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Leo Mazzone is pro baseball’s premier pitching coach. In his years with the Atlanta Braves, he has trained several Cy Young Award winners and helped lead his team to the World Series. In Pitch like a Pro, Mazzone and coauthor Jim Rosenthal offer step-by-step instructions for players and coaches in Little League through high school. They teach all of the pitching basics and give athletes advice on how they can use the right training techniques to grow stronger and stay healthier. Contents include: Mazzone’s between-starts throwing program How to grip different pitches Proper mechanics and delivery technique Pitching strategies and tactics Field the position Pitch like a Pro offers contributions … More >>

Pitch Like a Pro: A guide for Young Pitchers and their Coaches, Little League through High School

I need to know if there are any good pitching coaches in Las Vegas for fastpitch softball. My team only has one pitcher and we need another one so that if she doesn’t show we have a backup. And i really want to pitch.

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In this updated version from the original 1995 release, highly respected psychologist Dr. Vincent M. Fortanasce, a member of Little League’s Operating Board, offers advice and observations to parents, players, and others involved in children’s baseball. The techniques he reveals in Life Lessons from Little League Revisited can be applied to all sports and all age groups, making the book a must-have for all baseball coaches looking to get the most out of their young players…. More >>

Life Lessons from Little League Revisited: A Guide for Parents and Coaches

My little brother is playing little league baseball on a team of 11. He is in fifth grade and playing with fifth and sixth graders. Tonight was his first real game. He played three innings of right field, and never got the ball once. Why, may you ask. Because his coach decided that there were better kids on the team then him, and so it was perfectly fine to let the six infielders play the whole game, but make the five, slightly less gifted, outfielders play only every other inning in the outfield.
Tonight my brother came home in tears.

So I ask, why are little league baseball coaches so damn competitive?