Improvements to the 2nd edition of Youth Baseball Coaching
by John T. Reed
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- 2nd edition has 284 pages versus 254 in the first edition
- more on thinking too much during certain game activities
- more on the Zen of pitching
- discussion of the reptilian portion of the human brain and its importance in some baseball skills
- discussion of baseball’s unwritten Code of Ethics (e.g., Don’t steal catcher signals when at second base)
- greatly expanded discussion of cheating in youth baseball drafts and prevention of it via a blind draft
- Great story about Derek Jeter backing up first base in foul territory all the way from shortstop
- Oakland A’s emphasis on drawing walks in their minor league teams
- new, electronic strike zone equipment used in Major Leagues
- new discussion of two-strike bunting
- how Boston Red Sox hitting coach talks to his batters
- expanded discussion of baserunning including Sports Illustrated material, reader success stories and suggestions, ‘bases beyond batter’ stat in the Nineteenth Century, more on stealing home when the pitcher uses a full windup, cases histories about Barry Bonds no hustling into double plays and lost bases, injury case history on breaking up double play, case history where A’s beat Red Sox on baserunning blunder,
- expanded baserunning defense with regard to pickoff throws
- tables showing what to do in different situations with regard to infield pops with runners on base, different outfield grounder techniques, baesrunner strategy in final inning with tying run or go-ahead run at the plate, how to take a lead at each base with different numbers of outs, batter behavior when runner has base stolen or when runner is stealing home, batter strategy for all different pitch counts
- corrected dominant eye discussion based on more recent medical research
- additional evidence that lighter bats are best
John T. Reed, a.k.a. John Reed, John T Reed, Jack Reed,
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