Webfinder: Kids’ Sports & Coaching

• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Coaching Youth Sports
• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Sports injuries in children
• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Baseball for Children
• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Soccer for Children
• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Basketball for Children
• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Football for Children
• Click here to find LIBRARY MATERIALS on Hockey for Children

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Coaching Boys Into Men – A violence prevention program that trains and motivates

Silly Olympics

Check out these great ideas for holding your own Silly Olympics, from Camp Tinkergarten:
–For babies (6-12 months): https://d2gesac5hma2c2.cloudfront.net/uploads/attachment/file/1223/CTG_week7-babies.pdf
–For toddlers: https://d2gesac5hma2c2.cloudfront.net/uploads/attachment/file/1224/CTG_week7-toddlers.pdf
–For preschoolers: https://d2gesac5hma2c2.cloudfront.net/uploads/attachment/file/1225/CTG_week7-preschool.pdf
–For school age: https://d2gesac5hma2c2.cloudfront.net/uploads/attachment/file/1226/CTG_week7-schoolage.pdf

BOREDOM BUSTER for Broadway & baseball fans

The cast of Broadway’s *Hadestown* and past & present Major League Baseball Players celebrate the start of spring training and Broadway’s inevitable return with exclusive videos of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” and “Wait For Me.”
See https://www.iheartradiobroadway.com/content/2020-06-30-hadestown-mlb-players-perform-take-me-out-to-the-ballgame-wait-for-me/ for both videos & the full story!

More fun for Baseball Buffs

Few of us are old enough to remember baseball before the days of free agency and multi-million dollar contracts. Find out what the game was like back then with “So You Want To Be a Major Leaguer,” the memoir of minor-league player Cy Block’s attempts to break into the bigs during the 1930s & 40s. It’s a whole different world!
Listen to So You Want To Be a Major Leaguer on ListentoGenius.com: http://listentogenius.com/author.php/359/363 (where you can also hear Babe Ruth’s Book of Baseball) — or read it on http://cyblockbaseball.com/page.php/24.

Baseball Hall of Fame

For some of us, it hardly seems like spring without baseball! But baseball fans can get a little dose of it with a virtual visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which offers online exhibits of photos, letters, and more. The Museum’s Education Department is offering free Virtual Field Trips, Curator Spotlights and Voices of the Game programs through live online events. Register to participate via Zoom in these free virtual programs by visiting the Museum’s Events page. Archived videos of past programs can be viewed on the Hall of Fame’s YouTube page.
P.S. There are kids’ activity downloads, too!
==> Are you into a different sport? See what’s happening at these other Halls of Fame:
Basketball
Football
Hockey
NCAA
Soccer
Swimming
Tennis
Track & Field

Webfinder : Baseball

• Click here to find RELATED LIBRARY MATERIALS on Baseball
• Click here for Kids’ Sports & Coaching Webfinder

Ballparks of Baseball – A site devoted to everything about baseball parks, past, present and future. (Site includes advertisements)

Baseball America – Biweekly magazine covering baseball at every level, with player stats, team info, and an emphasis on finding the best players in high school, college and the minors and tracking their progress. (Some content is available only to paid subscribers)

Baseball for Beginners – Do you have a friend or family member who needs a few lessons in the basics? This page offers a brief overview of the game, explains key player statistics, and defines common terms. (From Ken Burns’ Baseball, PBS)

Baseball Hall of Fame – In addition to honoring baseball’s greatest, the website includes special online exhibitions on America’s Pastime, such as a colorful history of the baseball uniform, the sacrifices and contributions of baseball during World War II, a gallery of original World Series programs, the Latin American love affair with baseball, and more!

Major League Baseball – Official site with news, schedules, standings, player stats, links to teams, and more (site includes advertisements). See also Minor League Baseball. The World Baseball Softball Confederation website will tell you what’s happening in baseball and softball around the world.

Negro Leagues History – A brief history of the ‘Negro Leagues’, plus Team Histories and Player Profiles (Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Kansas City, MO). Black Baseball ‘is dedicated to the generation of ballplayers who were denied the opportunity to play in the major leagues because of factors other than their ability to play the game of baseball.’ Click on ‘Basic History’ in the menu for team list and videos about players & teams (by James A. Riley, author of The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues; site includes advertisements). See also Baseball and the Negro Leagues: A Symbol of America (by Mike Mencarini, Marquette University undergraduate student) and Crossing the Color Barrier: Jackie Robinson and the Men Who Integrated Major League Baseball (LA84 Foundation).

Sports Medicine – See Sports Medicine links and TeenZone Fitness links.

Sports Science – See Sports & Science links.