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This one is a home run! Dec 03, 2008
Finally a book I can give to parents or athletes new to the game and after reading"Fun-da-mentals" they will have a basic understanding and appreciation fot our national past time.Mr. Blewett flows effortlessly from position to position explaining techiques and a winning approach to the game. Onle someone who has actually won an NCAA championship could lace personal experience with basic knowledge to provide the reader with tremendous insights. Mike also adds his peresonal experiences from his contact with outstanding players and coaches he has played with and against to help everyone underrrstand nuances of this great sport.
As a high school coach with 28 years of experience I can highly recommend this to everyone from t-ballers to the bigs. Everyone should be able to gleen some helpful knowledge from Mike!
Also, I found it to be both entertaining and an easy read. A great gift for anyone with exposure to the sport!
Baseball - pure and simple Nov 25, 2008
What I love about The Fun-da-Mentals of Baseball is the way it's organized and the way it flows. It examines and teaches everything about baseball step-by-step, for anyone interested in the game: from beginners to advanced players, coaches, parents and spectators alike. There are pictures and diagrams, suggested exercises and workouts, and every chapter highlights a different Fun-da-Mental. It's not loaded down with stories of celebrity - it's about baseball, pure and simple. Best of all, it's written in a lighthearted coaching style.
Wow! Nov 24, 2008
Michael Blewett is a legend at the University of Southern California (Google Mike Blewett and Rod Dedeauxfor some great baseball history), and his expertise as a professional player, coach and father/teacher of baseball is unsurpassed. He has broken the sport down to easily teachable basics, and emphasizes the spirit of sport - have fun! Great gift for fathers of young sons.
great gift Nov 22, 2008
As the wife of a coach and grandparent I have watched my family teach and coach the fundamentals of many sports. My husband says this book is a primer, and a complete source of how to teach children to play baseball. We recommend it to anyone who is involved in coaching, at any level, because it is all right there.
THE FUN-DA-MENTALS OF BASEBALL - SUPER STUFF Jul 28, 2008
Henry Ford said "Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small parts." Ford was successful, and so is Blewett in this articulate, yet simply put, upbeat guide for middle school through high school players, girls and boys, as well as COACHES who want to coach even better, whether at school or Little League. There's a piece here, too, about fans.
Using his novel, unique, experienced (former major league player and youth coach now) approach to the fundamentals of the "Grand Old Game", Mike emphasizes that this is a FUN sport, while at the same time teaching bite-sized real life lessons of teamwork, self improvement and responsibility to others, especially their teammates. Filled with visual cues, history, and the details of what's REALLY going on out there, Mike reminds us that this IS a THINKING game as well. This is an altogether fascinating, energetic, valuable gift to share with friends, family, fellow players and that baseball nut next door for their birthday or for no reason at all, other than just to say "PLAY BALL!
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