Coaching Youth Baseball

by Bill Thurston

Book Overview

The quickest way to become an experienced coach.

You thought you were going to sign your kid up for the local youth league. Now, here you are, a newly appointed coach. Part of the successful Baffled Parent's series, Coaching Youth Baseball has everything you need to manage, motivate, and encourage an eight to twelve -year-old ball team.

Written by a four-time New England Coach of the Year, it shows novice coaches exactly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071358226
• ISBN13: 9780071358224
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: International Marine Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great book on Coaching youth sports

This entire series is great for beginning to intemediate coaches. Plenty of great ideas to try on your team.

Worked for me

I bought this book after I had volunteered to coach a Pinto League (7-8 yr old) team that my son was on. This book provided a good starting point for getting organized and creating a good practice worksheet. Sound baseball fundamentals, being organized and having fun in a supportaive environment lead to a successful and happy Little League experience.

Good Starter Book

A Well Organized book, as a rookie coach last season, it gave me what I needed to know. I particularly liked the overview of safety presented up front -- too many people take this for granted and stupid injuries can result. Be Advised though that the rest of the Baffled Parents Series doesn't necessarily live up to the standard set by this book - I found the Basketball book very average.

Baffled No More!

This was the first "Coaching" book I have purchased. The book provides excellent insight into what is truly involved in coaching a youth baseball team. The practice planner section was a big help in conducting an organized and effectice practice. I highly recommend this book to beginning coached like myself or seasoned veterans.