If Cliff Vermont had only slid home, his team would have already clinched the championship. Now the Blue Hens find themselves in a third and deciding playoff game with everything on the line. Cliff not only has to deal with the burden of his baseball blunder, but also the pressure from his teammates and classmates as he prepares for pitching the biggest game of his life. The days leading up to the big game, Cliff learns what it takes to navigate through the strange and often turbulent world of adolescence, both on and off the field, with the help of his younger brother, Sam, and his best...
If Cliff Vermont had only slid home, his team would have already clinched the championship. Now the Blue Hens find themselves in a third and deciding ...
Basketball Chronicles: Articles on Youth Coaching is a compilation of twenty-six articles I have written about coaching basketball, especially youth basketball. I have been coaching youth sports for twenty-five years. In addition to coaching basketball, I have coached soccer, baseball, and softball. When coaching, I have found that some drills and techniques will work with some teams and in certain years, but may not work with a whole new group of players in another season. As coaches, we have to learn to be flexible and adapt. These articles will tend to sound like a biography about my...
Basketball Chronicles: Articles on Youth Coaching is a compilation of twenty-six articles I have written about coaching basketball, especially youth b...
Baseball Chronicles II: Articles on Youth Coaching is the second edition in the Baseball Chronicles series, and includes twenty-one new articles written over the course of Coach Schupak's twenty-two years of coaching youth baseball, exploring the most common and pressing issues facing youth coaches & parents today. Featured in these articles are both on-field and off-field topics that are designed to help the youth coach run a successful season, whether it is how to recognize infielders' five most common mistakes or coaching youth baseball to ability and age. "Marty Schupak is one of the...
Baseball Chronicles II: Articles on Youth Coaching is the second edition in the Baseball Chronicles series, and includes twenty-one new articles writt...
T-Ball Skills & Drills presents 37 creative drills that T-Ball coaches and parents can do with their team or with their own kids at home. Over a million kids participate in T-Ball every year. Hitting fundamentals, throwing, baserunning, and fielding are just some of the skills covered. Coaches need to be creative to keep kids stimulated in practices and during games. Many of the drills in T-Ball Skills & Drills use common household items as props. The drills give useful hints for skills like throwing and catching fly balls that will make it achievable for 5, 6, and 7 year old kids. Other...
T-Ball Skills & Drills presents 37 creative drills that T-Ball coaches and parents can do with their team or with their own kids at home. Over a milli...
T-Ball Skills & Drills presents 37 creative drills that T-Ball coaches and parents can do with their team or with their own kids at home. Over a million kids participate in T-Ball every year. Hitting fundamentals, throwing, baserunning, and fielding are just some of the skills covered. Coaches need to be creative to keep kids stimulated in practices and during games. Many of the drills in T-Ball Skills & Drills use common household items as props. The drills give useful hints for skills like throwing and catching fly balls that will make it achievable for 5, 6, and 7 year old kids. Other...
T-Ball Skills & Drills presents 37 creative drills that T-Ball coaches and parents can do with their team or with their own kids at home. Over a milli...
44 Baseball Mistakes & Corrections provides explanations to some of the most common and recurring mistakes that happen in youth baseball games. If you are a coach or a parent in a recreational or competitive youth baseball league, this book will break down the individual and team mistakes that can be corrected by some of the basic practice principles that will result in better hitting, pitching, and fielding. The book highlights include: Hitting Mistakes Pitching Mistakes Baserunning Mistakes Fielding Mistakes Coaching Mistakes
44 Baseball Mistakes & Corrections provides explanations to some of the most common and recurring mistakes that happen in youth baseball games. If you...
44 Baseball Mistakes & Corrections provides explanations to some of the most common and recurring mistakes that happen in youth baseball games. If you are a coach or a parent in a recreational or competitive youth baseball league, this book will break down the individual and team mistakes that can be corrected by some of the basic practice principles that will result in better hitting, pitching, and fielding. The book highlights include: Hitting Mistakes Pitching Mistakes Baserunning Mistakes Fielding Mistakes Coaching Mistakes
44 Baseball Mistakes & Corrections provides explanations to some of the most common and recurring mistakes that happen in youth baseball games. If you...
