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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

Baseball collectible enthusiasts have an appetite for more than just playing cards. The memorabilia that’s now being sought after spans the spectrum from bobble heads, bats, gloves, jerseys to autographed balls, caps and even action figures.

Of course the best kind of baseball collectible is the one you were able to secure for yourself – having a baseball player sign an autograph is a memory you won’t soon forget.

But for many fans of the sport, baseball collectibles can only be obtained through online purchases or the occasional gift a loved one presented to them. Memorabilia is often passed down from generation to generation, increasing the value of the baseball collectibles throughout the years.

It’s just the monetary value of the memorabilia that makes it so special. Baseball is America’s favorite past time, and baseball collectibles often provide fond memories of warm summer nights and good times spent with friends and family.

When it comes to keepsakes, the barriers of team against team break down because fans often appreciate the value of a baseball collectible regardless of what team the item originated from.

While cards used to be the primary starter kit for any fan wishing to amass a collection of baseball memorabilia, today’s collectors focus on a variety of mementos. Vintage equipment, pins, and pennants are a staple of many fans’ baseball collectibles.

Anything carrying an autograph from a player, such as a cap, call, or glove is a prized possession when it comes to baseball collectibles. Bobbing (or bobble head) dolls of players are extremely popular, circulating from as early as the 1950s when baseball was as much a part of every American family’s life as the food on their dinner table.

Some fans like to approach their baseball collectibles from the standpoint of team memorabilia, focusing on an entire assortment of Yankee or Red Sox souvenirs. Others prefer to simply collect items from major players of any team, as long as the player made an impact on the game itself.

While modern day figures may not fetch as much as the ones who made this game so popular in the beginning, that hasn’t deterred loyal fans from scooping up keepsakes from the headliners of today. Not only are baseball collectibles a good investment of memorabilia, but many fans enjoy the fun they have tracking down special and unique pieces to preserve over the years and pass down to their own heirs.

It is the individual who applies himself as an academic student in the classroom and it is the individual who is performing as a baseball player.

WBP believes that a prospective high school baseball player (9 -12) must have the proper individual developmental and recruitment planning formula in place. His own personal dedication, desire and passion will carve out his path that he takes through high school to college and beyond.Our goal at Worldwide Baseball Prospects is to empower, coach, direct and mentor the prospective high school baseball player (grade 9 – 12) with college academic and baseball aspirations and his parents through the various stages of high school development and recruitment by way of our action packed program.

Individual High School Baseball Player Developmental and Recruitment Planning Diagram
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Remember, No one person is alike. Each present very unique blueprints that are entirely different from one another! Dear Players, “The reward doesn’t come at the end of your journey, but rather, with little milestones throughout your journey, when you look back on your little accomplishments they make one great BIG one.”WBP will coach you in taking a balanced, realistic and reputable approach, assisting your short and long term approach to development and future advancement in baseball, academics and life. At the end of the day, the college or university you choose as a student who plays the game of baseball, should suit your total “individual – student – baseball product.”
Make the transition from High School Baseball to College Baseball
1) First, the player must be conscious of who and what he is now and how he got there.

2) Second, he must find a planning solution for development and recruitment goals that is balanced and based on who he is as a “Individual – Student – Baseball Player” at the High School level now.

3) Third, He must over time at regular intervals assess and continue to become more aware, more confident, more knowledgeable, gaining experiences and develop his total “Individual – Student – Player” product to match both short term and long term goals.

4) Fourth, he must understand that he personally must communicate and engage the process with enthusiasm and be active in presenting his high school “Individual – Student – Baseball Player” product to college coaches and institutions that “match” his need and who in turn desire what he realistically has to offer them.

Please visit us at www.WorldwideBaseballProspects.com

I am looking for a new bat for my first year of high school softball. I have seen a couple but I don’t know what is good or bad.