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Play Better Baseball : Winning Techniques and Strategies for Coaches and Players | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Cluck
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 414156
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 248
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0809229218
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.357077
EAN: 9780809229215
ASIN: 0809229218
Publication Date: April 11, 1998
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Product Description
This straightforward, easy-to-understand book helps prepare coaches and players to meet the challenges of tough competition. New revised, Play Better Baseball is the state-of-the-art source for baseball fundamentals and mechanics, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and accompanied by helpful new drills. Based on actual team situations drawn from author Bob Cluck's 20-plus years of coaching, this reader-friendly handbook emphasizes the fundamentals that produce winning baseball teams and offers a wealth of advice on: Coaching baseball at all levels - Developing winning players
- Using videotape and high-speed film
- Using practice time efficiently
- The psychology of coaching
Pitching: the foundation of every team - Pitching mechanics
- The pitches: Tools to get hitters out
- Setting up hitters: The game within a game
- First-pitch strikes, from Little League to the Majors
Playing the infield - Using the right glove
- Throwing with strength and accuracy
- The game situation and positioning
- Fielding mechanics for infielders
The catcher: team leader - The tag at home
- Blocking pitches in the dirt
- Pop-ups, bunts, and cutoffs
- Helping the pitcher get hitters out
Playing the outfield - Backing up plays
- Throwing from the outfield
- Balls hit in the gaps
- Outfield positioning
- Playing the sun
Baserunning - The steal and the hit-and-run
- Effective and safe sliding techniques
- Running the bases
Hitting - Bats and grips
- Stances
- Stride and weight transfer
- Tracking the ball
- Bunting
- Situational hitting
The playbook - Defensive assignments
- Infield pop flies
- Bunt defenses
The athletic machine - Weight training for baseball players
- Conditioning for baseball
Bob Cluck is a major league pitching coach and scout and the founder of the San Diego School of Baseball.
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A Must Have for Youth Baseball Coaches March 21, 2007
This book, even in the oldest version, covers all the basics for every player position as well as just about any situation you would confront during a game. No tricks, just solid information. I have purchased about two dozen of these for coaches and players who glanced through the book and simply had to have a copy of their own. I've bought other baseball coaching books, but they stay on the shelf. This book is especially good if you're coaching for the first time or have been away from the game for a few years.
 Excellent for younger players.... June 29, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
and especially for coaches of younger players. This book reviews lots of fundamentals and is written in a pretty straight-forward, easy to read manner. It is not for the college level player, but anyone below that will find at least 1 pearl here worth remembering.
Put this one on your wish list! August 9, 2000
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I HAVE READ A DOZEN INSTRUCTIONAL BOOKS ON THE GAME OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, AND THIS ONE ALONG WITH MR.CLUCK'S OTHER BOOKS, WAS A SURE PERFECT GAME. I AM A PROUD OWNER OF A BOOK HE WROTE ON BASERUNNING. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO DISCOVER THIS ONE AND SUGGEST THAT IT SHOULD BE DISPLAYED ON YOUR BOOKSHELF NEXT TO YOUR COPY OF HOW TO HIT/HOW TO PITCH.
IF IT HELPS THE DODGERS...KEVIN BROWN August 5, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I saw this book mentioned in my favorite column in the l.a. times sports section. I thought i would check it out and it is awesome. I had heard about the San Diego School of Baseball, but i never had the chance to attend and now i feel i have a second chance. This book is excellent for anyone interested in playing, coaching or even just watching the game.
play better baseball By Bob Cluck August 5, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
My nephew was having trouble keeping up with the league he was in. After a few weeks reading and working with this lifesaving book he is amuch better player, most of all his self esteem! Now he is such a HAPPY GUY! Now our whole league is using this as their Bible for the game Thank you
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