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.

Play Better Baseball - häftad, Engelska, 1998