Presents a comprehensive guide to coaching baseball with contributions from twenty-seven coaches who share their secrets to winning; and offers advice on building and managing a program, practice sessions, team strategies, player motivation and leadership, and making baseball fun

PART I: COACHING PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES: Sharing a love for the game / John Scolinos -- Making baseball fun / Bobo Brayton -- Competing with class / Hal Smeltzly -- Hustling should be a habit / Bobby Winkles -- Coaching with integrity / Robert E. Smith -- PART II: PROGRAM BUILDING AND MANAGEMENT: Organizing and orchestrating a winning program / Ron Polk -- Establishing a successful high school program / Ken Schreiber -- Building a recruiting network / Mark Marquess -- Marketing and promoting your program / Ron Fraser -- PART III: CREATIVE AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICE SESSIONS: Conducting innovative practices / Ed Cheff -- Using practice drills effectively / Danny Witwhiler -- Maximizing the value of indoor practice / John Winkin -- Putting science into practice / Gary Pullins and Tom House -- PART IV: INDIVIDUAL SKILLS AND TEAM STRATEGIES: Handling your pitching staff / Charlie Greene -- Developing high-production hitters / Cory Ward -- Stopping opponents with solid defense / Jack Stallings -- Playing percentage baseball / Bob Bennett -- Competing in tournaments and playoffs / Cliff Gustafson -- PART V: PLAYER MOTIVATION AND LEADERSHIP: Establishing pride and tradition / Rod Dedeaux -- Inspiring today's players / Skip Bertman -- Developing responsible decision-making athletes / Gordon Gillespie -- Building character and loyalty in players / Andy Lopez -- PART VI: OFF-THE-FIELD OPPORTUNITIES: CHALLENGES AND PRESSURES: Learning and developing as a professional / Glen Tuckett -- Hitting the clinic circuit / Richard "Itch" Jones -- Beating the burnout factor / Jerry Kindall