100 Things Every Baseball Coach Should Know

About the Book

This is the perfect handbook for any baseball coach. From Little league to college, any coach will find Stuper's tips helpful in making your players and team as good as they can be. It covers all aspects of the game and will be invaluable as you begin to shape your team or teach your son the fundamentals of the national past time. This will make you a better coach.

About the Author

John Stuper has been the Head Baseball Coach at Yale University for the past 17 years. Prior to that, he was a pitching instructor in the St Louis Cardinals organization, a place where he felt very much at home. In 1982, as a rookie, he helped the Cardianals win the World Series, 4 games to 3 over the Milwaukee Brewers. His complete game, 4-hitter in a 13-1 sixth game victory extended the Series to a seventh game. The Cardinals won it all the next day. For his efforts, Sports Illustrated named his performance one of the ten best by a rookie in the history of post season play. I have always tried to be a student of the game and was always an eager learner, even as a major leaguer. I was fortunate to play with some of the game's best, including Hall of Famers Bruce Sutter, Ozzie Smith, Tony Perez and Jim Kaat. I learned much from all of them and others, and I want very much to pass on that knowledge. That is the reason I became a coach, and it is the reason for this book. I live in Hamden, CT, just outside of New Haven, where Yale is located. I live with my wife Pam, who was a member of the US Field Hockey Team for nine years, and is in their Hall of Fame. We are both "fitness freaks" and enjoy working out together.