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The Perfect Season: How to Practice and Play Youth Baseball | 
 enlarge | Author: Brett R. Bartlett
Publisher: Whirlwind Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 649856
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 194
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 4.6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0972957006
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.35762
EAN: 9780972957007
ASIN: 0972957006
Publication Date: June 30, 2003
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Book Description
Designed to fit in any coach's back pocket, The Perfect Season guides little league/youth baseball coaches, parent, and players through a complete baseball season, from that first parents' meeting to a season-ending celebration, with its main focus on six preseason practices that are presented drill-by-drill and cover all aspects of the game. These fast-paced workouts emphasize skills development, good sportsmanship, and teamwork while allowing coaches to easily evaluate player's abilities and focus on areas for improvement. Sections on baseball strategy, scoring, parenting tips, and much more round out this comprehensive yet simple, start-to-finish approach to the season for anyone involved in youth baseball.
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 A Great How to for a Beginning Coach January 6, 2008
This book's target audience is clear: the baseball coach who wants to be told what to do and when. With a few minor exceptions, it presumes that you will be able to teach the fundamentals of the game. What it does not presume is that you will know how to put together a practice. The book takes you through a nice progression of practices, introducing a variety of basic baseball drills. A coach could use this book to plan their season's practice successfully. The pointers on how to deal with your parents and players, which take up large sections of many youth coaching books, are here, sprinkled throughout written in Bartlett's engaging tone. In fact it is Bartlett's clear and interesting prose which raise this book above being merely a coach's cookbook. Recommended mostly for the coach with a good degree of baseball knowledge and some idea of how to interact with kids as a coach, who is weaker in how to use those skills to coach a successful team.
great little book November 10, 2006
I've been coaching youth baseball for several years now. I got this book at the start of the 9-10 yr. group winter ball season. It has some great ideas on how to manage and run the practices and interact with the families. It has some really good drills that the kids like to complete. Not much on specific mechanics and skills, e.g. you won't find how to teach a kid to pitch, or what specifically to look for in a struggling batter. If you're a little nervous about moving up a level, or how to fill up your first several pracices, I recommend this book.
 Great Book for Mangagers of 9-10 year olds April 29, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had been looking for a book on how to conduct practices with 9-10 year old players. This book's title was "perfect". It outlined my first 5 practices and gave me precise instructions on how and when to conduct each drill. I consider myself a knowledgeable baseball guy but always had trouble on what drills to run for this age group. This book gives easy to understand detail of each drill with diagrams when needed.
I have just completed my fifth practice and have had parents of the players come up to me and tell me that they think my practice and drills are great. I owe it all to this book.
The twinkie eating contest at the end of the first practice was a player favorite. Also, as a graduate of Eastern Illinois University, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the author was from Charleston, IL.
 It's Okay for Young Kids, but There Are Other Books Too January 7, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This is a fine, middle-of-the road book on coaching kids. It's especially aimed at coaches of 8 to 10 year-old teams. After reading all the 5-star reviews, I was expecting a tour-d-force and this book, while valuable, simply is not that special.
It has some interesting drills for young players, but is devoid of any real baseball skills descriptions. The book focuses on the basic throwing, catching, and hitting skills. It all flows together if you're a post-Tball and pre-skilled-play coach. It does have some handy cut-out diagrams and a very good bibliography.
This book also has some good tips for dealing with parents. However Dr.Fortanasce's "Life Lessons from Little League" is a much better book on a coach's relationships with his players and their parents. Similarly, Ripkin, Bouroughs, Cluck, Kendall, Voorheis and others all have more in-depth books on baseball skills.
Check out Amazon and look at the wide range of coaching books available.
Simple and Effective March 29, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
There are numerous books out there for coaches that have the same goal as The Perfect Season: to arm the coach with tons of drills at his disposal to get the most out of his players. Unlike other books, these drills aren't needlessly complicated, don't require all kinds of pricey equipment that isn't standard in your bag (you probably want to purchase a tee and some simple cones, but that's all I needed), and won't confuse your children as they try to execute them.Also, Bartlett provides solid estimates for the time to complete every drill, allowing you to mix and match to meet the needs of your team and your timeframe. I've found myself falling in love with many of the drills, and the players do enjoy them. This book doesn't eliminate time spent standing around, but it reduces it exponentially. The drills are good for all ages, as even high school players would benefit from some. However, it's perfect for coaches in 9- and 10-year old leagues, where kids are first able to bunt and steal and coaches struggle to teach and strategize these new tools. If you coach in a league for 9- and/or 10-year olds, I would recommend you order this immediately. Everyone will benefit from it, but that demographic needs it.
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