Legendary high school baseball coach Mike Woods provides the tools you need to make the most of every at bat. This DVD features more than a 15 drills to refine your swing and put runs on the board.

Using tee drills and soft-toss drills, Woods gives in-depth explanations of the four key attributes of a good swing: balance, sequence, inside path and finish. Your players will learn how to generate bat speed by staying vertically stacked. They'll also learn how to get maximum drive and backspin on the ball.

Also included in this instructional DVD are drills to solve common hitting problems. Prevent lunging with Woods' tried-and-true methods. Teach hitters how to connect with a pitch more often and more explosively by utilizing their lower bodies and maintaining proper shoulder position.

Finally, Woods shares strategies for enhancing the mental toughness of prep athletes. Woods provides insights into planning your at-bats: What are your objectives when you're at the plate (getting on, moving runners, scoring runners), what is your approach to hitting with two strikes, what are the pitcher's tendencies and more.

Order today and you'll discover how to create or become a championship-level hitter.

48 minutes. 2011.

Coaching the High School Pitcherwith Mike Woods, Hamilton (AZ) HS Head Coach; 3x Arizona High School State Champs (2003,2004, 2008) and 3x State runner up (2011, 2009, 2005); over 300 career victories; 38 players have gone on to play in college (14 in D1) and 12 have played professionally

Nationally recognized high school coach Mike Woods shares his vast experience in this informative DVD designed to develop stronger, more accurate pitchers.

Woods, who has led his prep teams to three state championships in the highly aggressive Arizona system, begins with a series of five warm-up drills that will help pitchers loosen up while developing and maintaining proper form. This series will allow your pitchers to work on their mechanics, grips and motion while minimizing wear and tear on your their arms.

The warm-up routines are followed by a progressive series of seven drills that focus on delivery mechanics. This series will help athletes retain their center of gravity, stay over the back as long as possible and get their legs and lower bodies involved in pitch delivery. As a bonus, he gives two drills that work on proper rotation and the fundamentals of the curve ball.

Techniques and strategies for controlling the running game from the mound-including four options for picking off a runner at first base-are also included in this must-have DVD.

Learn how to develop young athletes from the wind-up to release utilizing the successful strategies of one of the nation's leading coaches. Order this great learning tool today!

52 minutes. 2011.

Catcher is the most neglected position in baseball practice. High school coaching great Mike Woods delivers a stand-out DVD that shows you how to enhance your catcher's performance by emphasizing fundamentals in three critical areas: throwing, receiving and blocking.

A perfect complement to his instructional DVDs for prep hitters and pitchers, this volume contains everyday drills to improve overall performance and quickness.

Throwing
Woods shares a progression of warm-up drills to develop arm strength, mechanics and balance. He demonstrates footwork techniques for clearing the hitter when throwing to third base. Perhaps most importantly, he shares drills designed to train catchers to catch and release the ball as quickly as possible saving valuable second on stolen base attempts and pick off throws.

Receiving
The #1 priority for the catcher is receiving the baseball and making the pitcher look good in the process. In this segment, Woods highlights two stances and soft-hand drills that reinforce the proper way to catch a baseball.

Blocking
In the blocking segment, he gives 10 drills to emphasize the correct position to block a pitch. In addition, the drills will train a solid-but-soft concept allowing your catchers to absorb the ball so it drops in front of them.

This DVD contains the tools you need to effectively train your catchers or to become a great catcher.

56 minutes. 2011.

No space? No problem! If you are like most baseball coaches and parents, you struggle to fill your non-practice time with fundamental drills that will bring out the best in your ball player. Minor League Manager of the Year Matt Walbeck demonstrates more than 20 baseball drills that can be performed with minimal space, indoors or outdoors, to help your young athletes become better baseball players.

Agility Drills - These ladder drills will improve your first-step quickness and agility for attacking the baseball in the field or taking an extra base on the base paths.

Pitching Exercises & Drills - Former major league pitcher Jason Sekany takes you through key pitching drills that will develop proper pitching mechanics. He breaks down five key components to remember while instructing a youngster, bringing each drill back to these five components. These drills will allow your athlete to find his set-up position, stay balanced, develop a proper stride and body sequence. He also teaches techniques to develop quick, accurate throws for pick-off plays.

Catching Drills - Discover the key techniques to blocking balls in the dirt, making a quick ball exchange and throwing to the bases. Walbeck includes drills to develop stance, receiving technique, footwork, and proper tagging technique.

Hitting Drills - Use Walbeck's simplified "square to the path" technique for hitting the ball pure and true. Learn to change your swing path based on the location of the ball around the plate using tee drills, soft toss drills and more. Also get tips and drills for developing hand-eye coordination, hand speed and proper weight shift fundamentals. These drills can be performed in a batting cage or in a garage using a hitting net.

