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Learn
Baseball The Ripken Way CD-Rom
Two hours of bastion from former
big league players covering pitching, hitting,
infield and outfield.
Only $29.95!
Click here to
order. Or call Babe Ruth Promotions
at 1-800-880-3142.
You may also contact your respective Headquarters
Service Representative to order your copy.
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Baseball and Softball
are meant to be enjoyed by everyone, especially
the participants. The game has to be fun.
In order for the game to be fun, participants
must learn the basic fundamentals through
enjoyable practice sessions, making them look
forward to playing the game. To properly teach
the fundamentals, coaches have to be trained.
One of the best training tools I've ever seen
is "The Ripken Way" CD-ROM. "The Ripken Way"
CD was produced jointly with Ripken Baseball,
and Babe Ruth League, Inc. The video portion
of the CD-ROM was taped at a coaches' clinic
in Williamsburg, Virginia and features baseball
legend Cal Ripken, Jr., and major leaguers
Bill Ripken, John Habyan, and Joe Orsulak.
Developed by Cal Ripken, Sr., one of the most
effective clinicians of our time and father
of Cal, Jr. and Bill, "The Ripken Way" is
a way of teaching the game by breaking it
down to its most basic form: the fundamentals.
It revolves around four principles:
1) Keep It Simple, 2) Explain the "Why", 3)
Keep It Fun, and 4) Celebrate the Individual.
The key to the Ripkens' success stems from
their father's principle: "Perfect practice
makes perfect." If a player hasn't practiced
a skill and performed it successfully over
and over during practice, how can he be expected
to accomplish that skill during a game?
With this CD-ROM, even a novice coach can
teach the skills properly to young players.
This CD-ROM is quite unique. You will find
it to be so much more effective than a coaching
videotape. Why is that?
"The Ripken Way" is like having a coach's
encyclopedia at your fingertips. With an hour
and a half of available instructional material,
you can view as much, or as little, as you
would like in one sitting. Then at a later
time, you can go back to the CD-ROM, and with
just a couple of clicks, go the exact point
you left off. This feature also will allow
you to go directly to any specific skill you
may want to review after you have already
seen it. The easily navigable menu allows
you to choose the topic you want to cover
at that time, and unlike a VHS videotape,
the CD-ROM will then take you directly to
that topic, regardless of where it is on the
CD. You can even go directly to a specific
point within that topic. No rewinding, fast
forwarding, or searching for the point you
are looking for. Just point and click.
While you are viewing a particular lesson,
bulleted notes on the lesson will appear.
Each bullet point will be highlighted in red
as it is demonstrated and discussed on the
video portion. The format is much like the
picture-within-a-picture technology on your
television. The video is playing in a large
box, while the printed notes are appearing
to the side. If you need to see a portion
of the video segment again, just click on
that specific summary note. You can replay
any portion over and over without having to
rewind!
For example, let's say you've already watched
the Hitting portion of the CD-ROM, or, perhaps
you are the team's pitching coach and are
not interested in the Hitting lesson. You
would simply load the CD, and immediately
click on "Pitching". The video will begin
to play and notes will begin to appear. However,
right now you have only 5 minutes before you
go to practice and today you want to cover
pitching mechanics with your pitchers.
Just click on the "Lesson Topics" button.
Under Pitching, you may choose from the following:
Introduction - 4 Seam Grip - 2 Seam Grip -
Mechanics: 5 Links of the Chain - One Knee
Drill - Tee Drill - Power Position Drill -
Breaking Ball Grip - Breaking Ball Mechanics
- Change Up Mechanics. These topics appear
in a list. Click on "Mechanics: 5 Links of
the Chain".
John Habyan will appear and discuss pitching
mechanics. As he does, the notes will appear
to the side of the video in bulleted form.
John will demonstrate pitching mechanics while
discussing and demonstrating how to teach
them. He begins with the feet. On the side
of the screen you will see, "#1 Feet." As
he goes on with the lesson the following notes
will come up on the screen and be highlighted
in red as he covers each point: Heel Contact
with Rubber, First step Should Be Smooth,
Head Stays Above the Pivot Foot, Make a Full
Pivot.
Habyan also discusses what coaches should
look for if a pitcher is off his game, and
how to make the needed adjustments.
At any time, and depending on your needs and
level of experience, you can print off the
summary notes (bulleted), or you can print
the entire lesson written out as if reading
a book. Just click on your preference.
Suppose a term is used with which you may
be unfamiliar, such as "Crossover Step", for
example. No problem. Just click on "Glossary",
find the term and read the description and
instruction, then go back to where you were
in the video lesson.
If you have more time available, just click
on the lesson topic, like Pitching, and watch
the entire segment as it flows. You don't
need to click from topic to topic. That option
is available to you if you are looking for
a specific point, but otherwise, you can just
let the video play like a VHS or DVD.
What is so exciting about this educational
tool is that it is like having a videotape
or DVD, outline notes for the video, and a
book all in one tool. And, it is easier to
use than either a videotape or a book. The
video portion is very high quality like watching
your own TV, but no VHS is going to give you
the outline notes to read as you go along,
and neither a VHS nor DVD can provide you
a complete printout of the lesson point by
point.
This CD-ROM is like having four separate videotapes
in one. Normally, a coach would have to purchase
a Hitting videotape, a separate tape for Pitching,
and then get two more VHS tapes for Infield
Practice and Outfield Practice. At the very
minimum, that would be $80 without any printed
material. However, Babe Ruth League, Inc.
is offering this superb instructional tool
at a special price of $29.95.
If it sounds like I am excited about the "Teaching
Baseball…The Ripken Way" CD-ROM, I am. No
coach should be without this outstanding instructional
tool. Most important, this CD-ROM will teach
coaches how to confidently hold an instructive
and enjoyable practice session. |
Ron
Tellefsen
President/CEO
Babe Ruth League, Inc. |
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Click
here to order The Ripken Way CD-Rom today!
Or
call Babe Ruth Promotions at 1-800-880-3142.
You may also contact your respective Headquarters
Service Representative to order your copy.
Normally
$39.95, Babe Ruth League is offering this
instructional tool
at a special introductory price of only
$29.95!
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The Ripken Way CD-Rom Instructors Include:
- Cal Ripken, Jr. (hitting)
- Bill Ripken (infield)
- John Habyan (pitching)
- Joe Orsulak (outfield)
The CD-Rom Offers:
- Instruction from
a staff of former big league payers with
more than 50 years of professional experience.
- More than 50 pages
of detailed printable lessons for coaches
to take with them to practice.
- Detailed instruction
on hitting, pitching, infield and outfield
- Introduction to The
Ripken Way from Cal and Bill Ripken.
Windows 98 or newer
version needed to operate.
The Ripken
Way CD-Rom is officially endorsed by Babe
Ruth League, Inc.
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