Synopses & Reviews
Baseball has long been a big part of your life, and its your dream to instill your love of the game in kids—with the successful strategies they need for competitive play. But where to begin?
Knack Coaching Youth Baseball makes it easy. Uniquely, this book comprises short passages of text linked to instructive, full-color photographs of players, all organized into simple-to-follow lessons. From the basics to core techniques and beyond, youll learn everything you need to know about coaching kids aged five to fourteen.
Knack Coaching Youth Baseball will help any team win—and have fun while doing so. 350 full-color photos & 25 diagrams covering:Equipment & Rules * T-Ball * Hitting
Bunting * Catching * Fielding
First, Second, & Third Base
Shortstop * Outfield
Pitching * Baserunning
Synopsis
Baseball is a simple enough game. Yet, mastering the skills requisite to play the game at a competitive level, regardless of ones age, often isnt easy. Knack Coaching Youth Baseball applies the unique Knack formatshort passages of text linked to instructive photography of both boys and girls playing the sport, all organized into spread-based lessonsto present basic and advanced information about coaching this popular youth sport for kids aged five to fourteen. The author, a sportswriter who coaches his sons little league team, focuses on techniques that will help any team win while reminding coaches that children should have fun above all else.
Synopsis
Baseball is a simple enough game. Yet, mastering the skills requisite to play the game at a competitive level, regardless of one's age, often isn't easy. Knack Coaching Youth Baseball applies the unique Knack format--short passages of text linked to instructive photography of both boys and girls playing the sport, all organized into spread-based lessons--to present basic and advanced information about coaching this popular youth sport for kids aged five to fourteen. The author, a sportswriter who coaches his son's little league team, focuses on techniques that will help any team win while reminding coaches that children should have fun above all else.
Synopsis
After years of watching, reporting on, and photographing pro baseball, Kevin T. Czerwinski and Beth Balbierz began coaching Little League in their respective home towns. In Knack Coaching Youth Baseball, this expert team combine real-life know-how about how to deal with kids with the best lessons theyve learned from the pros, creating a reliable, usable, and winning instruction book for youth baseball coaches -- and for parents who want some ideas for giving their kids a few pointers in the backyard.
About the Author
Kevin T. Czerwinski is a sportswriter who has covered baseball for MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, since 2001. Currently he is a lead writer for MLB.coms Minor League counterpart, MiLB.com. He is also a regular guest on MLB radio. He has coached son's Little League team for the last three years.
Beth Balbierz is a freelance photographer with two school-age kids and she coaches her sons Little League and All Star teams. She is the photographer for
Knack Coaching Youth Soccer. Visit her
at bethbalbierz.com.
Table of Contents
Knack Coaching Youth Baseball
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One Getting Started
Chapter Two Equipment
Chapter Three Rules and basic knowledge
Chapter Four Preparing to Play
Chapter Five T-Ball
Chapter Six Hitting
Chapter Seven Bunting
Chapter Eight Catching Basics
Chapter Nine Catching for older players
Chapter Ten General Fielding
Chapter Eleven First base
Chapter Twelve Second Base
Chapter Thirteen Third Base
Chapter Fourteen Shortstop
Chapter Fifteen Infield for older players
Chapter Sixteen Outfield
Chapter Seventeen Pitching
Chapter Eighteen Pitching for older players
Chapter Nineteen Base running
Chapter Twenty Other resources