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Book Synopsis So You Want to Play College Baseball? by : Dan Green
Download or read book So You Want to Play College Baseball? written by Dan Green and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So You Want to Play College Baseball? By: Dan Green Are you considering playing collegiate baseball, but not sure what to expect or how to make the most of this opportunity? How can you best represent yourself, your family, and your hometown on the diamond? Author Dan Green wants to give you a leg up on other players going out for college baseball teams. Don’t start your collegiate baseball career in the dark. Not all lessons need to be learned the hard way! This book provides insight and tips on how to prepare for baseball at the next level physically, mentally, and emotionally. As a recent collegiate baseball player, Green offers advice to help ensure that your experience is one filled with great memories and stories to last a lifetime. This quick-read gives high school players a sneak peek into the world of college baseball.
Download or read book Clean Your Cleats written by Dan Blewett and published by Dan Blewett. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Does it Take to Have a Great Baseball Career? You daydream about one day seeing your face on a baseball card. You live for pressure and the green grass beneath your cleats. But as your career progresses, the game gets harder. You slump and struggle. You get injured and overlooked. Your confidence plummets. Can you keep improving? Are your big dreams still within reach? A Handbook for the Dedicated Player Clean Your Cleats is filled with stories and advice learned the hard way, over a long career on the diamond. Develop better routines and improve your consistency. Handle the ups and downs with confidence and resolve. Strengthen relationships with teammates, parents and coaches. Learn mindset strategies to become the best version of you. Dan Blewett, in this practical guide, helps players understand all the little things in baseball that make a huge difference over a long career. Why clean your cleats? Because every detail matters.
Book Synopsis Dear Baseball Gods: A Memoir by : Dan Blewett
Download or read book Dear Baseball Gods: A Memoir written by Dan Blewett and published by Dan Blewett. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Baseball Gods, Why didn't you look out for him? Didn't he deserve better? He hustled, competed, and played the game the right way. What happened wasn't fair. A Second Comeback Dan sat by a tree, staring at the ground trying to decide what he would do next. The doctor had just explained that everything he worked for was now ruined. A second Tommy John surgery? Does anyone come back from that? Is my career over? Is this it? A Winding Road to the Top As a walk-on in college, Dan had to earn everything. He pitched on three hours sleep, lived in the clubhouse, played for a team that collapsed mid-season, and endured more arm pain than any kid should. A Way to Move On When finally forced to hang up his cleats, Dan looked in the mirror and didn't recognize the man peering back. If no longer a ballplayer...what would he do? What had been the point of it all? Who was he? The Deeper Side of Life as an Athlete In this philosophical memoir, written as a series of letters, you'll learn that the pinstripes don't wash off so easily.
Book Synopsis The Matheny Manifesto by : Mike Matheny
Download or read book The Matheny Manifesto written by Mike Matheny and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny's New York Times bestselling manifesto about what parents, coaches, and athletes get wrong about sports; what we can do better; and how sports can teach eight keys to success in sports and life. Mike Matheny was just forty-one, without professional managerial experience and looking for a next step after a successful career as a Major League catcher, when he succeeded the legendary Tony La Russa as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. While Matheny has enjoyed immediate success, leading the Cards to the postseason four times in his first four years−a Major League record−people have noticed something else about his life, something not measured in day-to-day results. Instead, it’s based on a frankly worded letter he wrote to the parents of a Little League team he coached, a cry for change that became an Internet sensation and eventually a “manifesto.” The tough-love philosophy Matheny expressed in the letter contained his throwback beliefs that authority should be respected, discipline and hard work rewarded, spiritual faith cultivated, family made a priority, and humility considered a virtue. In The Matheny Manifesto, he builds on his original letter by first diagnosing the problem at the heart of youth sports−it starts with parents and coaches−and then by offering a hopeful path forward. Along the way, he uses stories from his small-town childhood as well as his career as a player, coach, and manager to explore eight keys to success: leadership, confidence, teamwork, faith, class, character, toughness, and humility. From “The Coach Is Always Right, Even When He’s Wrong” to “Let Your Catcher Call the Game,” Matheny’s old-school advice might not always be popular or politically correct, but it works. His entertaining and deeply inspirational book will not only resonate with parents, coaches, and athletes, it will also be a powerful reminder, from one of the most successful new managers in the game, of what sports can teach us all about winning on the field and in life.
