most popular video this week
Pitching: Little Things that Matter -
Baseball with Derek Johnson
(in conjunction with host Alabama Baseball Coaches Association)
Insure your baseball pitcher has the little things taken care of so he can concentrate on the big stuff. From the pre-practice stretch to the focusing eyeballs, here's some things you and your pitcher can work on.
Pitching: Little Things that Matter
Baseball Pitching Mechanics: Fundamentals, Coaching Techniques, and Drills -
Baseball with Gordie Gillespie
(in conjunction with host Alabama Baseball Coaches Association)
Coach Gordie Gillespie uses his knowledge and passion of baseball to offer this effective approach to coaching Pitching Mechanics. Beginning with the fundamentals, Coach discusses the "teachable" skills involved in pitching, and the essential secondary skills that develop as a result. This baseball video series is packed with information and practical techniques that are great for coaches and pitchers at any level of play. The approach is simple, practical, doesn't cost a lot of money, and best of all.....it works! This teaching progression on pitching gives you mechanics, drills, and the "home-made" tools to help you get your pitchers to the top of their game.
Baseball Pitching Mechanics: Fundamentals, Coaching Techniques, and Drills
Baseball Batting Practice: Small Ball Drill -
Baseball with Russ Sneed
Small Ball? C'mon... you coaches know what this is all about. Using an undersized, lightweight ball during batting practice is great for working on eye-hand coordination! Batters learn how to track the ball from the time it leaves the pitcher's hand until the swing (or not to swing, that is the question). The Small Ball Batting Drill can be done with the short toss, the side toss, or with a pitching machine. Doesn't hurt that using an undersized ball makes a real baseball look huge in comparison either!
Baseball Batting Practice: Small Ball Drill
Fundamental Drill Series -
Baseball with Brian Shoop
Using all of your field space, all of your coaches and not wasting time helps you get the most from each and every baseball practice. In this video series, Coach Brian Shoop of UAB demonstrates using "drill series" (similar to the Fundamental Drill Series in The Baseball Playbook) during practice.
Fundamental Drill Series
Keys to developing velocity in your pitchers -
Baseball with Ron Wolforth
(in conjunction with host Alabama Baseball Coaches Association)
Ron Wolforth of Pitching Central covers the keys to developing velocity in your pitchers
Keys to developing velocity in your pitchers
What Is The Baseball Playbook
The Baseball Playbook is 520 pages of everything baseball. Since 1982, this book has been a fixture on the desks of baseball coaches and is still published by Coach Polk himself.
Ordering Information
The best way to order The Baseball Playbook is online by clicking here. If you order by 4:00 PM Central time we'll usually ship your book the same day from Birmingham AL via UPS.
BOOKSTORE ORDERS are handled directly by Coach Polk. If you are a bookstore, please call Coach Polk at (662) 418-6843.
about this website
The Baseball Playbook website is not only designed to insure people can find The Baseball Playbook on the internet, but is a coaching resource where you'll find video of clinics and drills from many of the world's top coaches...available for a period of 1 year after paying a nominal subscription fee. In addition to accessing the video library yourself, you'll be able to share your access with 3 other coaches PLUS you'll be able to share video with your teams (next paragraph).
In addition to a huge video library, you'll find easy to you team websites that are built to work. We've found that team websites with lots of frills tend to be cool for the first few visits, then they simply create work for the coach so our design insured that won't happen here.