Collective Coaching Wisdom for Youth Baseball: Ideas and Inspiration from America's Community Coaches to You - Softcover

Ham, David A.; Sibley, Janice B.

9780974692005: Collective Coaching Wisdom for Youth Baseball: Ideas and Inspiration from America's Community Coaches to You

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097469200X ISBN 13: 9780974692005

Publisher: Crm Pub Llc, 2008

This unique book peer-mentors youth baseball coaches by capturing the ""word-of-mouth"" tips, advice, and ideas of some of America’s extraordinary community coaching hometown heroes everyday people who are considered by their own youth-league communities to be exceptional coaches for promoting excellence, pride, fun, excitement, and teamwork while teaching kids the mechanical aspects of baseball. This book is a ""road map"" for the season from 26 coaches who’ve been there. Coaches everywhere will benefit from this resource that is much more than just a drills book, offering the collective personality of the hometown hero coaches through their tips, advice, philosophies, and inspirational stories.

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About the Author:

David A. Ham has been involved with baseball for more than 37 years first as a youth player, then as a high school and college player, then as a youth coach for his son’s teams. His knowledgeable command of the sport and his genuine love of the game help bring to life the comments of the hometown hero coaches interviewed for this book. Janice Sibley’s 20+ years of professional expertise as a developer and writer of instructional materials, along with her firsthand experience as a baseball parent, join to create a well-structured, personality-rich, and easy-to-use ""road map"" for coaches everywhere.

Review:

"This book covers all the bases for kid coaches...the writing is loose, the topics interesting...the information abundantly resourceful." -- Chicago Parent Magazine

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