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Summary: An easy, sure fire way to learn a compact, powerful swing
Review: The genius of Dusty Baker's book is that the swing is broken into components, each with a mnemonic phrase, which makes understanding and remembering the key concepts easy for the youngest player. The kids that I have coached who have lost form on their swing, can get their groove back by a single suggestion of, "Ike to Mike" or "Inward Turn." This book is not only for the very young hitter, there are sections on pitch recognition, offensive strategies, and the mental aspects of hitting. I highly recommend this book for dads or youth baseball coaches so they can teach their players proper, and easy to learn hitting technique, and have them remember, and use, the knowledge.
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Summary: Definitely the Best Out There
Review: There is no shortage of baseball hitting books out there. This is definitely the best that I have seen in terms of teaching kids to hit. Dusty sets out the key elements of a successful baseball swing and provides drills to help your kids work on their weak areas.I would also highly recommend the companion CD which provide video clips of the key elements and drills. No youth baseball coach should be without these resources.
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Summary: Great Advice
Review: This book has a lot of good advice. It has additional information for "advanced" hitters, so the separate section does not overwhelm the reader for the majority of applications. The pictures are clear and very helpful. Each section requiring one has one or more. There are many nuggets hidden here -- I learned one that I had not known in about 15 years of playing and "coaching" (as the author puts it). Especially good for kids in Little League, so check it out!
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Summary: Great Advice
Review: This book has a lot of good advice. It has additional information for "advanced" hitters, so the separate section does not overwhelm the reader for the majority of applications. The pictures are clear and very helpful. Each section requiring one has one or more. There are many nuggets hidden here -- I learned one that I had not known in about 15 years of playing and "coaching" (as the author puts it). Especially good for kids in Little League, so check it out!
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Summary: An excellent recipe book for improving hitters
Review: This book has something to help hitters at all levels. It bridges the gap between too simple to be helpful and too technical be be useful. It is a clear and easy to follow "recipe book" that anyone coaching young hitters will get a lot of ideas out of. (If you are a youth baseball coach, you really don't want the other coaches in your league to have this book!)
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Summary: This book is a must for all coaches and players.
Review: This book is a super learning guide for myself as well as my nine year old son.Being 41 years old and being out of baseball for a few years I've obviously forgotten a few important aspects about the swing.This book brings these aspects back to life in a easy to understand format.I've had this book for approx.4 years and I always refer back whenever I or other coaches have a question.
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Summary: A must for little league coaches who teach hitting.
Review: This book is the best I've seen for developing proper fundementals for hitters at an early age. The drills depending on age group will give a coach a working program to follow. Repetition of proper fundementals is critical knowledge for any coach. The book has been endorsed by many proven hitters. It is a great reference book also for problem solving drills depending on the swing flaw. Thanks Dusty, even though I grew up as an AL fan watching G.Brett in KC. PS. Pitching - see Dick Mills
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Summary: Great book
Review: This is a great resource for teaching kids to hit. Easy to follow, laid out very well.
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