A Parent's Guide to Pitching - Softcover

Woodall, Brad; Caudle, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967958903 ISBN 13: 9780967958903

Publisher: Raincreek Publishing Company, 2000

Synopsis

A Parent's Guide to Pitching helps parents and coaches teach the fundamentals of pitching in ways young players can understand. With 130 photos and illustrations, this guide captures the best, most current information about pitching for pitchers 8 to 18. The book offers a major-league pitcher's clear, step-by-step instruction in established, proven techniques. It covers pitching mechanics, grips, and arm angles for right- and lefthanders. It describes and illustrates common problems and how to solve them. It introduces the fundamentals of sound defense and explains how to hold base runners and avoid balks. By stressing conditioning, arm care, proper training, and safety, the guide also helps parents and coaches protect young pitchers from injury. Using the timetable and the structured pitcher-development program described in this book, the parent or coach can guide their young pitchers toward a logical series of goals, from controlling the fastball to working the corners and changing speeds. But most of all, this book will help players and parents alike have fun learning how to play the greatest game of all.

About this title

About the Author

Brad Woodall is a rare combination: an active major-league pitcher who spends his off-seasons teaching young people how to play the game of baseball.

Brad pitched three seasons for the Atlanta Braves, where he was a member of the 1995 world championship team. He has also pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs. In each organization, Brad has worked with some of the finest pitchers and pitching coaches in the world. A lefthander known for his finesse and control, Brad strikes out two hitters for every one he walks.

Brad is a 1992 graduate of the University of North Carolina, where he set school records for appearances and relief appearances. His 1.19 ERA in 1989 was second in the nation, and he was All-Atlantic Coast Conference and team MVP in 1991.

Neil Caudle is a science writer and editor who coaches youth-league baseball in Hillsborough, North Carolina. He is also the author of a novel, Voices from Home, published by G.P. Putnam in 1989.

Edition details

• Publisher: Raincreek Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967958903
• ISBN 13: 9780967958903
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48