If you were going to buy 1 coaching DVD

[Three A's baseball]

What would it be?

I am thinking of purchasing a bulk order of DVD's for the coaches of our travel program.

Needs to be suitable for 8-13 year olds.

Please help.

[Jake Patterson]

What would it be?

I am thinking of purchasing a bulk order of DVD's for the coaches of our travel program.

Needs to be suitable for 8-13 year olds.

Please help.

Unfortunately I have not found a very good all inclusive DVD set. What specifically are you trying to teach?

[BallCoach06]

I agree. I have not yet seen one set that covers everything well. I do have several favorites in each area.

[Three A's baseball]

Then give me :

hitting, pitching, fielding, conditioning

[Jake Patterson]

Then give me :

hitting, pitching, fielding, conditioning

I found Andy Lopez's book Coaching Baseball Sucessfully helpful when I was starting. You may want to give that a shot. Andy is a D1 College coach from Florida.

[punker268]

Try The Ripken Way. It helps a lot

[Kevkey]

No doubt in my mind

The New England Catching Camp
A Coaches Guide to Training Catchers by Coach Dave Weaver.

The biggest improvement in our pitching this year has been our catchers.
If you do not understand the previous sentence then you definately will benefit from the DVD

[Jake Patterson]

No doubt in my mind

The New England Catching Camp
A Coaches Guide to Training Catchers by Coach Dave Weaver.

The biggest improvement in our pitching this year has been our catchers.
If you do not understand the previous sentence then you definately will benefit from the DVD
It has helped us tremendously...

[tadlock11]

Hitting - Steve Englishbey

[Jake Patterson]

Hitting - Steve Englishbey

This has also helped us tremendously.

[Stealth]

I found Andy Lopez's book Coaching Baseball Sucessfully helpful when I was starting. You may want to give that a shot. Andy is a D1 College coach from Florida.

Pop Quiz - Do you know the D2 school he coached at in Southern California before Florida in the late 80's?

[mike28nc]

hitting-Epstein would be the best so far. I have seen parts of Steve Englishbey. I have to watch it all to make a final call on that one. I couldnt get thru it so far. To much back ground noise, etc. I also like Mankin.

Mike

[Diesel]

Check out www.baseballmanual.com

I bought this when my son was t-ball age, it has helped us a ton.

[Jake Patterson]

Pop Quiz - Do you know the D2 school he coached at in Southern California before Florida in the late 80's?

Sorry Stealth - you got me...
Where?

[BallCoach06]

These are a few of the tapes/DVD's/books I use on a regular basis:

Baserunning - U. of Miami baserunning series (Baserunning, stealing)
Catching - Tom Griffin (Carson Newman) and Turtle Thomas (Arizona St.)
Pitching/Throwing - Tom House (NPA), Alan Jaeger (Long Toss), and Jerry Weinstein
Infield Play - Clemson and Georgia Tech series
Outfield Play - Tom Riginos (Clemson)
Hitting - Mike Epstein, John Mallee (Florida Marlins), and John Cohen (Kentucky)
Conditioning - We use BFS and also speed programs from the U. of Iowa.

All the ABCA books and Ron Polk's baseball playbook are great as well.

I also recommend attending as many clinics, etc., that you can. The ABCA Convention help each January is a great clinic for information and just talking with other coaches.

[Jake Patterson]

These are a few of the tapes/DVD's/books I use on a regular basis:

Baserunning - U. of Miami baserunning series (Baserunning, stealing)
Catching - Tom Griffin (Carson Newman) and Turtle Thomas (Arizona St.)
Pitching/Throwing - Tom House (NPA), Alan Jaeger (Long Toss), and Jerry Weinstein
Infield Play - Clemson and Georgia Tech series
Outfield Play - Tom Riginos (Clemson)
Hitting - Mike Epstein, John Mallee (Florida Marlins), and John Cohen (Kentucky)
Conditioning - We use BFS and also speed programs from the U. of Iowa.

All the ABCA books and Ron Polk's baseball playbook are great as well.

I also recommend attending as many clinics, etc., that you can. The ABCA Convention help each January is a great clinic for information and just talking with other coaches.

I have seen Turtle in action and attended several of his clinics - He's the master of hitting drills. I would still recommend Catching Coach over Turtle when it comes to catching.

[BallCoach06]

I have seen Turtle in action and attended several of his clinics - He's the master of hitting drills. I would still recommend Catching Coach over Turtle when it comes to catching.

I like Turtle as well. Good to hear speak at clinics.

I am not as big on his hitting tapes. I really like John Cohen for hitting drills, especially off the tee.

As far as catching, I like some things that Turtle does and disagree with others. But, as far as a complete DVD on catching, I love Tom Griffin's DVD. Saw him speak at ABCA this year and got his DVD a few weeks later from his website. A lot of great drills on every facet of catching.

Never seen Catching Coach's, but I hear it is pretty good.

[wogdoggy]

I like the ripken tape for ages 10 and 11

[BallCoach06]

I have a few tapes and DVD's that I am looking to sell. If anyone is interested, shoot me a PM.

[mbf]

Can anyone give a review on John Cohen's DVD "40 Hitting Drills to Help You Find Your Best Swing"? He coaches U of Kentucky and was coach of the year last year. What type of drills does he endorse? Would he be considered more rotational, linear, or combination?

[Stealth]

Sorry Stealth - you got me...
Where?


Cal State Dominguez Hills