Coaching Books

I have personally used the set and found it very helpful with my anxiety, stress, and depression. It is time consuming, you have to listen to a tape/CD every day and take the time to work in the workbook, but the time you put in is definately rewarded.

I wrote the book Baglien's Partisans in 1981. It chronicles the 1957 Fergus Falls, Minn., high school boys basketball team that went 27-1 and took third place in the state boys basketball tournament at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. The team was coached by Duane Baglien who later coached at Edina in the Twins Cities and led his teams to three consecutive state titles in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Copies of the book are sold out, but reprints can be obtained by contacting:

Tom Hintgen
111 West Vasa Ave.
Fergus Falls, MN 56537

Phone: 218-736-3863

Covers basics for young players - spiced with advanced concepts you wouldn't find even in a book written at the College coach level. Brilliant.

I appreciated the laserlike focus of this book. Most books written for coaches of young players focus, for instance most of excellent books published by Little League, on how to teach particular skills. This is important. But having a fun way to practice those skills, in order to create teaching moments, is equally as important and that's what this book does. Baker does an excellent job of describing a variety of games and activities that a coach can use in planning his (or her) practice, while still stressing possible coaching points. Baker also largely avoids falling into the trap of listing two nearly identical drills in a quest to meet an arbitrary number (150 in this case). For the coach of the young player (ages 10 and under) this is undoubtedly the best drill book on the market.

Who doesn't need a little help once in a while for both baseball and living a better life? This book, is in a word, brilliant.

A baseball team cannot operate without a manager. This book tells you the behind the scene stories of every individual lucky enough to become a manager. And like the old saying goods, Only the Fired Get Hired.

i wanna know if anyone has got baseball tactic

Ted Burda has written the only instructional hitting text I have read twice. He does an excellent job in the small manual he published. One photo in particular is great as it illustrates the "axe-cutting" type motion used in most close (or center-in) pitches you get thrown. I suggest you read this with an open mind because it is a little different. He is not Tony Gwynn or Pete Rose, but his explanation of hitting is one of the best I have ever read. Many times, in books written by HOF (hall of fame) or great players, you get more of the "work hard" sentences and that type of advice. Though working hard is fine to say, it does not quite help you in practical terms. We all want to work hard, but Mr. Burba points you in the right direction. This book, though small in page count, is fantastic. At times he is precise in his descriptions of how to execute the swing technique. Personally, I would like to meet this author, and discuss some of the accounts, and pick up as much material as possible. He is knowledgeable about hitting, and would be a welcome instructor on any team I owned. This is a great book. If you ever watched Craig Biggio swing, you will notice this book is right on. guy airey, Feb. 2008

I got this book a couple of months ago and must say, I am impressed. There are a lot of "Mental Aspects of Baseball" books, but none are as clear and insightful about ways for players to instantly push their game to a new level. Little cues to look for, what to do when you're picked off, how to size up the defense, and much more, covering all aspects of the game.
Baseball is very difficult and requires a lot of practice to master the mechanics of pitching, hitting, and fielding, so much of the literature in the sport focuses on these things. And because even with a lot of practice, the failure rates are so high, much is written about maintaining proper perspectives and postitive attitudes.
This book is a slap at over-coaching and the loss of sandlot play in recent years. It says kids have been playing organized baseball from such young ages that they don't think for themselves anymore. If a coach puts up the 'stop sign' they stop, even when they know they can make it to the next base. They don't bunt or steal without getting the sign to do that first, even when they know it will work. They are afraid of the coaches wrath, and they are not taking advantage of opportunities presented to pressure the defense, to steal on a lazy catcher or a predictable pitcher. They play safe, to avoid making mistakes and their coaches' anger, rather than playing aggressively and using every angle they can to win a game. How do you learn to get a maximum lead if you are not willing to go too far and get picked off once in a while? Coaches need to let the kids play sometimes, not just to win today, but to learn today what they can use tomorrow.

Want your player to be the best he can and make a quantuum leap in his baseball IQ in a short time? Get this book and let the kid have fun abusing all the perfect little robots out there. I have seen this work now, and it is amazing what an average kid with a good baseball head and an aggressive attitude can do even at Varsity High School levels.

This book is a very good teaching aid, it is clear and precise and gives intructions simple enough for young children but also features advice that more experienced players will find very usefull. The flowmotion pictures are really great and help show a player exactly how to move. Each picture is anotated and the book covers every aspect of our wonderful game from pitching to sliding and from bunting to catching flyballs and crowhops. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in improving their technique.