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Informationen zum Autor Kevin T. Czerwinski is a sportswriter who has covered baseball for MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, since 2001. Currently he is a lead writer for MLB.com’s Minor League counterpart, MiLB.com. He is also a regular guest on MLB radio. He has coached son's Little League team for the last three years. Beth Balbierz is a freelance photographer with two school-age kids and she coaches her son’s Little League and All Star teams. She is the photographer for Knack Coaching Youth Soccer. Visit her at bethbalbierz.com. Klappentext Baseball is a simple enough game. Yet, mastering the skills requisite to play the game at a competitive level, regardless of one’s age, often isn’t easy. Knack Coaching Youth Baseball applies the unique Knack format—short passages of text linked to instructive photography of both boys and girls playing the sport, all organized into spread-based lessons—to present basic and advanced information about coaching this popular youth sport for kids aged five to fourteen. The author, a sportswriter who coaches his son’s little league team, focuses on techniques that will help any team win while reminding coaches that children should have fun above all else. Inhaltsverzeichnis Knack Coaching Youth BaseballTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter One – Getting StartedChapter Two – EquipmentChapter Three – Rules and basic knowledgeChapter Four – Preparing to PlayChapter Five – T-BallChapter Six – HittingChapter Seven – BuntingChapter Eight – Catching BasicsChapter Nine – Catching for older playersChapter Ten – General FieldingChapter Eleven – First baseChapter Twelve – Second BaseChapter Thirteen – Third BaseChapter Fourteen – ShortstopChapter Fifteen – Infield for older playersChapter Sixteen – OutfieldChapter Seventeen – PitchingChapter Eighteen – Pitching for older playersChapter Nineteen – Base runningChapter Twenty – Other resources
