, on-base percentage, etc.), pitchers (earned run average, strikeout-to-walk ratio, etc.), and fielders (putouts, errors, etc.). He then extrapolates upon these numbers to examine more advanced data groups like career averages, team stats, season-by-season comparisons, and more. Whether you're a mathematician, scientist, or season-ticket holder to your favorite team, Baseball Hacks is sure to have something for you. Advance praise for Baseball Hacks: "Baseball Hacks is the best book ever written for understanding and practicing baseball analytics. A must-read for baseball professionals and enthusiasts alike." -- Ari Kaplan, database consultant to the Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles "The game was born in the 19th century, but the passion for its analysis continues to grow into the 21st. In Baseball Hacks, Joe Adler not only demonstrates thatthe latest data-mining technologies have useful application to the study of baseball statistics, he also teaches the reader how to do the analysis himself, arming the dedicated baseball fan with tools to take his understanding of the game to a higher level." -- Mark E. Johnson, Ph.D., Founder, SportMetrika, Inc. and Baseball Analyst for the 2004 St. Louis Cardinals
| Author | : James A Maxwell |
| Publisher | : Crown House Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2019-11-21 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1785834800 |
James A. Maxwell's M aking Every MFL Lesson Count: Six principles to support modern foreign language teaching shows modern foreign languages (MFL) teachers how they can take their students on a learning journey that both educates and inspires. Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, experienced MFL teacher James A. Maxwell empowers educators with the strategies and know-how to boost their students' attainment, engagement and enthusiasm in the MFL classroom. Making Every MFL Lesson Count is underpinned by six pedagogical principles challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning and helps MFL teachers ensure that students leave their lessons with richer vocabulary, a better grasp of grammar and the skills and confidence to put the language learnt into practice. Bursting with templates, examples and flexible frameworks, this gimmick-free guide provides educators with a range of practical techniques designed to enhance their students' linguistic awareness and help them transfer the target language into long-term memory. James skilfully marries evidence-based practice with collective experience and, in doing so, inspires a challenging approach to secondary school MFL teaching. Furthermore, he concludes each chapter with a series of questions that will inspire reflective thought and encourage teachers to relate the content to their own classroom practice. Suitable for MFL teachers of students aged 11 to 18 years.
| Author | : James Crane |
| Publisher | : Crown House Publishing Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2024-06-18 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1785837265 |
Written by James Crane, Making Every PE Lesson Count: Six principles to support great physical education teaching provides realistic and practical strategies that will help teachers make abstract ideas more concrete and meaningful in both practical and theory PE. PE provides a unique opportunity for some students to flourish and become professional athletes or achieve excellent academic outcomes. However, if you ask any PE teacher, their main aim is that all students leave school with a love of physical activity and lifelong participation in sport. The benefits on physical, mental and social health are undeniable. The place PE holds in the curriculum is therefore fundamental to society in that it acts as a vehicle to promote resilience, determination and perseverance. Writing in the engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count series, James Crane articulates the fundamentals of great PE teaching and shares simple and practical strategies designed to challenge students across all aspects of the subject. In an age of educational quick fixes and ever-moving goalposts, this precise and timely book returns to the fundamental questions that all PE teachers must consider: 'What can I do to help my students thrive in the wide world of physical education?' Making Every PE Lesson Count is underpinned by six pedagogical principles - challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning. Good PE teaching is littered with all these principles, not as a checklist or plan as such, but to ensure that teaching is well structured and thought out. This book aims to bring the evidence around effective teaching linked to the six pedagogical principles to life through the lens of a physical education teacher. It focuses on all aspects of PE in secondary schools with reference to real-life examples from a huge range of sports and physical activities and classroom theory. James links his findings back to the subject throughout and offers reflective questions for teachers to sharpen their practice. Making Every PE Lesson Count aims to synthesise the latest research on teaching and learning and link it specifically to PE. There is a huge amount of evidence available for teachers, and this book acts as an practical guide that will successfully bridge the gap between the world of academic research and PE teaching.
| Author | : PJ Victor |
| Publisher | : eBookIt.com |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2024-06-28 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1456652699 |
The Ultimate Guide to Making a Lasting Impact Are you ready to take control of how the world perceives you? In Game Changer: The First Impressions Playbook for Young Adults, discover the transformative power of mastering your first impressions and fundamentally altering the trajectory of your personal and professional life. Imagine walking into any room with confidence, fully equipped to captivate and connect with anyone from peers to potential employers. This book is your essential toolkit, designed to guide young adults through the nuances of making memorable first impressions. Gain insight into The Power of First Impressions, unveiling secrets of the critical first minute and the science behind initial judgments. Delve into The Art of Preparation, where you'll learn to read the room, understand your audience, and tailor your approach effectively. Master the subtleties of Nonverbal Communication, from body language to vocal intonation, ensuring your presence speaks louder than words. This empowering guide doesn't stop there. It offers strategies for Overcoming Nervousness, helping you manage anxiety through deep breathing exercises and positive self-talk. Discover the importance of The Follow-Up, learning how to maintain and build upon the connections you've made, and explore how to continuously improve by seeking feedback and reflecting on past interactions. Whether it's navigating social events, networking at school, acing job interviews, or crafting an impressive online persona, this book has you covered. Adaptability in Communication ensures you can adjust to diverse situations and communicate effectively in various contexts. With actionable insights and practical exercises, Game Changer: The First Impressions Playbook for Young Adults is more than a book–it's your pathway to building genuine connections, achieving your goals, and making every first impression count.
