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The Ultimate Baseball Training Guide
Coaching Baseball Skills & Drills by Bragg Stockton
This is a great book for anybody involved in youth baseball. You'll learn in-depth aspects of hitting, defense, and planning, plus baseball-oriented conditioning drills and a team practice chart.
Includes over 600 illustrations
Only $24.95
Stock# BK02
The NCAA offers 5,428 baseball scholarships. Use this guide to help you get one!
Finding the school that fits your child's athletic and academic needs is a confusing and complicated process. Relying on the high school coach is NOT the answer. It's up to you to take charge, but many parents do not even know where to begin.
The main reason so many talented student-athletes never realize their dreams of playing college baseball is because they do not understand the complicated recruiting process. With 1,343 college baseball programs in the United States, this Guide will help you solve the recruiting puzzle and give you a hand up in learning what it takes to make it to the next level.
Take control of your college search, build your baseball resume, obtain athletic and academic scholarships, and solve the recruiting puzzle. With tips from over 70 college baseball coaches and pro scouts, High School Player's Guide to College Baseball shows you how to market yourself to the school of your dreams and teaches you how to:
Increase your chances to ear a baseball scholarship. Tap into numerous little known sources of financial aid to lower the expense of college to you and your parents.
Package and present your baseball and academics achievements to college recruiters. Make a highlight video and get it seen by the college coaches you want to impress. Get your high school coach to become your biggest ally in the recruiting process. Identify the schools where you have the best chance to succeed as a player and as a student.
Read Book Excerpts:
Selection of A Bat | Stance and Stride: Distance From the Plate
Book breadown: 264 pages & 12 chapters, 3 main parts: Offensive Play, Defensive Play, Planning
Coaches who work with younger teams are coaching athletes at the single most critical juncture of their athletic careers. Yet literature addressing younger players' concerns and problems is almost nonexistent..This book offers an entire coaching system for youth baseball.
Chapter 1: Hitting
Pages 17-56 Read Excerpt
- Selection of a Bat Read Excerpt
- Grip
- Stance and Stride Read Excerpt
- Stride to Swing
- Developing Consistency and Power for Game Hitting Skills
- Drills to Develop Quality Timing
- Fundamental Hitting Analysis
- Developing a Visual Tracking System
- Strategies for Hitting
- Kinetic Coaching Points of Hitting
- How to Correct Hitting Problems
- Hitter's Alphabet
- Coaches' Evaluation of Hitters
- Getting Out of Slumps
- Daily Practice Schedule
- Hitter on Deck
Chapter 2: Bunting
Pages 57-62
- Sacrifice Bunt
- Mechanics of the Drag Bunt
Chapter 3: Baserunning
Pages 63-76
- First Base Techniques
- Second Base Techniques
- Third Base Techniques
- Tagging Up on Foul Pop Flies
- Summary of Baserunning Techniques
- Additional Steal Situations
- Miscellaneous Baserunning Policies
- Habits of Pitchers
Chapter 4: Sliding
Pages 77-82
- Stand-Up Slide Position
- Decoy Slide
- Hook Slide
- Head-First Slide
- Sliding Summary
- Practicing Sliding
Chapter 5: Individual Infield Skills
Pages 84-106
- The Glove
- Basic Defensive Concepts
- Fundamental Fielding Analysis
- Throwing Summary
- Difficult Fielding Situations
- Fielding and Throwing According to the Speed of the Runner and the Speed of the Ground Ball
- Tagging Runners
Chapter 6: Infield SKills by Position
Pages 107-122
- First Base
- Third Base
- Second Base and Shortstop
Chapter 7: Infield Play
Pages 123-132
- Run-Downs
- Bunt Coverage
- Pick-offs
- Defending First and Third Steal Situations
- Play Action
Chapter 8: Outfield Play
Pages 134-144
- Qualifications
- Ready Stance and Getting "The Jump" on the Ball
- Sun and Wind
- Fly Balls Overhead
- Circling Fly Balls
- Fielding Ground Balls
- Throwing
- Playing Balls Off or at the Fence
- Playing Line Drives
- Know the Hitter and the Pitch
- Backing Up Plays
- Play Action
- Outfield Communication
Chapter 9: Team Defense Play
Pages 145-156
- Pop Fly and Fly Ball Coverage
- Cutoff and Relay System
- Other Drills and Suggestions
Chapter 10: Pitching
Pages 157-198
- Physical Conditioning
- Mental Aspects of Pitching
- Two Basic Absolutes of Pitching: Throw Strikes and Get the Leadoff Hitter Out
- Warming Up
- Pre-Game Warm-Up
- The Pitcher's Motion
- Common Denominators of All Effective Pitchers
