Hi, I'm Jerry Baseball, and I was looking for guidance when I set out to coach my oldest son's t-ball team three years ago.

There were some books available, but they were either too expert "read my 300-page book on what I learned during 27 years of coaching t-ball," or too flippant "I coached a season of t-ball and lived to write this book."

So, I experimented with every aspect of coaching a t-ball team. Some of the tactics in this book worked so great the first time that I never had to change them. Certain things I only figured out toward the end of the second season.

Even though I was constantly tweaking things, we still outclassed most opposing teams. And if any team outclassed us, I copied what they were doing either immediately, like putting the lineup card on a huge piece of poster board, or the following season, like getting the biggest coaching staff possible.

So, after coaching two successful seasons of t-ball, one with each of my sons, I wanted to write a template for what I would do if I coached another season.

If you're a frazzled parent, you can read this book in 30 minutes, or if you're crunched for time, listen to the audiobook during your commute, and have a plan to lead you through a great season.

Even if you haven't played baseball since Little League and you're better with spreadsheets than you are with kids, you'll trounce the other coaches by implementing what you learn in this book. People will come up to you mid-season and say things like, "you're so great with kids," and you'll look around to see if a kindergarten teacher is walking by.

So, read this book, follow the plan, and prepare to have people ask, "are you a professional t-ball coach?" My answer is always "I wish!"