| The Baseball Drill Book (The Drill Book Series) |  | Author: American Baseball Coaches Association
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 96,504
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 320
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0736050833
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3572
EAN: 9780736050838
Publication Date: November 26, 2003
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Product Description
Get more out of each practice! The Baseball Drill Book presents 198 activities to sharpen every aspect of player and team performance. The American Baseball Coaches Association enlisted 17 top baseball coaches to create the best and most complete collection of baseball drills in print. Bob Bennett, Ed Cheff, Gordie Gillespie, Gene Stephenson, Ray Tanner, and a dozen more coaching greats cover all the bases: · Conditioning and warm-up
· Throwing and catching
· Base running and sliding
· Hitting and bunting
· Pitching
· Fielding
· Offensive and defensive tactics Additional chapters explain how to incorporate drills in practice sessions and simulate game situations. The Baseball Drill Book provides the essential links between initial skill learning, mastery, and winning performance on the diamond.
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 Times have changed June 10, 2005
J. O'Kelly (California, USA)
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
Kids are playing baseball at a much higher skill level these days, and are playing less sandlot baseball like I did when I was a kid. As a result, Little League practices need to be more than just BP and infield practice for the players to develop to their full potential.
This book has drills that range from fundamentals, to more complex workouts for the entire team. There are some drills appropriate for kids as young as T-Ball (and I have used them with players as young as 5) - but all of the drills are good for players as old as High School/Big League age.
This book would be particularly useful for Coaches returing to the game. The developments in the study of body mechanics have changed the way that a lot of basic skills are taught now, and this book includes up-to-date drills to reflect these changes.
For example, batters are taught a much more compact and quick swing than I learned when I was a kid.
This book is a good investment for the beginning OR experienced coach, or the parent who wants to see their kids excel in baseball - America's National Passtime.
TONS of Good Drills June 23, 2009
M. Adams (Southern California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
All drills not for all ages, but you can definitely find many drills for any age group in this book, well worth the money I paid on Amazon. I've recently purchased several youth baseball coaching books and though I like the Ripken ones a bit more overall, I'm glad I got this one too. Not every strategy, drill or style is for everyone, it's good to get a wide range to choose from. There are TONS of drills in this book, good explanations, easy to run, if it's not exactly what you think would fit your team you can probably make small adjustments to make it work. I've coached youth baseball for 8 years, used books and websites for aids, still plenty of news ideas for me in this book.
Great Book February 29, 2008
Coach K (Toledo, OH)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great tool for coaches looking to add variety to their practices. This book has helpful illustrations to facilitate each drill. Also the nice thing about this book is the detailed explanation of what each drill is looking to achieve, and gives variations of most drills to make them more challenging.
I coach HS Freshman baseball and use many of these drills to teach the foundation of the high school game. I would recommend this book to coaches of all levels.
Great book for coaches and player March 2, 2009
Mr. Stuffman (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is great for a Baseball coach, from Little League all the way through high school. Not only does it give a number of drills for each area (e.g. warmups, throwing, pitching, catching, batting, defensive situations), but it provides many illustrations to show how the drills should be run, and provided details on the how and why.
I have recommended this book to a number of other coaches and each has really appreciated it.
All covered February 16, 2010
E. J. de Cuba (Melbourne, FL United States)
This book is all you need to get a good start. All the basics and more for EVERY player on the team. This book takes some time to get through but it's worth the time for you, the team and your players. Great tips and techniques.
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