Resources
- Coach CertificationThe USA Baseball Coaches Certification Program is a certification pathway for any and all individuals who are currently coaching baseball or aspire to coach at any level of the game. The program aims to create a higher standard of coaching education and enhance the ability of coaches to better serve their athletes, their team and the communities.
- American Baseball Coaches AssociationOfficial website of the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Streaming Media
- Play Better BaseballThis 70-minute video features instruction by former University of Arizona Head Coach Jerry Stitt. The video provides progressive step-by-step instruction of throwing, fielding and hitting fundamentals.
- 59 Minute Baseball PracticeOver 30 different baseball drills that can be used on the practice field with an entire Little League team as well as by parents and children in a backyard session. The drills focus on basics such as base running, hitting, and fielding, but they often provide a wrinkle designed to keep the kids enthused.
- Drills & Techniques For The CatcherThis program addresses the catching position on the youth level and beyond. Techniques are shown such as the set-up, blocking, framing and much more. Over 25 high-quality drills are integrated with these techniques.
Perspectives
Coaching Youth Baseball
Now heading into its third edition, the Coaching Youth Baseball continues to be an excellent introduction youth coaching. It contains chapters on teaching and shaping skills, communicating with players, dealing with parents, game-day coaching, rules and equipment, and season plans for organizing practices throughout the year.
Play Ball
Play Ball: 100 Baseball Practice Games is the best way to develop players' skills, execution, and on-field team play! With more than 100 skill-building competitions, Play Ball: 100 Baseball Practice Games covers everything from the fundamentals of fielding, pitching, catching, and hitting to special situations such as rundowns, base stealing, and bunting. You'll even learn how to incorporate the games into team practices to perfect execution and prepare for opponents. Renowned coach and American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame member Tom O'Connell includes games for individual players as well as group competitions for infielders, outfielders, and pitchers and catchers. Coaching tips and variations also allow the developmental games to be used with beginning, intermediate, and advanced players and teams alike. From outfielder to catcher, from player to coach, Play Ball: 100 Baseball Practice Games is your guide to more productive and engaging practices, focused play, and on-the-field excellence.
Basic Baseball Strategy
A comprehensive guide to baseball fundamentals that helps players and coaches build winning teams together Watching major-league baseball today, many fans wonder what happened to the fundamentals of the game when they see a highly paid outfielder miss the cutoff man or a multimillion-dollar pitcher fail to lay down a bunt. What's missing are the basics--and that's precisely the content of this classic bestseller. Updated and revised to address today's baseball rules and trends, Basic Baseball Strategy helps you, whether you're a beginning coach, a player from a youth or advanced league to master the fundamentals of the game--from the hit-and-run to the squeeze play, from when to steal to when to sacrifice. Former collegiate coach S. H. "Chuck" Freeman explains not only how to execute baseball's most basic plays but also why and when to do so.