Download or read book Catching-101 written by Xan Barksdale and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CATCHING-101: The Complete Guide for Baseball Catchers is the most comprehensive book ever written for baseball catchers. It contains tips, drills, and proper mechanics that will help every catcher or coach better understand the most difficult position on the field. This book contains information on EVERY aspect of catching that Coach Barksdale has learned through his years of experience from coaching nationally ranked NCAA teams, and playing at almost every level from Little League to professional baseball. A few of the topics covered in CATCHING-101 are: Receiving Blocking Catching Pop Flies Throwing Fielding Bunts Plays at Home Plate Drills Pitchouts Pass Balls/Wild Pitches Giving Signals And More! If you have been searching for a source with lots of high quality information about catching, this is the book for you! CATCHING-101 was written by Coach Xan Barksdale who is currently an NCAA Division I baseball coach and an ex-professional baseball player. Coach Barksdale played in the Atlanta Braves organization and has been a featured speaker at the prestigious ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) national convention.
Book Synopsis Getting Recruited to Play College Baseball by : McCunney
Download or read book Getting Recruited to Play College Baseball written by McCunney and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we try to answer the questions most parents seem to have regarding the college baseball recruiting process. Is there a "magic formula" in terms of what college recruiters want in a student-athlete? Maybe not a magic formula, but we offer the guidance and clues to keep you on the right path as you navigate this critical process. We tried to capture our experience and what we consider important points of the recruiting process. We have emphasized practical guidance to improve your chance of playing baseball in college and receiving appropriate financial support.
Author :Trent Mongero Publisher :Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated ISBN 13 :9781402758089 Total Pages :238 pages Book Rating :4.7/5 (58 download)
Download or read book Winning Baseball written by Trent Mongero and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2011 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From age-appropriate drills to motivation strategies, this step-by-step guide to youth baseball offers all the information parents and coaches need to help young players reach their full potential.
Book Synopsis How Baseball Happened by : Thomas W. Gilbert
Download or read book How Baseball Happened written by Thomas W. Gilbert and published by Godine+ORM. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
Download or read book Winning Baseball written by Trent Mongero and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Coach's Companion series, veteran coach Trent Mongero's Winning Baseball for Intermediate to College Level covers everything from advanced mechanics for infield, outfield, pitcher, and catcher play to hitting mechanics and mental toughness strategies. Complete with insider tips for college and MLB prospects, over 100 photographs, and a four-hour instructional DVD, this is the ultimate, one-stop baseball reference.
Book Synopsis Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back by : Jessica Luther
Download or read book Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back written by Jessica Luther and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hit to the head after yet another study has warned of the dangers of CTE, or when a team whose mascot was born in an era of racism and bigotry takes the field, or when a relief pitcher accused of domestic violence saves the game, how is one to cheer? Welcome to the club for sports fans who care too much. In Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back, acclaimed sports writers Jessica Luther and Kavitha A. Davidson tackle the most pressing issues in sports, why they matter, and how we can do better. For the authors, “sticking to sports” is not an option—not when our taxes are paying for the stadiums, and college athletes aren’t getting paid at all. But simply quitting a favorite team won’t change corrupt and deplorable practices, and the root causes of many of these problems are endemic in our wider society. An essential read for modern fans, Loving Sports When They Don’t Love You Back challenges the status quo and explores how we might begin to reconcile our conscience with our fandom.
Download or read book The Inside Game written by Keith Law and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking book, Keith Law, baseball writer for The Athletic and author of the acclaimed Smart Baseball, offers an era-spanning dissection of some of the best and worst decisions in modern baseball, explaining what motivated them, what can be learned from them, and how their legacy has shaped the game. For years, Daniel Kahneman’s iconic work of behavioral science Thinking Fast and Slow has been required reading in front offices across Major League Baseball. In this smart, incisive, and eye-opening book, Keith Law applies Kahneman’s ideas about decision making to the game itself. Baseball is a sport of decisions. Some are so small and routine they become the building blocks of the game itself—what pitch to throw or when to swing away. Others are so huge they dictate the future of franchises—when to make a strategic trade for a chance to win now, or when to offer a millions and a multi-year contract for a twenty-eight-year-old star. These decisions have long shaped the behavior of players, managers, and entire franchises. But as those choices have become more complex and data-driven, knowing what’s behind them has become key to understanding the sport. This fascinating, revelatory work explores as never before the essential question: What were they thinking? Combining behavioral science and interviews with executives, managers, and players, Keith Law analyzes baseball’s biggest decision making successes and failures, looking at how gambles and calculated risks of all sizes and scales have shaped the sport, and how the game’s ongoing data revolution is rewriting decades of accepted decision making. In the process, he explores questions that have long been debated, from whether throwing harder really increases a player’s risk of serious injury to whether teams actually “overvalue” trade prospects. Bringing his analytical and combative style to some of baseball’s longest running debates, Law deepens our knowledge of the sport in this entertaining work that is both fun and deeply informative.