- Five Phases of the Pitcher's Motion
- Angle of Delivery
- Key Points for a Pitcher's Delivery
- Pitching Exercises
- Coaches Analysis and Evaluation of Pitchers
- Different Pitches
- Pitching Strategies
- Pitcher's Fielding Responsibilities
- Statistics
- Practice Routine for Pitchers
- Pitching Curriculum Throughout a Season
- Master Review Checklist
Chapter 11: Catching
Pages 199-210
- Catching Position
- Catcher's Fielding Responsibilities
- Communication Between Catchers and Pitchers
Chapter 12: Drill Systems and Strategies
Pages 211-244
- Practices
- Creating a Learning Environment
- Game Plan for Effective Coaching
- Practice Management
- Expanded Station Drill System
- Multipurpose Drills
- Nifty 50 Tips for Managers, Coaches and Parents
- Offensive Game Strategy
- Defensive Game Strategy
- Scouting
- Scouting Online
- Drill Summary
- Seasonal Plan
Appendix A: Traning Aids and Activities
Pages 245-254
- Personalized Training and Team Practice Chart
Chapter 12: Drill Systems and Strategies
Pages 255-263
- Strength and Flexibility Drills
- Endurance Drills
Testimonials
What Coaches Have to Say:
"Bragg Stockton taught me just about everything that I know about the game of baseball, both as a player and a coach. He possesses a tremendous ability to draw the most out of the people around him. The information he provides in Coaching Baseball Skills and Drills will surely help coaches at all levels prepare their players for success. His knowledge pertaining to skill development and practice organization is unparalleled."
-Rayner Noble, Head Baseball Coach at the University of Houston
"Throughout my 14 years in professional baseball, I have found that the fundamentals and mechanics I learned from Coach Stockton at the University of Houston are still paying off. I firmly believe that the ideas and drills presented in this book will benefit both players and coaches alike."
-Woody Williams, St. Louis Cardinals
"The three years I spent at the University of Houston playing under Bragg Stockton was a valuable learning experience. The drills we worked on during those years helped me develop the basics and understand the fundamentals of pitching, which is so important for every pitcher to learn. His kinetic system of drills is easy to understand and can be practiced at home or at team workouts. With hard work, these drills will definitely help coaches and players of any age level."
-Doug Drabek, 1994 Cy Young Winner
"There is not a better recruiting guide for high school baseball players in the country! The time and effort that went into this guide is matched only by its thoroughness and attention to detail."
-Chip Baker, Assistant Baseball Coach at Florida State University
Coach Bragg Stockton
Respected as a master teacher of skills, a superb strategist, and a "craftsman" of quality ball players, Bragg Stockton has had a record as a marvelously successful baseball coach.
Through three decades of coaching, Stockton has had a career win-loss average of over 70%. He has coached on a high school, junior college, and Division 1 NCAA level and posted 1,014 career wins. His teams at Jesse H. Jones High School, San Jacinto College, Texas Christian University and the University of Houston have all earned national rankings. Junior College World Series, SWC tournaments, and NCAA regional playoffs highlighted Stockton's career! Stockton has received numerous Coach of the Year awards, several of which were presented by the Texas Sports Writers Association and the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Major Accomplishments
- 80 former players have played on some level of professional baseball
- More than 25 former players have served as head coaches on the high school, junior college and NCAA levels
- 8 TJCAC championships (Texas Jr. College Athletic Conference)
- 5 NJCAA Region 14 championships
- 6 Southwest Conference final four tournament trips
- 3 trips to NCAA Regionals finishing 2nd in 1987, and 3rd in 1990
- Board member of the Texas-Gulf Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Doctorate of Education/Physical Education - 1977 ...University of Houston
Here's a very interesting note:
Dr. Stockton's doctoral dissertation concerned the teaching of baseball skills to young players!
Coach Stockton Passes Away
Coach Bragg Stockton unexpectedly died on January 21, 2003 after experiencing chest pains following his normal workout. He was 64. "He was a pioneer.in developing baseball," noted University of Houston Head Coach Rayner Noble. "He was truly passionate about the game of baseball, and he passed that passion on to those around him. It was his life and he influenced many people."
