Whether you're a parent new to coaching or an experienced youth coach, you'll find the know-how you need to go from planning to practices to games in Coaching Youth Baseball, Fourth Edition. Field-tested, age-specific coaching information helps you communicate with players, officials, parents, and other coaches; teach baseball fundamentals using a combination of drills that simulate game situations; provide basic first aid; plan and conduct practices; manage your team during games; and keep it all fun. Written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP) in conjunction with 2007 ABCA Hall of Fame inductee Tom O'Connell, Coaching Youth Baseball is ideal for coaches of players age 14 and under. Coaching Youth Baseball helps you focus on the fundamentals of fun, safety, and effective instruction. And 11 new skill-teaching drills and 40 age-appropriate coaching tips are sure to jump-start your practices. Experience the excitement as your players improve their skills, fall in love with the game, and come out for the team year after year.
Photographs and text, including tips from professional players, show how to warm up, select the right equipment, and play baseball.
A journalist describes the struggle of a group of youngsters from a Chicago housing project and their white-collar coaches to triumph in Little League baseball, chronicling their journey from the first practice to the championship game.
This book is designed to help parents realize that they can acquire the knowledge it takes to make a meaningful impact in the ongoing development of their youth baseball player (Applicable to Softball as well.
In this guide for youth baseball coaches, experienced coach John T. Reed demonstrates how he has achieved extraordinary results by focusing on players' innate skills in areas such as base running, waiting for a good pitch, and fielding.
How about a little league or T-ball championship? Not ready for either one? We can help! Absolute Beginner's Guide to Coaching Youth Baseball is a beginning youth baseball coach's ultimate reference guide.
More than just a how-to guide for playing baseball, Play Ball Like the Pros is an intimate look at how professionals do what they do, and how the struggles and influences of their early years informed their later successes.
Coach Ron Wolforth reveals truths about pitching that are rarely shared with the public. In Survival Guide for the Parent of the Elite Pitcher, you'll find straight talk from America's "Go-To-Guy" on Pitching.
They engage the player, promote teamwork, and establish a lifelong love of the game.Youth Baseball Drills is a comprehensive collection of more than 100 of the very best team drills for young players and their coaches.
Written for coaches, this work presents approximately 150 baseball games and activities for elementary age kids that focus on teaching, improvement of skills, and enjoyment.
Throwing and Pitching for Kids: Featuring Sammy the Scarecrow