 | The Act of Pitching: A Tutorial for All Levels by a Master Technician-Detailing Every Aspect of Pitching (Act of Pitching: A Tutorial for All Levels by a Master Technician) by John Bagonzi
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $15.77 Old school teacher of pitching mechanics. John Bagonzi does a great job illustrating his ideas with pictures and words. Technical info, drills and exercises.
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 | The Baseball Coaching Bible
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $10.82 Great book on all aspects of running a program at the high school level and above.
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 | The Baseball Drill Book
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $10.43 Offensive and defensive drills by a collection of great coaches.
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 | You Can Teach Hitting by Dusty Baker
Buy used from: $3.12 Just about any hitter can benefit from this book from beginner to high school level.
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 | Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Pitching by Doug Myers
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $5.23 Good breadth of coverage but not as detailed as some other books.
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 | Baseball Skills & Drills: American Baseball Coaches Association (Baseball Skills & Drills) by American Baseball Coaches Association
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $2.47 Like the title says: skills and drills to improve your team. Offensive, defensive, pitching, it's all in there.
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 | The Louisville Slugger® Complete Book of Hitting Faults and Fixes : How to Detect and Correct the 50 Most Common Mistakes at the Plate by John Monteleone
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.29 Hitters in a slump need this book to help solve their problems.
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 | Offensive Baseball Drills by Rod Delmonico
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $3.63 Coach Delmonico covers the basics and introduces some new methods of putting the ball in play and scoring runs.
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 | Coaching Pitchers by Joe Spanky McFarland
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $7.99 Good coverage of pitching for the 11-18yo level.
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 | Successful Coaching: America's Best Selling Coach's Guide by Rainer Martens
Buy new: $34.93 / Used from: $11.18 Want to improve your ability as a coach (for any sport)? This book has loads of information.
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 | The Knucklebook by Dave Clark
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $25.25 For the pitcher looking for something different, this book will get you started down the road towards throwing a knuckleball. If it can't help, nothing will.
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 | The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated by David Nemec
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $1.10 Don't argue with the ump until you know this book by heart. Any good ump will know it well.
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 | Baseball Hacks: Tips & Tools for Analyzing and Winning with Statistics (Hacks) by Joseph Adler
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $4.29 For the stat junkie. Great coverage of stats, using a computer and free software to look at historical data. Same techniques could be used for team/league stats, but you need to be up on math/stats.
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 | The Physics of Baseball (3rd Edition) by Robert Kemp Adair
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $3.99 Do fastballs rise? Do curveballs curve? Answers to these and many other baseball related questions by a professor of physics. Answers in layman's terms are also backed up with equations and data for those knowledgeable in physics.
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 | Science of Hitting by Ted Williams
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $5.77 More of a book about Ted Williams than a "how to hit" tutorial. Interesting insight by the greatest hitter ever.
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 | The Complete Book of Baseball Signs and Plays by Stu Southworth
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.09 OK book about signs and plays. Common knowledge to anyone who has been around the game for any length of time but good stuff for a new fan of the game.
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 | John T. Reed's Youth Baseball Coaching by John T. Reed
Buy used from: $39.94 Covers a great deal of territory. Spends too much time telling anecdotes from his adult league playing days, but there is useful information about coaching scattered throughout.
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 | The Hitting Edge by Tom Robson
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $8.06 Good coverage, not as basic as Dusty Baker's book.
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 | The Joy of Keeping Score: How Scoring the Game Has Influenced and Enhanced the History of Baseball by Paul Dickson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.00 Insight into how to score a game. For all fans of baseball.
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 | Fit to Pitch by Tom House
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $4.24 Tom House knows pitching and fitness.
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 | The Pitching Edge by Tom House
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.98 Want to be mechanically sound? This is the pitching book for you.
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 | Lau's Laws on Hitting: The Art of Hitting .400 for the Next Generation; Follow Lau's Laws and Improve Your Hitting! by Charley Jr. Lau
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $11.01 Hitting techniques as taught by the son of the famous/controversial coach.
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 | Complete Conditioning for Baseball (Complete Conditioning) by Pat Murphy
Buy used from: $1.90 Arizona State's Coach Murphy puts together a program to get you ready for the season and keep you healthy down the stretch.
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 | Cardinals Glory: For the Love of Dizzy, Ozzie, and the Man by Alan Ross
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $3.00 A must read for any St Louis Cardinals fan.
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