Book Synopsis College Baseball Recruiting by : John Lawrence
Download or read book College Baseball Recruiting written by John Lawrence and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Baseball Recruiting provides the high school baseball player and his parents with valuable information on college recruiting, scholarships, letters of intent, eligibility (initial and continuing), amateurism, transfers and much more. College Baseball Recruiting explains clearly the rules that apply if you play college baseball for a school that competes in the NCAA (distinguishing D1, D2 and D3) or in the NAIA, or at a junior college competing in the NJCAA. Also addressed are the unique rules for junior colleges located in California and competing in the CCCAA or located in Oregon and Washington and competing in the NWCAA. No other single publication and no single website contain all this information in an easy to read, understand and apply format. Here you will find over three dozen tables and figures that clearly summarize the complex rules of college baseball recruiting. Flow charts walk players and parents through the arcane world of transfers. Success plans are provided for each year in high school. Issues involving letters of intent and limitations on scholarships are simplified. Initial eligibility standards and continuing eligibility requirements are tabulated to allow for comparisons between the different conferences. Learn exactly what substances, including dietary and nutritional supplements, have been banned and where to find even more information. Over 60 specific questions are posed, reflecting real-life concerns voiced by high school baseball players, and answers are provided in easy to understand and apply language. College Baseball Recruiting is the best single source of information for high school baseball players (and their parents) interested in playing baseball in college and provides what you need to reach the next level.
Book Synopsis Pitching. Isn't. Complicated. by : Dan Blewett
Download or read book Pitching. Isn't. Complicated. written by Dan Blewett and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many complexities in pitching, but the complexities are the last ten percent, not the first ninety. The first 90% - the things every good pitcher does - are simple. Pitching. Isn't. Complicated. is a concise explanation of the pitching maxims that every pitcher must exhibit. Covered are mechanics, mindset, mental training, situational pitching, holding runners, and more. The author has combined his playing experience with innovative training techniques to become one of the most successful young pitching coaches in the country. The methods in this book are not sensational and there are no fads, no superfluous exercises and no gimmicks. Rather, the goal is to provide only the best drills, teaching methods and concepts that comprise the optimal dose of training. Pitching. Isn't. Complicated. is a concise, layman and actionable book written to give coaches, parents and pitchers a holistic understanding of elite pitching. With a mountain of conflicting information available on the Internet, the development of pitchers has become more confusing than ever; this book will change that.
Book Synopsis In Pursuit of the College Baseball Scholarship by : Sean L. Collins
Download or read book In Pursuit of the College Baseball Scholarship written by Sean L. Collins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Casey loves baseball. Even before the child was born, his father knew that the kid was going to be a baseball player and prepared a nursery theme of baby blue walls with baseball angels in the form of porcelain dolls, framed pictures, and the new Big Head poster of Cal Ripken Jr.; his Dad's favorite Major League player on the wall. Two years later, Casey loves baseball and everyone realizes it. He knows exactly what to do with that little plastic bat and ball his father so anxiously waited to get for him. Every night, when Casey's father comes home from work, it's "Game Time!" They play ball in the living room, watch their favorite big league team on the big screen with surround sound for a better "learning experience," with a side order of Baseball Tonight on ESPN. Finally, the two finish the night talking about baseball and dad hopefully believing that his little Casey will dream of making the big play or hitting the big home run; Casey at the plate...right? Parents, do you know what to do next? In Pursuit of the College Baseball Scholarship is a book of wisdom and insight on how to pursue a college baseball scholarship from the perspective of a coach who has been there and done it well.
