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Type of bind: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357077 EAN num: 9781599210513 ISBN number: 1599210517 Label: The Lyons Press Manufacturer: The Lyons Press Quantity: 1 Page Count: 160 Printing Date: March 01, 2007 Publishing house: The Lyons Press Sale Popularity Level: 164828 Studio: The Lyons Press
How to Coach Youth Baseball is the perfect guide for parents and coaches of youth baseball teams. Whether you are new to the coaching game or looking for ways to improve your techniques, Beverly Breton Carroll and the father-son combination of Fran and Kevin O'Brien offer everything you'll need to keep growing - and keep your players enthusiastic and excited.
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Rated by buyers - Easy to Follow Format with Great Drills
I bought this book after the youth baseball season started as a way to help my son improve his skills. I wish I would've bought it sooner. However, I will continue using these drills to help him improve his game before subsequent season starts. The drills are formatted in a way that anyone can understand and follow. It is obviously that the authors know the sport and know children well. I highly recommend this book.
Rated by buyers - Finest How To Baseball book for Beginners ever written
From Basic Fundamentals to building useable skills, this book outlines in a simple constructive fashion "how to make youngsters better ballplayers". The drill sections provide practice methods to teach budding little leaguers the foundations for future success.
There have been many books that have attempted to simplify teaching this wonderful game, but this book is the very first one that actually accomplishes the task, and puts it in a repeatable, useable format.
Thank you for making my job as a coach and instructor easier!
Rated by buyers - Step by Step
This is a great book for a complete step by step approach to coaching baseball! Very useful for coaches and parents!!
Rated by buyers - great for new coaches; maybe even better for experienced coaches
There certainly is a need for GOOD how-to youth coaching books, and this is one of them. The book is well written and organized with an easy-to-follow format and lots of photos and diagrams. A new coach can't go wrong in following the user-friendly book to cover all the basics of baseball.
But perhaps more important is the emphasis on YOUTH and dealing with kids, a skill that does not come automatically to everyone involved with youth sports. In other words, the book helps to shape a coach's attitude as much as how to improve skills in young players. Ideally, the coach learns and grows throughout the season as well as the kids.
It seems to me that this book is equally valuable to experienced coaches, in helping them to get the most out of all their players, not just the most talented. Many coaches come to youth sports as successful athletes themselves, and sometimes do not recognize what it takes to bring along kids who may be having difficulties. If the point is to keep more players playing, improving, and having a good time, here's a way to strengthen a team as well as individual players.
A great investment toward a good season.
Rated by buyers - Chock-full of useful, easy-to-follow information
This book is very detailed and organized yet easy to follow. You could have never coached baseball before and be prepared by the time you finish this book.