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About the Product:

Build a winning baseball program both
on the field and off! In Coaching Baseball
Successfully, one of the nation’s top high
school coaches, Mike Curran, shares his expertise
on all aspects of coaching. From establishing
a coaching philosophy to player development
to in-game decision making, this is the approach
that has made his program a perennial powerhouse
on the national scene.
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Coaching Baseball Successfully covers it all:

- Off-season planning
- Evaluating your players
- Choosing and utilizing your coaching staff
- Motivating your team
- Communicating on and off the field
- Organizing productive practices
- Hitting, pitching, and baserunning skills
- Infield and outfield defensive skills
- Offensive and defensive strategies
- Scouting and game preparation
- In-game decision making
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With dozens of drills, practice plans, and
advice for handling off-the-field challenges,
Coaching Baseball Successfully is the most
comprehensive resource available for novice
and experienced coaches alike; it’s your
blueprint for building a championship-caliber
baseball team.
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About the Author:

Mike Curran has coached high school baseball
for more than three decades and currently serves
as the head coach at Esperanza High School in
Anaheim, California. His career record of more
than 500 victories makes Curran one of the most
recognizable and highly regarded coaches not
only in the state of California but in all of
the United States.



He led Esperanza to win the
1986 national title and California Interscholastic
Federation (CIF) titles in 1986, 1993, and 1997
and earned CIF Coach of the Year honors during
those three years as well. Curran was named
National Coach of the Year in 1998 and served
as the District 8 representative for the National
High School Baseball Association from 1990 to 1995.
He holds a master’s degree in education from Azusa
Pacific University. Curran, his wife, Lucy, two
daughters, Christie and Jamie, and son, Casey,
reside in Placentia, California.
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Copyright 2007
HK_0736065202_BK
208pp
Paperback