Infield Drills - Learn infield you can do in confined spaces to improve fielding fundamentals, hand eye coordination and reaction time.

The drills are demonstrated by athletes ranging in age from 9-17.

This video will show you that even with limited space and time, if proper fundamentals are taught to young players, they will grow to be great athletes and prosper as a baseball or softball player.

78 minutes. 2011.

In this on-field presentation, Eric Valenzuela shares the philosophy and drills used to develop a solid fielding pitching staff. He breaks down each area of pitcher defense sharing his philosophy and the importance of pitchers fielding perfection.

The drill progression begins with PFP Catch. This warm-up stretches and trains the arm to make game-like throws (pick-offs, throw to the bases, bunt coverage, etc.).

The drill sequence continues with:

• Comebackers - Get detailed instruction on fielding and throwing balls hit to the left and right of the mound.
• Covering First Base - Learn the proper footwork to field the under hand toss or the over hand throw from the first baseman and what to look for after the play is made.
• Bunt coverage - Learn how to read the speed and location of the bunt, which will help your pitcher make the best decision on how to play the bunt.
• Pass balls - See how to help the catcher get to the ball, how to cover the plate and getting the tag down.
• Covering first base on a double play and more!

Finally, Coach Valenzuela discusses how your pitchers can conceal their pitches and minimize glove and elbow movement that might tip your pitch.

Improve your defense this season by locking down your middle infield and creating more rally killing outs with effective fielding and pick off techniques!

73 minutes. 2011.

Mark Viramontes guides you through the drills he uses to develop the catchers at San Diego State University. He breaks down catching skills into four areas: Catching, receiving, blocking, and throwing.

Coach Viramontes teaches and demonstrates essential mechanics for the primary and secondary stances, showing how to maintain good balance and give your pitcher a good visual. He then has the catchers demonstrate drills to improve the catcher's body position and hand/eye coordination.

In blocking, Viramontes explains and demonstrates effective body positioning for keeping the ball in front of your catchers. His drills focus on creating a wide base to block the ball, attacking the ball to reduce the "bounce factor" and much more.

Throwing is broken into two parts - the exchange and footwork. Viramontes offers a technique progression for creating a quick, clean glove/hand exchange and throw. Footwork drills develop a drop step and pop up into proper throwing position. He also shares a knee technique that will give your catchers extra momentum on the throw.

Learn the importance of knowing how to handle the pitchers by setting up the pitch locations and targets in the zone. Get tips and ideas on how to make your catcher an "on-the-field" pitching coach.

This comprehensive DVD will provide you with the tools you need to coach your catchers and improve one of their performance in most critical positions in baseball.

62 minutes. 2011.

Mark Martinez explains and demonstrates fundamental baseball drills that will allow your players to handle the ball numerous times in practice and develop the mechanics they need to field every ground ball.

Coach Martinez's ball handling drills cover three areas:

Fielding Warm-up
Martinez shows three ball handling drills, each with multiple variations, that will prepare your players' feet, hands, and arms for practice. These drills simulate game situations to develop reaction time, throwing on the run, getting the glove ready to catch and catching in rhythm.

Fielding
These drills develop mechanics for back hands, short hops and bare hand plays. Get your players comfortable with catching the ball with a ready glove and creating a smooth transfer to make the strong accurate throw.

1st Basemen
Martinez demonstrates three drills specifically for first basemen that work on short hops to glove side and the back hand, jumping skills on high throws, throws down the line and turning double plays.

Watch all of the drills come together in Martinez's routine group ball session. Order now to put your team on the fast track to sound fundamental infield play.

44 minutes. 2011.

Jon Francis' develops each of his student-athletes with a sport-specific and scientifically based training program to reach his full athletic potential. In this DVD, Francis shows the drills and training methods he uses at San Diego State to build strength and reduce injury for baseball.

His program builds self discipline and mental toughness in each athlete through a structured and organized strength and conditioning program.

Francis coaches demonstrators through strength building exercises in four areas of focus:

• Warm-up & Mobility - Executes a combination of deep tissues massage exercises with a ball and mobility exercises to prepare your athletes for a lower body workout.
• Lower Body Training - Learn the proper technique for squatting, hip thrusts, Russian leans and more.
• Upper Body Shoulder Pre-Habilitation Training - Includes three workouts you can use to warm-up your athletes for upper body strength training.
• Upper Body Press and Pull Training - Improve efficiency in your weight room by using these upper body strength exercises that simultaneously work the core. Includes dumbbell exercises, bench planks, inverted rows and more.

Gain a competitive advantage in the weight room this season using these excellent exercises!

50 minutes. 2011.

