This straightforward, easy-to-understand book helps prepare coaches and players to meet the challenges of tough competition. New revised, Play Better Baseball is the state-of-the-art source for baseball fundamentals and mechanics, illustrated with hundreds of photographs and accompanied by helpful new drills. Based on actual team situations drawn from author Bob Cluck's 20-plus years of coaching, this reader-friendly handbook emphasizes the fundamentals that produce winning baseball teams and offers a wealth of advice.

About the Author:  Bub Cluck is the pitching coach for the Oakland A's and a director of the San Diego School of Baseball.

In this unique guide to playing better baseball, Bob Cluck draws upon actual situations encountered during his more than two decades as a major-league coach and scout to provide answers to critical questions coaches and players have about the complex strategic aspects of America's most beloved sport. Think Better Baseball is for coaches and players interested in taking their games to a higher level of sophistication. Cluck covers a host of knotty situations commonly encountered during the course of a game and describes various successful strategies that many of the greatest coaches and players in the history of the game have employed to their advantage.

When signing his eldest son up for Little League baseball, Ned McIntosh was told he'd have to find a coach if he wanted his son to play. So McIntosh stepped up to the plate and, with little guidance, began coaching. That's probably how most people become Little League coaches, and they often feel at a complete loss as to where to start. Written by a father/coach for other parent/coaches, Little League Drills and Strategies teaches coaches how to help their players enjoy the game--as well as develop the skills they need to win. Well-illustrated drills focus on the essentials--batting, base running, fielding, etc.--while other chapters teach novice coaches how to deal with competition and overbearing parents. An excellent resource for coaching neophytes as well as seasoned managers.

With fully updated drills and strategies, this bestselling guide is built around three simple rules for Little League success: drilling the basics; the keep it simple/make it fun philosophy; and practice, practice, practice.

Learn how to manage your youth team to successWith its "teach basics and have fun" approach, Managing Little League Baseball is dedicated to helping you teach baseball fundamentals to boys and girls while emphasizing how to make the experience rewarding for you and your players. Fully approved by Little League Baseball® and illustrated with instructive photos and diagrams, this book will give you the tools you need to develop prepared ballplayers.

Inside you'll learn:

• Twenty of the most important and frequently used Little League baseball rules, including the latest change and the new rules regarding pitchers
• The fundamentals of hitting, baserunning, defense, and pitching
• Tips on motivating players, game strategy, and special challenges such as competitive pressure and demanding parents
• An inside look at Little League softball