Hitting and Pitching Books

Tommy Leavitt Loves Baseball and He loves to Blog About it This is a Reprint from    
Sunday, March 21, 2010.
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Hitting and Pitching
If you are new to baseball and want to get great insights into how to teach the Little Leauger players how to hit and pitch,you might want to pick up the following books on Pitching.
NOLAN RYAN'S PITCHERS BIBLE by NOLAN RYAN and Tom House. Tom House was a pretty good pitcher in his day and couple him with the Strikeout King and you will learn
a thing or two. Amazon should have it available.The book is invaluable for a young mind and if you are teaching 13-17 year olds it teaches discipline ,mental and physical and training
skills. It is a great tool to help you coach and encourage or if you want to learn the rigors of what a Pitcher actually has to go through.Page 167 will give you statistical analysis of RYAN's
career from 1980-1988 while with the Houston Astros,it is jaw dropping what that man could do with a baseball!!! . Baseball is a game of stats and one stat just floored me was that Ryan
 threw harder at the end of games than at the beginning during that time period. He is a Living Legend and well earned !!!
The second book every baseball fan should read in their lifetime is The Science of Hitting by Ted Williams and John Underwood . The cover says it all The classic guide to "the single
 most difficult thing to do in sport'. Again Amazon should have it and MLB batting champs such as Wade Boggs have endorsed it.Ted Williams in my opinion was probably the best hitter,
 to ever play the game given that he fought in two wars and was the last player to hit.400 that is amazing. He entererd the Hall of Fame in 1966 and passed in 2002. You might also want to
 google Rod Carew ,Tony Gwynn and Charlie Lau.Remember to have fun and another great book to help you do that is THE ULTIMATE BASEBALL ROADTRIP. A FAN'S GUIDE TO Major
 League Stadiums by Josh Pahigian and Kevin O'Connell published in 2004 ,so the current ballparks built in the  last 6 years will not be in their Yankees,Mets Twins and Nationals to think
of a few.It does have great insight and will help you plan family outings,i.e. its great background material.Check out the link I provided and go to youtube and look up some of baseball stars
 of today and the past. Remember to stretch before and after you throw batting practice