The Louisville Slugger® Book of Game-Breaker Baseball

How to Master 30 of the Game's Most Difficult Plays

By: John Monteleone, Mark Gola

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Paperback | 30 April 2002 | Edition Number 1

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The first guide to help you get to the next level of baseball play

To continue advancing up the ladder of competition, you need to master the game''s advanced skills and techniques, those exciting plays that surface at crucial moments in competition and bring victory--the game-breaker plays and skills. The Louisville Slugger® Book of Game-Breaker Baseball moves beyond the basics. It features step-by-step instructions supplemented by major-league players explaining their styles in making the same plays.

This book:

Teaches you 30 key skills illustrated with 150 high-quality photographs
Offers you a complete blueprint if you want to play at the game''s higher skill levels
Provides approximate ages to master the skills and how long it should take to learn them

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Hitting
Hitting the Curveball	p. 3
Hitting the Change-Up	p. 9
Hooking a Ball	p. 15
Zone Hitting with Favorable Counts	p. 19
Two-Strike Contact Hitting	p. 25
Lifting a Fly Ball When a Sacrifice Fly Is Needed	p. 31
Hitting to the Right Side (with a Runner on Second Base)	p. 37
The Slash	p. 43
Push Bunt for a Base Hit	p. 49
Fielding
Outfielder Going Back on a Fly Ball	p. 57
Outfielder Fielding a Ground Ball and Making the Throw	p. 65
Outfielder Making a Catch and Throw When Runner Is Tagging Up	p. 71
Infielder Making a Play on a High Chopper	p. 77
First Baseman Catching Half-Hops and Short Hops	p. 83
First Baseman Making a 3-6-3 Double Play on a Ball Caught on the Infield Grass	p. 89
Second Baseman Making a Double-Play Throw to Shortstop on a Ball Hit to His Left	p. 95
Second Baseman Making a Double Play When Runner Is Making Sliding Contact	p. 101
Shortstop Making a Play from the Third Base--Shortstop Hole	p. 109
Shortstop Making a Double Play When Runner Is Making Sliding Contact	p. 115
Third Baseman Making a Play on a Slow Roller	p. 119
Pitching
Throwing the Curveball for Strikes	p. 127
Throwing Change-Ups for Strikes	p. 133
Holding Runners on First Base	p. 137
Changing Arm Slots	p. 143
Expanding the Strike Zone	p. 149
Detecting Weaknesses in the Hitter	p. 155
Baserunning
Adjusting Your Slide to the Play at the Base	p. 163
Stealing Third Base	p. 169
Getting a Good Lead and Jump on Batted Balls	p. 175
Breaking Up a Double Play	p. 181
Index	p. 185
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How to Master 30 of the Game's Most Difficult Plays

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