Baseball For Boys (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | John M Rosenburg | knygos.lt

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The objective of the writer of this book is to produce a manual that will provide player, manager, fan and father-coach with the kind of useful, practical information that can be applied to amateur baseball, especially tothose programs for 8 to 18 year-olds.Most of the book is devoted to individual and team play with these two major groupings broken down and presented in logical fashion and also in the order of importance. For example, the three major skills: batting, running and throwing are given first. The specialized skills, such as pitching and catching, follow. Team play, of course, is divided into two parts: offense and defense.The reader will find diagrams and sketches supplementing the words that describe the more important and complicated parts of play. He will also discover that the text is sprinkled with many of the colorful phrases used by the professionals, such as "throw wild to the glove side", "stand on your big toes", and "show the button". The pros have used these expressions for years because they so aptly describe important points about diamond play. It should be pointed out that the fundamentals of baseball: batting, fielding, throwing, running the bases are as basic for the Little Leaguer as they are for the professional playing in the Big Leagues. As a result, there is something "Baseball For Boys" for every baseball enthusias