Coaching baseball, especially working with younger, or converting a player to be a catcher, it is super important to start slowly and make sure they understand the fundamentals. This exercise from the iBook, Practice Baseball to Win, is a good place to start. For more about the iBook, go to:…

When coaching baseball, work on batters dropping the bat, running out ground balls, concentrating on touching the near edge, and running through the bag.  They should also avoid any jumping to reach the base.  A stopwatch is a good motivator. The iBook, Practice baseball to Win, has a chapter on…

 The digital iBook, Practice Baseball to Win, features practice plans, video lessons,  and drills that show skilled players demonstrating the fundamentals. This hitting drill is an example. Find more about, Practice Baseball to Win at; practicebaseballtowin.com Grip and Stance

Practice Baseball To Win, is an ebook available in the Apple Book Store. It is designed to help busy youth baseball coaches organize quick moving productive practices. It includes video examples, that can be shown at practice, of college players performing fundamental drills for all phases of the game.  Along…

The Baseball Coaches digital handbook, Practice Baseball to Win, available in the Apple Book Store, has practice plans, videos of drills depicting fundamentals for each position, and suggestions for organizing practices.The eBook is an accumulation of experience of over 35 years of coaching college baseball and conducting summer camps for…

As Head Baseball Coach at the University of California, Davis, I became increasingly concerned about the status of youth baseball. Over 70% of young players quit before the age of 13. Since retiring, I have channeled this feeling and the result is an iBook, “Practice Baseball to Win”.  It’s purpose is to…

When coaching baseball, as you prepare and conduct practice doing glove drills, like this one from the iBook, Practice Baseball to Win, or group work, one of the most important things to keep in mind is that your players self image, confidence, and trust in himself is tremendously more important…

When coaching baseball, coordinating who takes a pop up is a major issue.  This play can lead to embarrassment or worse, serious injury.  The basic key is that the player who lines up the greatest distance from the plate takes charge and handles the play.  For example the 3rd baseman lines up farther from…

Practice Baseball to Win is a digital eBook for coaching baseball with practice plans and videos outlining individual, group, and team fundamental drills to facilitate a progression from day one to game time. This is one example of many that can be shown at practice on an iPad. More about…

When coaching baseball base running, runner on 2nd, none on first, ground ball in front of him, player should begin a retreat to 2nd until the ball has passed the infield. Freezing makes him vulnerable to the back door pick at 2nd. This suggestion and many more are from the…