Download or read book The Catcher s Handbook written by Conor Kelley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The position of catcher in baseball requires a broad set of physical and mental skills. This handbook, by a former catcher, offers precise advice on everything one needs to succeed behind the plate at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. Drawing on real-life scenarios, it addresses nearly every situation a catcher could ever encounter. In addition to the mechanics of catching, blocking, picking, throwing, and catching pop-ups, topics include choosing the right gear; developing a relationship with the umpire; how to call a great game; when to call a pick-off; how to get runners out or keep them from advancing; making the tag at the plate; how to carry yourself like a team leader; injury prevention and other issues. With tips and drills designed to improve specific skills, this guide is indispensable for any catcher looking to up his game.
Download or read book Backstop written by William F. McNeil and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-12-13 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's often said that catcher is the most important, most demanding defensive position in baseball. This view explains why so many light-hitting catchers have enjoyed long--and by all accounts successful--major league careers. Yet arguments over the all-time greats invariably privilege offensive standouts, and even among these players batting statistics are more likely than fielding numbers to affect ranking. So what, historically, have been the expectations for major league catchers, and who stands as the greatest in a more balanced view of offensive and defensive contributions? In Part I of this book, the history of catching and catchers is discussed in detail, with attention to the most celebrated players of each era. In Part II, the author employs sabermetric formulas to rank the 50 greatest catchers since 1920, when changes to the rules, the parks, and the ball dramatically changed the way baseball was played. Also included is a chapter on catchers of the 19th century, deadball era, and Negro Leagues, whose career statistics are either incomplete, inaccurate, or produced under markedly different playing conditions and rules.
Download or read book Catcher written by Peter Morris and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today the baseball catcher is a familiar but uninspiring figure. Decked out in the so-called tools of ignorance, he stolidly goes about his duty without attracting much attention. But it wasn't always that way, as Peter Morris shows in this lively and original study. In baseball's early days, catchers stood a safe distance back of the batter. Then the introduction of the curveball in the 1870s led them to move up directly behind home plate, even though they still wore no gloves or protective equipment. Extraordinary courage became the catcher's most notable requirement, but the new positioning also demanded that the catcher have lightning-fast reflexes, great hands, and a cannon for a throwing arm. With so great a range of needed skills, a special mystique came to surround the position, and it began to seem that a good catcher could single-handedly make the difference between winning and losing.
Download or read book The Science of Baseball written by Norman D. Graubart and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball is a game of numbers, angles, and physics. Science, technology, engineering, and math come together in the game of baseball—from the design of the stadium to the ways a pitcher throws and a batter swings. As readers discover the science behind this popular sport, colorful photographs show important areas of STEM curricula in action at the ballpark. Informative text, graphic organizers, and sidebars help readers learn that science concepts can be seen all around them, including their next baseball practice or trip to see a Major League Baseball game.
Download or read book Not Just the Strap written by Vera Pletsch and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stern discipline, so prevalent in Ontario classrooms during the first half of the twentieth century, remained intact not only because elementary and secondary teachers wanted to keep their jobs, but also as a result of control exerted by higher authorities. During their training, teachers encountered this control, particularly during practice teaching. As educators, their mandate to "keep order" extended well beyond the classroom. Ignorance and insensitivity when dealing with issues of ethnicity, religion, gender, colour, and mental and physical capabilities frequently resulted in discrimination. Beyond corporal punishment, the subtleties incorporated in rules, rituals, and curriculum reflected the societal conviction that a teacher was always in control-expectations that mirrored the previous century's school reformers' desire to instill a work ethic and moral discipline suitable for an emerging society. In Not Just the Strap, author Vera C. Pletsch offers an intriguing analysis of discipline during the formative period of Ontario's history, when locals and parents controlled education. Making extensive use of archival material and interviews with former education authorities, inspectors, trustees, school staff, and pupils (1900-1960), Pletsch depicts an era of hierarchical control in school discipline-a period when few initiatives for change in educational policy, or in curriculum, were introduced. By explaining the subsequent efforts to dismantle the old philosophy, she also sheds valuable light on an area of current concern.
Download or read book Catalogue written by Montgomery Ward and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ashes and Spirits written by A.D. Trosper and published by Silver Spirit. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented with impossible odds, the riders struggle to overcome the grief left behind by the last battle knowing they will soon have more to face. While enemies from within are discovered and unexpected alliances are formed, a journey into Maiadar reveals a desperate choice to be made. As the war escalates, one dragon rider may have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save all.
Download or read book Zombie Catcher s Handbook written by James Doyle and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The survival guide that helps kids“discover whether they are prepared for the adventure-filled life of a zombie catcher” (Publishers Weekly). Would you like to become expert at spotting a zombie? Can you separate zombie fact from zombie fiction? Would you like to know if you suffer from kinemortophobia? If the answer to these questions is yes, then you have taken your first steps into the heart-pounding, nerve-jangling and adrenaline-filled life of a zombie catcher! When the Zombie Apocalypse arrives, you must be ready. You need to be able to preserve yourself, your family and the rest of mankind from the threat of the living dead. The Zombie Catcher’s Handbook is filled with essential information that will not only keep you one step ahead of the putrid undead . . . it might just keep you alive! If you have the nerve (and the stomach) to save the human race, then this is the book for you.
Download or read book Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current written by Des Moines Drug Co and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Game of Inches written by Peter Morris and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 2006-03-23 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and charming encyclopedic collection of baseball firsts, describing how the innovations in the game—in rules, equipment, styles of play, strategies, etc.—occurred and developed from its origins to the present day. The book relies heavily on quotations from contemporary sources.
Download or read book Tears of War written by A.D. Trosper and published by Silver Spirit. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faced with a looming war, the dragon riders have no choice but to leave the safety of Galdrilene and reach out to the nations they once fled. It will take more than Galdrilene to bring down the Shadow Riders. But the Shadows are doing the same and not all nations are opposed to them. New discoveries are made, old wounds are reopened, and betrayal hides among welcoming smiles. And as rebellion builds in one nation, it’s clear that some choices, even those made with the best of intentions, can have devastating consequences.
Download or read book Specifications of Letters Patent for Inventions and Provisional Specifications written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A new and complete Dictionary of the English and German Languages written by William Odell Elwell and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1856.
Download or read book Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U S Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by United States. Patent and Trademark Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Two Sisters of Kuwait written by Lon R. Maisttison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-adventure novel about a commando mission to Kuwait City during the first 24 hours of the Iraqi Invasion to rescue the Emir's grandson Prince Nasser.
