Download or read book A Parent s Guide to Baseball Softball written by National Alliance for Youth Sports and published by Square One Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A parent can make a postive difference in helping a child grow and maximize this experience. You will find lots of useful advice to help your child.
Download or read book Parents Guide To Travel Ball written by Bill Leatherman and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IF YOU ARE THE PARENTS OF A CHILD PLAYING TRAVEL BASEBALL OR SOFTBALL "PARENTS GUIDE TO TRAVEL BALL," IS A MUST READ! It offers a candid and sometimes humorous insight into the "Pros & Cons" of youth baseball and softball. "Parents Guide to Travel Ball" will change the way readers perceive travel sports. Sports are known to help build character. Sometimes, in Travel Ball, they reveal it! Youth travel sports offer a glorious time for youngsters, a time of innocence, and a process to fulfilling their dreams. It teaches how to overcome heartbreak and disappointment. Youthful dreams are spurred on by ambition. However, the kid's games are often ruined by overzealous parents, who are often blinded by their own ignorance. Some adults are determined to make the business of the game just as important as the game itself. For every Little League or Travel Ball parent who shouts obscenities at the umpire or coach, there is the team's smallest player standing in right field scared silent, and hoping the ball is not hit to him. A little kid can throw and catch a baseball or softball ball long before he or she can properly shoot a basketball or throw a perfect football spiral. Thus, the emergence of the early age of kids desire to play baseball and softball. Parents can obtain a better understanding to as to where their $$$ dollars $$$ go in Travel Ball. Make no mistake, with Travel Ball "you pay, you play!" Share unbelievable and fascinating stories of "crazed" parents, coaches and fans earning their place in Travel Baseball and Softball lore. Coaches can get crazy, too! The game always begins with pitching. When all goes well for the pitcher, everyone enjoys it, except the batter! The pitcher is very likely to be the coach's son or daughter. A kid's message to his or her parents might say: "I am just a kid. The umpires are human. My coach is a volunteer. It's just a game. No athletic scholarships will be handed out today." Enjoy the game and "Let the kids play!"
Download or read book The Baffled Parent s Guide to Coaching Youth Softball written by Jacquie Joseph and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2001-03-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hands on approach to coaching kids softball.
Download or read book Teach n Baseball and Softball Guide for Parents written by Bob Swope and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tee League to Teen Age written by Jerry Cook and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teach n Baseball Softball Handbook Guide for Parents Coaches written by Bob Swope and published by Bob Swope, Jacobob Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical handbook and guide for parents and coaches that want to help their kids become a better baseball or softball player. It has 300 individual pictures, illustrations and diagrams to show you what to do. It covers all the basics that players will need to become a good baseball or softball player. It is complete with history, playing field size, new parent orientation, training games to play, strategies, stair step training guides, equipment used and a glossary of baseball and softball terminology.
Download or read book The Baffled Parent s Guide to Coaching Tee Ball written by H. W. "Bing" Broido and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2003-01-28 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each spring, Tee-ball introduces millions of boys and girls to "America's pastime" --and introduces their parents to the joys (and nightmares) of coaching first-time players. Filled with expert advice and tips on creating order from chaos, Coaching Tee-Ball is the solution to every baffled parent's predicament, offering the new coach a total approach to keeping kids involved, motivated, and having fun.
Download or read book Teach n Baseball Softball Handbook Guide for Parents Coaches written by Bob Swope and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a practical Handbook for beginning youth Baseball and Softball coaches, and parents. It has 247 individual pictures and 54 illustration variations to look at. All the skill activities and drills are numbered for easy reference between coaches and parents. Complete with diagram, illustration, and explanation for each one. It covers all the fundamentals you will need to get started in youth Baseball and Softball. It also has Baseball history, strategies, glossary, equipment information, stair step learning guide, training games to play, safety and injury information, and many plays to run to get your team started.
