The Instructional Baseball Book

  • hitting drills
  • pitching drills
  • fundamentals
  • specific hitting mechanics
If you want to become a better player or a smarter coach, let Coach Gurney be your guide.
—Mike Flam, New York Times
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Covering All The Bases: The Ultimate Baseball Handbook

is a comprehensive guide to teaching and utilizing proper mechanics for playing baseball including hitting drills for baseball. With a simplified 3 Steps to Success teaching approach and highlighted sections for in-game strategies, teaching tips, topics of debate, and interpersonal aspects of the game, this resource is invaluable for players, parents, and coaches.
 

Pitching Techniques

With so many different body types among major league pitchers, there are various pitching deliveries seen on television. The greater the downward angle on release, the harder it is for batters to see the ball effectively.
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Catching Techniques

The catcher, especially at the youth level, is arguably the most important player on the field. Catchers must develop an effective catching stance, pitch framing ability, blocking techniques, and throwing form.
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Book Features

A foreword by MLB Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, an athletic development training program for baseball players, a self-diagnostic baseball exam, hundreds of detailed photographs for pinpointing proper player mechanics, dynamic in-game strategies, and much more.

Bunting Techniques

Within the skill of bunting, players must gain a comfort level with an effective stance, grip on the bat, positioning of the defense, and mental approach to completing this fundamental. Keep reading

Hitting Techniques

Hitting has been described as the toughest thing to do in all of sports. Given that major league and all professional hitters are measured by the benchmark of .300, successful hitters fail 70% of the time. Keep reading