In This Issue:

• Sports Quotes
• Sports Trivia Question
• Monthly Baseball Tip
• Monthly Basketball Tip
• Monthly Soccer Tip
• FREE Youtube Tip & Clip
• Fun Sports Facts
• Our New Product

Sports Quotes:

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.“
-- John Wooden

“I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.”
-- Bruce Jenner

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."
-- Wayne Gretzky

Sports Trivia Question:

1) Who is the only pitcher to win a World Series game in three different decades?

a) Jim Palmer
b) Whitey Ford
c) Johnny Podres
d) Tom Seaver
e) Bob Welch

2) What pitcher was on the mound when Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak came to an end?

a) Bob Feller
b) Jim Bagby
c) Al Smith
d) Hal Newhousere
e) Mel Harder

3) Who roared to NHL stardom as "the Golden Jet"?

a) Bobby Orr
b) Wayne Gretzky
c) Gordie Howe
d) Bobby Hull
e) Phil Esposito

(Answer later in this newsletter!)

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Baseball Tip & Clip

Baseball Tip:
Baseball Tip

Catching is an integral part of all Little League teams. Wild pitches and pass balls happen in almost every game, and coaches should create drills during practice to review the essentials of the past ball and/or wild pitch. In this drill, have a player become a base runner at third base. The pitcher is on the mound and the catcher is in his regular catching stance. The coach plants a ball someplace behind the catcher, without him knowing where. On the “Go” command, the base runner runs home while the catcher searches for the ball. Remember, the pitcher should cover home on this play. When the catcher finds the ball, he turns, flips it to the pitcher covering, and he tags the base runner. This is a great drill simulating game like conditions and practice for both the pitcher & catcher.
This drill and more like it are addressed in “Drills & Techniques For Catchers” video. Click the link to see an instant one minute clip. CLICK HERE.

Basketball Tip:
Basketball Tip

Many times players taking a basic lay up will bring the ball down below their chest as they go in for the shot. This technique is incorrect. Young players who are learning and practicing lay ups should learn to keep the ball above their stomach and almost at their chest once they stop their dribble and go in for the shot.
This drill and more like it are addressed in “48 Championship Basketball Drills” video. Click the link to see an instant one minute clip. CLICK HERE.

Soccer Tip:
Soccer Tip

Goalies in soccer should learn both the one-fisted box and two-fisted box when saving an uncatchable ball. These two techniques are great for when the goalie is not in a position to catch a ball cleanly and knocking the ball away is a more viable option. The two-fisted box is when the goalie clasps his hands together, and with his shoulders square to the ball, knocks it away from the goal. The one-fisted box, performed with one hand, is done when the goalie is not in a balanced position and might not be facing the direction the ball is coming from.
This drill and more like it are addressed in “34 Soccer Goalie Drills” video. Click the link to see an instant one minute clip. CLICK HERE.

Fun Sports Facts:

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap while playing baseball, and he used to changed it every two innings.

The home team must provide the referee with 24 footballs for each National Football League game.

Mickey Lolich, who pitched for 16 years, hit his only home run in his first World Series game (1968).

Ted Williams won the AL batting titles when he was 39 and again at 40. The last At Bat of Ted's career was a homerun on the last day of the 1960 season.

Al Kaline at age 20 became the youngest player ever to win a batting title by hitting .340 in 1955.

Johnny Bench was the first catcher to earn the Rookie of the Year award (1968).

Gerd Müller, who played for West Germany in the 1970 and 1974 World Cups, holds the career record for most World Cup goals with 14.

Sports Trivia Answers:

1) a, Baltimore Oriole, Jim Palmer (1966, 1970, 1971, 1983).

2) b, Jim Bagby, Cleveland.

3) d, Bobby Hull.

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