Download or read book Amazing Baseball Tips written by Tim Knouse and published by Amazing Baseball Tips. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a wealth of baseball and softball knowledge intended to be shared with coaches, parents, and players to help them have a well organized team while making the season fun, memorable, and instructional for young players. Many new coaches are parent volunteers who may have knowledge of the game, but applying their knowledge to teaching, capturing the attention of the whole team, keeping chemistry among parents, coaches, and the players, are just a few of the challenges that come with being a coach. "Coaches are roll models who must keep the perspective that the game is for the kids". At youth levels, we are teaching much more than the science of baseball. We are teaching sportsmanship, teamwork, respect for others, self respect, and "how to win and lose with dignity." This book is intended to help youth programs build an annual structured player draft, so all teams at each age level can be selected fairly and competitively each year, resulting in fair and balanced competition. From the first team practice, to the season ending party, the contents of "Amazing Baseball Tips" will allow you to be certain that all of your players and parents request you as their coach for years to come!!! Practice drills, teaching techniques, coaching philosophy, the basics of pitching, fielding, hitting, bunting, base running, defensive strategies, choosing your line-up and defense, calculating stats, and most importantly...
Download or read book Fast Pitch written by Nic Stone and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field. Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat. Strike two: Shenice’s focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending—and family-name-ruining—crime may have been a setup. Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. And Shenice’s teammates are beginning to wonder if she’s captain-qualified. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family’s past—and fast—before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever.
Download or read book The Parent s Guide to Strength Training for Baseball written by Joe Meglio and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Parent's Guide To Strength Training For Baseball you'll discover everything you need to know about how your son can start throwing harder & start hitting the ball with more power with proper strength training. You'll also discover exactly the right time to start strength training and everything you need to know about getting faster.
Download or read book A Parent s Guide to Baseball written by Bruce Lambin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Parents Guide to Hitting a Baseball written by Gil Suarez and published by . This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book GameChanger written by Michael McCree and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GameChanger: The Baseball Parent's Ultimate Guide is a unique work created by baseball trainer Michael McCree to communicate the best ways baseball parents can raise and guide their aspiring ball players. This book is designed to help parents realize that they can acquire the knowledge it takes to make a meaningful impact in the ongoing development of their youth baseball player (ages 5-13), regardless of prior understanding of the game. The information presented in GameChanger: The Baseball Parent's Ultimate Guide will transform the way parents think about issues pertaining to youth baseball. The subject matter, written by a former collegiate baseball player with over 20 years of playing and private training experience, includes topics like character building, managing expectations, overcoming slumps, dealing with injuries, and teaching the mental aspect of baseball.
Download or read book Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball written by Robert B. Benson and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You volunteered to coach the softball team, but are you ready? How will you teach the fundamental skills, run effective practices, and harness the energy of your young team? Fear not: Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball has the answers. Longtime coaches Robert and Tammy Benson share their experiences and provide advice you can rely on from the first practice to the final game. Establishing realistic goals, in-game coaching tips, drills, strategies, and fun—it’s all here. Develop your team’s fundamental skills—fielding, catching, throwing, and hitting—with the Survival Guide’s collection of the game’s best youth drills. Included is a section on pitching instruction, and the ready-to-use practice plans will help you get the most out of every practice. Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball has everything you need for a rewarding and productive season. So step up and enjoy the experience. It will be one that you won’t forget.
Download or read book Baseball Teach Your Kid to Hit So They Don t Quit written by Kevin Gallagher and published by KG Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Gallagher has written a book that provides a process to parents and coaches on how to teach children to hit a baseball or a softball. It is a process that will dramatically increase the chances of any child to make contact with the ball.Hitting a baseball is hard and very few people know how to teach children or young adults how to hit.Throwing batting practice to a child is not teaching them to hit.This book is designed to convince the vast audience of Parents that they, regardless of their background, can teach their child to make contact with a baseball/softball, by providing a simple process that will make sense to them and their child.If we don't teach our kids to hit, they will get frustrated and quit.The book is an easy read and is a story of the state of Baseball today, and takes us on a journey on how the length of Major League games, the late hour finishes, the Launch Angle Swing and the infatuation of the Home Run, as well as the amount of non-action during games, has all contributed to the games declining popularity in America and the disappearing participation of America's youth. It is a story full of anecdotes, quotes and eye popping statistics that makes the book enjoyable, but always leading to the inevitable conclusion that making contact with the baseball is the only way you will keep a child involved in the game?? and ultimately create more action inside the game.At the books conclusion, Kevin lays out a simple 8 Step Process to make contact with the ball.It is a process for the parent to learn, understand, and own. Then, and only then, the parent will have the knowledge and confidence to teach their child.In addition to the written process, and numerous entertaining illustrations, there are links to a 24 minute instructional video broken down step-by-step to help you visualize what is being taught.
Download or read book A Parent s Guide to Coaching Baseball written by John P. McCarthy and published by Betterway Books. This book was released on 1989 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
