商品簡介
With an emphasis on instilling a love for the game, this handbook instructs parents and coaches on teaching the basics of baseball to young players. More than 80 photos demonstrate the proper techniques for hitting, fielding, and pitching, and appendices of games and drills reinforce the lessons in ways that children will enjoy. Taking into account the differing needs of players by age, the authors provide separate discussions for young children and adolescents.
作者簡介
W. George Scarlett is a professor of child development at Tufts University. He is the author of numerous books and articles about children's play and organized youth sports. He lives in Carlisle, Massachusetts. Gregory Chertok is a sport psychology counselor at the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center in New Jersey. He is a former captain of the Tufts varsity baseball team and is presently co-owner of Pitch by Pitch Baseball, a youth summer baseball academy, in Congers, N.Y. He lives in Bardonia, New York. Jacob L. Lipton works for a risk management consulting firm. He is a former Tufts baseball player and director of a summer youth sports camp. He lives in Arlington, Virginia. Erik S. Johanson is a strategic planner at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. A former pitcher for the Tufts varsity baseball team, he now resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
