Offensive Baseball Drills

By Rod Delmonico

Book Overview

Help your team score more runs In Offensive Baseball Drills , Rod Delmonico, Baseball America's 1995 NCAA Division I College Coach of the Year, shows you 68 offensive drills he uses to take his teams to the top. These drills help players develop important offensive skills, like maintaining proper body and bat control, hitting to the opposite field with a runner on first, deciding when to take the extra base, and many more. The book includes drills that coaches can use in practice and athletes can use to practice on their own, including: - 35 hitting drills, - 20 baserunning drills, and - 13 team drills. Each drill features a full-page explanation of the drill's purpose, equipment needs, and proper procedures as well as coaching points. And the facing page has either a photo that shows the key skill in the drill being performed correctly or a diagram of the field that shows how to set up and conduct the drill. In the last section are the five keys to using drills effectively and information on how to incorporate them into practice. The section also includes sample practice plans for youth, intermediate, and advanced players. Offensive Baseball Drills will help your team develop solid hitting, bunting, stealing, and running skills and score more runs in every game.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873228650
• ISBN13: 9780873228657
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Great book for K-4 graders practices...

I coach t-ball and little league. This book works great for even the youngsters. I pick and choose the appropriate drills, make copies for hand-outs, and do the drills for practice. They make it more interesting. Great book.

Good Stuff

Excellent offensive drills with good illustration to back it up. A must for coaches looking to add a little variety to the same old boring routines.

A must read.

Delmonico presents his drills in an easy to understand format that is right to the point. The pictures and diagrams farthur simplify the understanding of these drills. The only thing is that sometimes he does not go into enough detail and leaves elements of the drills questionable in the mind of those that still have a thing or two to learn about the game and its terminology. Overall it should prove to be a great asset and improve any coaches ability to diversify drills and practice.

Great book. Some terminology clarification needed

Delmonico does a great job in showing numerous drills to develope the fundamentals of offensive baseball. However, Some terminology clarification needed for the readers who are not familiar with University of Tennesee baseball. Overall, a must read for coaches at the intermediate to advanced levels