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Brief Description & Online Vendor
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1. ABCAs new Baseball Skills & Drills video series. With the ABCAs new Baseball Skills
& Drills video series, you can learn how to organize better practices, gain a better understanding of what drills you
need to develop fundamental baseball skills, and improve your chances at a winning season! We highly recomend this series
because it cover all of the basics of pitching, defense and hitting.
2. "Pitching Drills" by Bob Bennett ---Pitching
Drills features a series of 25
game-tested dry-run drills that are designed to develop the key factors involved in each
phase of sound pitching mechanics.
---Each drill is explained and demonstrated in an easy-to-understand and apply manner.
---The DVD is an invaluable tool for coaches who want to make maximum use of their team’s practice time.
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the topics covered: push-off drill, stride-foot drill, balance-hop drill, leg-lift
drill, arm-lift drill, chest drill,
chin-up drill, eyes drill, heel-over drill, trajectory drill, rotation drill, pads-for-stride drill, target-catch drill, and
goal-post drill.
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3. 6 DVD Series: Hitting For Excellence This groundbreaking DVD set provides
professional advice with the exact drills and demonstrations that professional hitting coach Dave Hudgens gives to his major
league players. We like the series because it covers everything you need to know to teach and train hitters at all levels
from youth to the collegiate ranks. It has a easy to understand and follow.
The Hitting for Excellence Series is designed for coaches, parents and player
of all ages and
skill levels. Series include: DVD #1: Hitting for Excellence, DVD #2: Power Hitting and Conquering the Curveball, DVD #3:
Short Stroke Training and Overload Training, DVD #4: Workshop Drill Training & Vision Training, DVD #5: Video Analysis
and Questions & Answers and DVD #6: Explosive Training.
4. DVD: "The Little Things That Win" by Barry Davis Coach Davis
discusses how he effectively
and efficiently structures his team practices to produce better
results during games. His success is a direct outcome
of implementing these well-developed
practice plans that your players will enjoy. Davis shares his secrets for winning
championships
and discusses the keys to championship baseball. He discusses organization, conditioning, communication,
cuts and relays, bunt defenses, 1-3 defenses, pick-off plays, baserunning, pressure and rundowns. This excellent video includes
practice and game footage
with diagrams and player demonstrations.
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5. DVD: 2 Tape Pack: Becoming a Champion Infielder! by Frank Leoni Leoni highlights critical areas for infielders suchas attitude, mental toughness, team roles,
responsibilities
for each position and practice and preparation routines. His tactics and techniques will aid in developing your hand and foot
speed and will reinforce proper catching and throwing mechanics. Utilizing his gift for teaching, Leoni has helped develop
six professional infielders and can assist you in becoming your best. The tactics and techniques in the DVD have been instrumental
in creating successful players at all levels! levels.
This DVD shows you how to implement 10 critical defense drills into
your team practice setting. These
drills will teach essential defensive skills and will help you to create an effective and efficient defensive practice.
Coach Leoni begins his team drill progression using only the infielders. Next he incorporates the outfielders along with the
infield and then adds the pitchers and catchers
to the mix to create a full team workout. Leoni teaches you how to organize
these drills, how to make them competitive and game-like, how to keep
everyone moving at practice and how to keep practice
challenging to your players.
6. Video: Effective Practice Drills for Catchers by Bob Bennett
Presents a series of game-tested drills designed to develop
the essential skills
involved in sound catcher play. In an easy-to-understand and apply
manner, the video explains
and demonstrates how to perform each drill properly. Highly Recommended!
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7. Video: Baseball's 28 Baserunning Plays by Stu Southworth & Tim Onofrei This is a great tape that gives a
comprehensive overview of the 28 possible plays of baseball offense. In an easy-to-understand manner, each play is explained
and demonstrated in detail. The video features an on-the-field demonstration of each offensive play. Covers steal plays –
before, on, and after the pitch, the eleven types of bunts, when to employ each type of bunt, the nine types of delayed steals,
hit-and-run possibilities, and fake bunts (with steals and slash hits)
8. Pitching Edge, Video By Tom House Tom House demonstrates proper
throwing and pitching techniques to minimize injury and maximize speed and power. The video shows how to modify and improve
throwing techniques easily. If you do not already have this video,we highly recommed this video.
In modern baseball,
the best pitchers are those who master both the art and science of the position. Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, and Kevin Brown
are among the many greats who developed this mastery with the help of pitching coach Tom House. Now, in The Pitching Edge
book/video package, House offers you his special instruction and insight into the mechanics, conditioning, and psychology
for superior pitching performance.
Words of Praise
"A fascinating look at the mechanics of pitching. Many of these
techniques have helped me define and develop my performance. I really enjoyed this video and recommend it to serious
students of baseball."
Randy Johnson
New York Yankees
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9. Video: Baseball's Defensive Plays and Signs by Stu Southworth & Larry Price We love this tape becasue it
covers more than 50 defensive plays and signs that should be a part of every coach's strategic arsenal. Explains: catcher's
signals, call, pickoff, steal coverage, bunt coverage, infield/outfield, and positioning signs and more.
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10. Video: "Functional Core Training for Baseball: Developing Rotational Power and Balance" by Jim Murphy A video explaining a great collection of exercises designed to mimic the explosive,
rotational movements involved in baseball. Covers exercises for developing a total athlete on the baseball diamond. Uses medicine
balls, wobble boards, stability balls, and free weights to explain
and illustrate an extensive array of exercises designed
to improve balance, agility and power in baseball-related movements. Ideal for developing agile baserunners, explosive hitters,
and powerful pitchers.
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