Book Synopsis The College Baseball Player Handbook by : Kyle Butler
Download or read book The College Baseball Player Handbook written by Kyle Butler and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every young baseball fan's dream is to make it to the major leagues one day. If you are fortunate enough to make it to college baseball, you are not that far away. I was a college baseball player for five years at Radford University. I went through all the ups and downs. From getting cut my freshman year, to earning All-Conference two years and going on to play professional ball. My goal is to give you all the advice I know now that I didn't before and during college. That way, you wont have to learn the lessons the hard way and are able to put yourself in the best position to succeed right out of the gate. This book is not only a great read for current college players, but high school and amateur players looking to get a head start on what it takes to succeed at the college level. This book also includes lessons you can apply to your everyday life as you experience the hardships the daily grind throws at you. And if you are just that type of person that loves the good, old game of baseball, it is right up your alley. I will go through the daily schedule of a college baseball player and provide what it takes mentally and physically to win at every aspect of college. There will be useful tips for topics including nutrition, classes, weight lifting, practice, games, and more.
Book Synopsis Play Baseball the Ripken Way by : Cal Ripken (Jr.)
Download or read book Play Baseball the Ripken Way written by Cal Ripken (Jr.) and published by Random House Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features illustrated guidelines on baseball fundamantals as drawn from the late Cal Ripken, Sr.'s years as a coach and manager and Cal Ripken Jr.'s record-making career, in a primer with complementary information for parents and coaches.
Book Synopsis Spend Dollars Save Thousands at American College by : Marcela Cabrini
Download or read book Spend Dollars Save Thousands at American College written by Marcela Cabrini and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-22 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spend only a few dollars to help you save thousands of dollars in scholarships, time, and energy, by learning how to get the best schools and offers. The process that involves the international student-athlete and family finding the best American college, including all its related tasks and paperwork, can be very complicated and even frustrating, especially if you do not have any guidance. The main objective of this book is to give you the direction you will need during this process so you can choose the best school and handle the process as easy, and safely as possible. I want to help you by sharing the tactics that worked for hundreds of student-athletes, with a step-by-step process on how to * Understand the entrance terms, when to get started, and how to make a calendar * Figure out what you need to have before you start talking to coaches * Clarify the collegiate sports leagues and eligibility requirements * Prepare for exams * Understand baseball requirements (which schools fit your level) * Produce a great baseball video * Research schools by using advanced filters * Contact coaches * Define your budget to the coaches and the reason why it is important * Get scholarships * Understand the offers and costs * Negotiate * Choose the best school for you * Avoid pitfalls * Understand the junior colleges * Deal with the unknown * Do all the paperwork * Learn about housing and meal plan * Understand immunization forms and health insurance * Understand the I-20 process and obtain a student visa * Conduct the process with ease * Deal with eventual problems after arrival * Transfer * Become a successful student-athlete and get the most out of the experience. You are in the right place if you want to do your own college placement with method and efficiency, having autonomy in all parts of the process. I will show you all the steps you need to take, what to do and what not to do. You will have access to all my knowledge acquired by working with college placement for more than 16 years. I want to share with you everything that I have learned after I sent more than 1000 student-athletes to the USA with different academic, athletic, and financial profiles. Some of you may be acquainted with the American culture, while others have never been to the USA. Parents can also get very anxious because they are sending their son or daughter overseas, and also because they do not know how to better handle the process. Moreover, the vast majority of the players is not a TOP junior player. Most likely you will have to make most or all first approaches, and this is also why this guide has been written for you: to teach you how to research schools, talk to coaches, negotiate scholarships, and so on. Even if you are a TOP notch junior player who gets seen in tournaments and contacted by coaches who research your results, this guide is written for you as well, so you do not depend solely on the ones that contacted you, and that way you have a variety of great possibilities to choose from, besides learning about paperwork, scholarship negotiation tactics, and all the tricks during the process, that we make available to you here. Also, by writing this book, I hope that college coaches and admissions counselors can also benefit from your better understanding of the process. When you have the right expectations, learn how to contact coaches, and ask the right questions, the better the process can become for everyone. My name is Mauricio Cabrini, I am from Brazil. I played college tennis at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, an NCAA Division 1 program, and graduated with a double major in Communication Studies and Spanish in 2005. I founded MC Graduation in 2008, a college placement company, that has worked with more than 1000 student-athletes from many countries. I hope you enjoy this book, and that it can lead you to a very successful journey
