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A Youth Baseball Coaches Tool Kit is a collection of nearly 200 tools - ideas, approaches, drills & administrative forms - for coaching youth baseball. The book and bonus CD are designed to save you time, make you a better coach, and your team a better team.
The book is divided into 5 valuable sections:
Getting Started
Running The Team
Communication, Development, Motivation
Assessments and Evaluations
A Team Handbook
The Tool Kit will help coaches plan, organize, and coach any level of youth baseball, from tee ball to senior league. The book has plenty of drills and contests to keep practice fun, and also contains all of the necessary forms and handouts that need to be distributed to parents and players.
As an added bonus, the majority of the tools in this book are available on the included CD, which features unique supplements to the book, including a 12 minute video (MPEG format) that shows many of the tools in use during practice. Forms, handouts and practice organization plans found in the book can easily be printed off of the CD.
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| Coaches Tool Kit Book Breakdown |
Section 1: Getting Started
Pages 1-90
Starting the Team
Communication with the Parents
Equipment
Uniforms
Recreation vs. Competitive
Softball Associations
Season Overview
Tryout Registrations
Tryout Evaluation
Coaching Philosophy
Goals for the Season
Expectations
Team Rules
Parent Letter 1
Parent Letter 2
Coach Parent Commitments
Coach Player Commitments
Liability Waiver
Medical Treatment Permit
Team Driver
Volunteers
Coaching Policy
Coaching Principles
Decision Making
Success Factors
Team Guidelines
Finances
Chaperone Duties
Section 2: Running The Team
Pages 15-46
Line Up and Scoreboard
Getting Prepared for a Practice
Developing Your Practice Plan
Tools for Running The Practice
Sample Practice Plans, Defense
Offense
Indoor
An Outfield Clinic
Working with Parents
Team Trips - Planning and Managing
Pre Season Line up
Projected Line up
Line up card
Scorecard
Glossary of SB terms
Skills Progressions
Practice Guidelines
Field Safety Review
Drills
Stations
Defense Skills and Plays
Contests
OF Duck
Scrimmage
Simulated Game
Graphics
Teaching Skills
Practice Plan 1
Practice Plan 2
Def Plan 1
Def Plan 2
Def Plan 3
Offense Plan
Indoor Plan
Pitching Practice
Pitching Drills
Pitching Data
Speed & Agility
OF Clinic
Team Lunch
Fungo Forceback
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Section 3: Communication, Development, Motivation
Pages 49-80
Communication
Development of the Coach
Motivation
Recognition
Introductions
Team News
10 Steps to Brighten
Team Schedule
Strategy Session
Motivational Board
Messages
Sample Messages
More Messages
Words for the Day
Thought for the Week
Handouts
Thoughts and Ideas from Around the Bases
Objectives
Certificate
Section 4: Assessments and Evaluations
Pages 64-68
Scouting Sheet
Self Assessments
Softball Exam
Season Evaluation
Scout 1
Scout 2
Pre Season Assessment
Post Season Assessment
Softball Exam
Softball Exam - Answers
Season Evaluation
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The Tool Kit will help all levels of coaches:
For coaches getting started....
The Tool Kit shows you how to start a team. It provides forms to get organized, instructions on how to determine what to teach in practice, how to organize your practices, sample practice plans, many stations, drills and contests to use in your practices, motivational material to challenge and develop your players, and handouts to use as teaching aids by giving them to your players.
For experienced coaches....
The Tool Kit includes a three session clinic for outfielders, six speed and agility tests, more drills and contests to enhance your practices, handouts about players responsibilities, and a pre-game plan for your players.
For travel ball/competitive team coaches....
The Tool Kit includes over 20 tools especially for travel ball teams that cover topics such as team trips, chaperones, lunches, uniforms, pre- and post-season player assessments, a competitive team coaching philosophy, a coach/player commitment form, a liability waiver, and information on building a team handbook.
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What Others Have to Say About A Youth Baseball Coaches Tool Kit
"One of the best instructional and organizational texts I have seen. You offer the youth league coach a guideline for success."
Greg Riddoch, San Diego Padres manager from 1990-92
"This book has all the practical stuff that is missing from so many guides. You get the proper mix of philosophy, forms, mechanics, and drills. In addition, you get items that will work, that will make the game more enjoyable for players, coaches, and parents."
Bobby Simpson, Higher Ground
"The Tool Kit has lots of all around helpful ideas on the organizational needs for a team. I'm looking at a rack of books written by some great college coaches but they don't come close to addressing specific topics that deal with the group of players I'm coaching like the Tool Kit does."
John Gay, Complete Pitching Clinic
"Pete's new book is perfect for any youth baseball and T-Ball beginner coach. The book and CD provides you with the tools to help give you the confidence to organize, plan, prepare, and run your team like a seasoned pro."
Larry Antley, Texas Youth Coach
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| Tool Kit Packages for the Baseball Coach |
The 59 Minute Baseball Practice DVD
Problem
Youth baseball coaches don't have the experience or amount of time required to create the drills that lead to a fun and truly productive practice.
Solution
Marty Schupak's 34-minute DVD has over 30 easy to follow drills that will help coaches run a high quality practice in under one hour
Dry Erase Clipboard
This multiple use clipboard has a line score and field diagram on one side and a player roster with room for 16 names on the other. The field diagram is used to show your players where they will be on defense, while coaches can use the team roster side to display the batting line-up.
The clipboard's write-on, wipe-off design works with any dry erase pen or marker. The clipboard has a key ring clip that will attach to any chain link fence, making it easy to hang near the dugout entrance where players can't miss it...which saves you from having to answer the "When do I hit?" type of questions.
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Peter Sprenkle has been active in coaching youth sports for over thirty years. Pete has coached youth baseball and girls fastpich softball teams at every age group from 5 to 18-years old. The information in this Tool Kit comes from Sprenkle's experience with many sources, including coaching clinics, talking with other coaches, observation, imagination, and suggestions from players and parents.