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Youth Baseball Drills is a comprehensive collection of uniquely effective teaching tools for coaches of young players. Over 100 drills cover essential skills like hitting, fielding, and pitching. It also includes plans for 30-, 60-, and 90-minute practices, helping coaches set up fun, organized, and productive practices with gamelike situations.

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Youth Baseball Drills is a comprehensive collection of uniquely effective teaching tools for coaches of young players. Over 100 drills cover essential skills like hitting, fielding, and pitching. It also includes plans for 30-, 60-, and 90-minute practices, helping coaches set up fun, organized, and productive practices with gamelike situations.
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Peter Caliendo serves as president of Caliendo Sports International, a global baseball organization specializing in the training of individuals, teams, and coaches, as well as dealing with professional baseball operations worldwide. He recently worked in Japan as a coach alongside Japanese baseball legend and all-time home run champion Sadaharu Oh. Caliendo studied the development of youth coaching at the legendary Mickey Owen Baseball School as well as the Grand Slam USA, Billy Williams, and Doyle baseball schools. Putting what he learned into practice, he served as the director of the Pan American Youth Baseball Association for six years. During his time with the organization, he oversaw three gold medals and more than 20 players who entered Major League Baseball. He has also served as coach and director for a number of professional teams, including the Belgium Baseball Federation national teams, team USA (where he coached a team in Australia's Intercontinental Cup), the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks, and the Schaumburg Flyers. While with the Flyers, Caliendo saw more than 20 players sign with Major League organizations. Caliendo's resume includes stops at baseball franchises and organizations as a player, coach, and director. He is in his 14th year as a technical commissioner for the International Baseball Federation, where he served as the head of the technical committee for the historic 2009 World Baseball Cup in Europe. In 2012 and 2013 he worked as a technical committee member for the MLB World Baseball Classic's qualifier and first and second rounds in Japan. As a technical commissioner for the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), he served on the jury of appeal for the Olympic Games in Beijing, China, and as a technical commissioner for the Olympic Qualifier in Havana, Cuba. He has served as director for USA Athletes International's Baseball Operations, as an associate scout with the Toronto Blue Jays, as director of baseball operations and coach for the Schaumburg Flyers in the Northern League, and as player procurement director for the North Shore Spirit in the independent Northeast League. Currently Caliendo serves on the International Baseball Federation's Tournament and Development Committee and has been director of the Great Lakes Region for NTIS-USA Baseball's National Team Identification Program for potential national team players since 2009. He also served as a board member for the Chicago Baseball Museum and as an immediate past president and board member of the Pitch and Hit Club, where he served eight years as president. Caliendo has produced five instructional baseball DVDs (Coaching Made Easy) and has created an online baseball coaches certification program with the Baseball Coaches Video Library in Canada. In 20 countries he has presented at clinics, including the National High School Coaches Baseball Clinic, various High School Association Clinics, and the European Baseball Coaches Association clinic (EBCA). In 2011, Caliendo received both the American Baseball Coaches Association Meritorious Service Award and the Pitch and Hit Club Paul "Dizzy" Trout Ambassador Award.