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Author
Publisher
Crown Archetype
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Mike Matheny was just forty-one when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manger of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. He enjoyed immediate success as a manager, leading the Cards to the postseason three times in his first three years. But he is perhaps as well known for his tough-love philosophy, famously expressed in a frankly worded letter he wrote to the parents of a Little League team he coached. That letter contained his throwback beliefs...
4) Hardball
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A down-on-his-luck gambler finds himself in debt to a dangerous loan shark. Desperate for cash, he reluctantly takes on the job of coaching a youth baseball team. The team turns out to be a ragtag group of tough-talking kids from Chicago's inner city. Now, as he must wrestles with his past, the kids start to teach him some lessons that will forever change his future.
Author
Publisher
Universe
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Baseball writer Williams presents a how-to book, generously illustrated, that will serve both as a beautiful coffee-table work for fans interested in seeing gorgeous action shots of star players, and as a definitive guide to skills acquisition for players and coaches. From fundamentals to mechanics, drills to talent development, every element of the game is analyzed and illustrated. Youths and adults alike will enjoy the tips included from star MLB...
Publisher
Youth Sports Club, Inc
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A video designed to give parents and coaches the techniques to run an efficient baseball practice for running, hitting, throwing, and pitching skills. It includes tips for teaching skills and drills to practice those techniques.
12) Baseball and softball drills: more than 200 games and activities for preschool to college players
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
"Written for coaches, this book presents more than 200 baseball and softball games and activities focusing on teaching, improvement of skills and enjoyment. Games emphasizing base running, bunting, catching, fielding, hitting, throwing and pitching are covered. Each section reviews fundamentals, introduces creative skills and drills for group practice, and details the age group, objective, equipment and rules"--
Author
Publisher
Price World Enterprises
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Baseball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date baseball-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round baseball-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results. No other baseball...
Author
Publisher
Human Kinetics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive collection of the very best team drills for young players and their coaches, developed specifically for players aged 6 to 18, the drills teach and reinforce fundamental skills such as hitting, bunting, fielding, catching fly balls, throwing, pitching, and baserunning. Easy to understand and easier to implement, each drill is accompanied by step-by-step instructions, equipment needs, field diagrams, and key coaching points.--
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