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Pitching Drills & Fielding Skills for Youth Players
Baseball Pitching & Fielding DVD for Youth Players by David Altopp
- DVD Running Time: 55 minutes
- Recommended for ages 7-13
- Pitching and Catching
- Infield and Outfield play
- Entire DVD devoted to drills and demonstrations
$39.95
Stock# D104
Pitching Drills and Fielding Skills for Youth Players
An invaluable compilation of pitching drills and a detailed overview of fielding fundamentals and techniques for youth baseball players. This DVD takes you from the mound to home plate and then moves around the field to talk about some of the basic drills and skills that are involved in playing the game of baseball.
DVD Drills & Demonstrations
Throw Properly (Pitchers)
- 2 Knee/Elbow in the Glove
- Goal Post
- Feet Apart
- Figure 8
- Pitching Motion Simulation
- Long Toss
Pitching Mechanics
- Stride
- Load, Throw, Break, & Go
- Follow Through
- Balance Point
- Working from the Stretch
- Working from the Windup
Catching
- Equipment Selection
- Fielding Bunts
- Fly Balls
- Blocking Pitches
- Fundamental Positioning
Outfield Play
- Grip on the Throw
- Staying in Front of the Ball
- Throwing a Runner Out/Crow Hop
- Fly Balls
- Throwing out Advancing Runners
- 3 Ball At A Time Drill
Infield Fundamentals
- Fielding Ground Balls
- Basic Fielding Position
- Slide Drill (Foot Positioning)
- Top Hand Position
- Still Ball Mechanic Drill
- Rolled & Batted Ball Drills
- Catching Balls on the Hop
Infield Play Drills & Demonstrations
1st Base
- Foot Positioning on the Bag
- Catching the Routine Throw
- Catching Wide Throws/Sweep Tag
- Catching Balls in the Dirt
Middle Infield
- Turning the Double Play
- Keeping Hands Together
- Double Play Pivots
- Throwing to the Infield/Outfield
- Side of the Bag
3rd Base
- The Tage Play
- Where to Tag the Runner
Coach JP Says:
Dave Altopp provides a visual overview on how to teach and coach youth players ages 7-13. His double DVD collection should be considered as a set to maximize their effectiveness. You'll use them year after year!
About the Coach
David Altopp is the head baseball coach at Lee University, an NAIA school in Cleveland, Tennessee, and was the president of the American Baseball Coaches Association in 2003.
Altopp came to Lee in 1997 to reconstruct a baseball program that had been discontinued for several years. Under his direction, the 2003 Flames won the Region XI title for the first time in the University's history, and advanced to the NAIA Super Region for the first time. His team finished the year ranked 14th in the nation. Altopp won his 300th game at Lee on April 12, 2005.
Before coming to Lee, Altopp served as the head coach at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. He began his collegiate coaching career at him alma matter, Greenville College (IL), where he spent 16 years beginning in 1975.
Only the fourth NAIA coach to serve as president of the ABCA in its 60-year history, Altopp was inducted into the NAIA Baseball Hall of Fame in January of 2001, and in his 34-year career has recorded over 750 wins. In 1995, he was named one of six coaches for the USA Baseball National Trials.
Altopp earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and a Master of Science degree in Physical Education from Arizona State in 1969. He completed his Doctorate in Education at Southern Illinois University in 1981.
Altopp began his coaching career at Phoenix Christian High School, where his team won the Arizona state championship in 1968. He is widely renowned as one of the most gifted clinicians and knowledgeable coaches in the game.
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