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Hello, my name is Joseph DelGrippo and am the father of a young son who loves baseball! As coach of three youth league teams, and a baseball coach for Point Pleasant Beach High School, my love for baseball is well documented. In addition to coaching, I still play hardball in two different leagues, continuing to gather baseball knowledge. The first league I still play in is the college age Jersey Shore Baseball League, with my age of 42 ranking me as the oldest active player. My baseball playing career has spanned 35 years, and I still continue to learn and improve!
Taking the above qualities, my desire was to produce an instructional baseball program for parents so they can teach their own kids. This is the program that was developed.
If you want to be able to teach your child the correct way to play baseball, then read on:
The most important aspect of this program is my desire to have children become better ballplayers.
In my work at baseball camps and with the private lessons, I have developed a great connection to the children. Not only do I understand how to teach kids, but truly enjoy watching each young player learn and improve on a weekly basis.
We all want our children to do their best at whatever they try. As parents we also want them to succeed and improve. This program will help your child improve their game. This program concentrates on private, one-on-one instruction, giving kids the proper environment to improve. We teach the parent how to help their own child become a better baseball player. You and I will work together to teach the parent how to show your child to properly throw, field and hit the baseball.
However, there is one rule. The children need to have a desire to get better; they should want to play baseball. Just purchasing the program will not automatically make the child a better player. Many times kids will attend a summer baseball camp or attend a team practice, and then not practice on their own what was learned. Although it is important to continue to practice, these practices do not have to be hour-long sessions.
This program shows how you can cut down your practices to 15-20 minutes per day. The one-on-one structure of this program allows for shorter, more fundamentally sound practices.
Children should receive continuous proper instruction over their early years. Giving children the proper fundamentals early on will allow them to develop good habits as they mature. When kids receive different types of instruction from other sources, confusion can result and bad habits can begin. This is one reason why I am not a big fan of summer baseball camps. These camps do have some good qualities, but for the most part you can teach your child the proper skills. My website will explain in more detail why summer baseball camps mostly are a waste of time and money.
I played collegiate at Marietta College, a premier Division 3 school, and have played in the Division 3 College World Series. In fact, this past 2006 season, my alma-mater won the World Series for the fourth time!
I did not have the exceptional talent needed to excel at major college baseball, having only played one year of varsity baseball in high school, then having been cut from the college team as a freshman. Don Schaly, the long-time head coach at Marietta, was honorable and met with me. He said my throwing arm was strong, and hit very well considering the quality of pitching I faced, but was rather slow-footed and he wanted players who were fast. One of the tryout drills was running the 60 yard dash and my time was a dismal 7.4 seconds. With several players of equal caliber, he (and rightfully so) chose the other players who had better speed. "You can't coach speed" was his quote.
That I wasn't sure of, but I was sure I WANTED to play college baseball at Marietta, and worked very hard during the following summer to improve my speed. During this summer between my freshman and sophomore years, I developed my own program to improve my speed and generally improve overall strength. I hit pretty well, but wanted to open some eyes my sophomore year with better power numbers and improved speed.
The fall season opened sophomore year. My running speed in the 60 yard dash was reduced to 7.0 seconds, which lowered my time in the 60 yard dash almost a half-second solely with my own running and training program. I also led the fall league in hitting after the half way point, receiving glowing compliments from current players on the roster, one of which was Terry Mulholland, a 20 year veteran of the Major Leagues.
I became the first player under Schaly's reign to get cut, return to the school and make the team. I continued to work hard and during my junior year lowered my running time to 6.8 seconds in the 60 yard dash.
The point in telling you my history is to not brag (but I am proud of my accomplishments), but to let you know that, with proper training and improved technique, consistent hard work will allow even the marginal player to get better. Several kids working with me have also improved their overall strength and speed numbers.
My methods have worked for me, and they can work for you and your child!
The instruction received from this great collegiate program as well as information learned over the many years of playing, have formed the foundation of my baseball principles. This program was created from over 30 years of baseball knowledge, playing games and constantly reading on how to improve young players. Here at baseballforparents.com, we are never finished learning about this great game. Constantly searching for new training methods or drills, we continue to update and improve. Having SEEN thousands of games, practices and workouts, and picking the brains of many of baseball's greatest teachers has further enhanced the baseball background. Notice it wasn't only coaches or managers, but baseball TEACHERS. The difference is like night and day.
The continuing education aspect, though, is the best part of the program. For an entire year, at the price of two private hourly lessons, you and your child will receive daily emails containing nuggets of baseball information plus member access to all the new articles and blogs. And you will be able to contact me via emails and phone calls. My motto is ALL BASEBALL ALL THE TIME.
So, do your child a huge favor. Get the program, learn the game together and help your child improve. When he improves his game in front of all his buddies, his self-esteem will grow. Once a child sees improvement based upon his hard work and initiative, he will become more involved in his endeavor and work even harder. This is a good lesson in baseball.....and in life.
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