The Complete Guide to Pitching, Enhanced Edition [Kindle Edition with Audio/Video] Author: Derek Johnson | Language: English | ISBN:
B00AQAKMKC | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Download for free books The Complete Guide to Pitching, Enhanced Edition Epub Free for everyone book with Mediafire Link Download Link A great pitching coach not only helps his players improve but also prepares them for success at the next level. Derek Johnson, named college baseball’s National Pitching Coach of the Year in 2004 and National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2010, led Vanderbilt University to the College World Series in 2011, led by eight players who would later be selected in the Major League Baseball draft. More than 25 of Johnson’s past pitchers have been drafted, including David Price, Sonny Gray, Grayson Gravin, and Casey Weathers. Entering his first year as the minor league pitching coordinator for the Chicago Cubs, Johnson continues to carve out a name for himself as one of America’s top pitching coaches.
In The Complete Guide to Pitching: Enhanced Edition, Johnson offers the expertise that has helped him put together several other tremendous pitching staffs—with numerous other pro prospects—in a special book perfect for pitching coaches and dedicated pitchers from the club level to the minor leagues. Its 60 drills are complemented by 226 full-color photos and 50 video clips. Coverage includes technique, conditioning, and psychological aspects of pitching. Johnson also details the seven principles of successful pitchers that help create the mind-set and mentality of a champion.
Featuring drills, exercises, and Johnson’s personal insights as part of his overall plan for pitching, this book shows pitchers how to refine their mechanics, develop new pitches, improve physical conditioning, recognize a hitter’s weaknesses, and shut down a running game. Packed with guidance on nearly every aspect of pitching, The Complete Guide to Pitching: Enhanced Edition makes for the most complete pitching resource available. Books with free ebook downloads available The Complete Guide to Pitching, Enhanced Edition [Kindle Edition with Audio/Video] Epub Free
- File Size: 393255 KB
- Print Length: 272 pages
- Publisher: Human Kinetics; Pap/DVD edition (January 2, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AQAKMKC
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I almost never give 5 stars and this book came close. Anyone can use this book as the framework for their pitching program. I have never read Wolforth’s, Nyman’s, or House’s material, nor have seen their DVD’s, but Johnson talks about these three along with Brett Strom in this book, I would blend their current stuff with what is in this book. I have seen Strom lecture at a clinic, I absorbed everything he had to say.
This book is the best for “scope” when it comes to what actually matters in pitching. Part II the Art of Pitching has good “depth”, covering, Developing an Arsenal; how to use the strike zone, and how to throw different pitches; The Role of the Catcher, the pitcher/catcher relationship; Pitching with a Plan, how to pressure the strike zone and attack hitters; Fielding the position, basic pitcher defensive plays; The Mental Game, the me vs you, and me vs me battles.
Part III is probably the most useful part of the book. Derek Johnson basically gives you his college year round throwing program, and if you are not a moron can tailor it to what you are doing. Part III includes Arm Strength and Injury Prevention, Total-Body Conditioning for pitchers, In-Season Throwing Routines, and Year-Round Programming.
Part I, first chapter Foundation, great chapter, focuses on why we pitch, it boils down to joy. The rest of Part I covered mechanics, and basically better than most books, but I expected more. The section was somewhat hard to follow with multiple examples of possible ways and some were not what Johnson teaches but something to throw in the book. I actually bought the book to get a mechanical breakdown, and just didn’t find what he was teaching detailed to my liking.
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