Use these drill progressions to properly train fundamentals during your practices. This will provide your athletes with the confidence they need to make plays in game situations.

Broken down into three sections, this DVD will teach and demonstrate the vital characteristics that each player needs to possess to successfully play their position.

• Catchers - Your catchers are the cornerstone of your defense! This DVD shows how to develop essential receiving, blocking and fielding techniques. These drills work on framing a pitch, effective strategies and techniques for blocking pitches in the dirt, fielding bunts (both picking up the ball and making accurate throws to each base), reading and catching pop ups, covering home plate, snap throws to first and more.
• Outfielders - Through drill work, your outfielders can develop the instincts they need to be successful. These drills focus on body control and footwork. Train your outfielders to track fly balls correctly, battle the sun successfully, get balls off the fence cleaner, take great angles to a fly ball, properly communicate with each other and throw to the correct base.
• Infielders - Reduce errors in your infield. Teach your infielders to read hops and to field the ball cleanly. See how to take away the spin on short hops, field with soft hands, gobble up slow rollers, how to properly field a bobbled ball, pop up communication and more.

Jam packed with over 60 drills, this DVD is sure to help you reduce errors and win more games!

70 minutes. 2011.

Increase your success on the field with this strategic, fundamental practice regimen.

Mark Brew, who has lead Lee University to the NAIA World Series each of the last four seasons (2007-10), takes you through the five key components of his dynamic coaching philosophy and demonstrates how he incorporates them into his daily practices.

Get detailed insight into how Brew designs his practice plans and watch him implement his plan into an efficient, intense practice session that will help develop your players individually and as a team.

Coach Brew's practice features eight segments that include all players working with the coaching staff on game-like situations. The practice includes:

• Pre Practice Set (individual work)
• A high-energy agility warm-up
• Form Running with Dynamic Stretching
• Base Running to All Bases - Includes a different game-like situation at each base
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• Offensive Bunt Sets the work on sacrifice bunts, drag bunts and push bunts
• Position Specific Throwing Drills
• Defensive Sets
• Team Batting Practice

Now you can create game-like situations; focus, intensity and competitiveness in your practices using Brew's successful formula!

55 minutes. 2011.

Maximize the speed, power and consistency of your swing! This fantastic instructional baseball video from Joe Schaefer shows you how to correct the common errors that plague your team's batting average.

In seven areas of hitting, Coach Schaefer demonstrates a common swing flaw so you can easily recognize it in your players. Next he follows with drill instruction that will help your athletes correct the flaw and improve their swing.

• Schaefer's drills will help your players correct the following swing issues:
• All upper or lower body swing
• Swing plane
• Hand path
• Balance
• Pitch recognition
• Hitting too many fly balls
• Power position form

Schaefer's teams have consistently ranked nationally in the top 10 in hitting, mainly because they use these drills to maximize potential and minimize swing flaws. This video will help your players get more hits, score more runs and win more games!

54 minutes. 2011.

LD-03713B: with Joe Schaefer,
Point Loma Nazarene University Head Coach;
2009 NAIA National Runner Up;
2x NAIA World Series qualifiers;
2x Conference Champions;
8 consecutive postseason appearances

The most underrated aspect of winning baseball is defensive play.

In his first two seasons at Point Loma Nazarene, Joe Schaefer has guided his team to two NAIA World Series appearances. Much of his success stems from his emphasis on defensive play. In this baseball DVD, he guides you through many of the defensive drills that he uses in practice to fine tune his infielders' mechanics and keep them sharp throughout the season.

Learn a warm-up progression to get your athletes ready for practice. These exercises get the arms and feet moving on every catch and throw to simulate game play. Schaefer then moves into seven drill areas that will put your infielders in many different defensive situations. These drills include:

• Glove Only Drill - Reinforce proper glove position and aggressiveness when fielding ground balls.
• Short Fungo Drill - Train players to go both right and left, improve their reaction time and teach them to dive with confidence.
• Do or Die Drill - Develop effective technique for a slow roller or high chopper.
• Backhand Short Hops with a Throw Drill - This drill is great for hand eye coordination as it focuses on catching and transitioning, while reinforcing proper footwork, glove position and body position.
• Ball in Glove Double Play Drill - Schaefer gives you different variations of this drill that will enable you to start in different receiving positions and work on footwork, transition and making a strong throw.
• Short Hop Double Play Drill - This drill places an emphasis on the catch, while reinforcing proper glove position and footwork around the bag.
• Ground Ball Communication Drill - Allows infielders to work on off-balance plays and communication to minimize errors.

These drills will improve fielding technique and awareness with a game-like atmosphere. You will see how being aggressive when charging the baseball will give your athletes confidence during game situations.

Make fewer errors using these excellent fundamental infield drills!

71 minutes. 2011.