It's (NOT) Only T-Ball: How to Teach T-Ball, Coach a Team, and Manage a Game, Comes from the idea that many parents, coaches and leagues think that T-Ball is just a joke, but it isn't. If you teach the child incorrectly,then he has to be re-taught later, while correcting bad habits. This is a hard unnecessary process. The kids are often under taught, they are capable of so much more than they are given credit for. T-Ball is the 101 of baseball, the ABC's are taught here. If you give misinformation it is devastating to the progress of the player. This is an age appropriate book, meaning everything in it has been taught to 4-6 year old's successfully. Everything is either correct or is a correct step towards the correct product. To give an example would be the throwing form is correct, but as the child gets older you will need to show him how to take steps with the throws to add more power. The steps are too confusing to someone who is concentrating on getting the arm motion proper, but the arm motion being proper will lead naturally to the desire to increase power and the future steps. If you just let the child throw incorrectly for the next few years, you have wasted time and imprinted incorrect information on his muscle memory.
The book is for Parents, Coaches, and Leagues; anyone who has the child's best interest at heart. The book has over 50 pictures of a 6 year old, taught by me, performing the tasks. The book also has 10 sample practices used by me with my team. It has a sample parent letter and a chart on how to keep your team organized. The book has a bunch of fun activities related to teaching baseball skills, that may not seem so baseball orientated, to keep things light. It teaches the coach who has never picked up a baseball to be able to teach a kid who has never picked up a baseball. It also helps a avid fan and player to be aware of the things that make a good coach good, and a bad coach...well, not so good.
It is thorough enough to get you started, get you organized, get your team off on the right foot and the kids prepared for machine pitch, while being brief enough to actually read and use. The pictures are a great reminder of the form used without having to search for a sentence you remember reading a chapter or two ago.
