Base-stealing instruction · Matt Talarico
Build a running game
that doesn’t graduate.
Teach your players to recognize opportunities and put pressure on the defense—with a system you can carry from season to season.
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Know what to teach.
Know how to teach it.
Video instruction, drills, and development plans in one place. For coaches building a team approach—and players working on their own game.
01Choose your approachOld School, New School, and Hybrid systems
- Old School system
- New School system
- Hybrid system
02Develop the detailsTechnique, pitcher reads, faults, and drills
- Steal Start Technique
- Left-handed pitchers
- Second base
- Common faults
- Drills
- Frequently asked questions
03Bring it to practiceDevelopment plans, season journal, and Digital Course Companion
- Development plans
- 12-week plan
- 2016 Wright State season journal
- Digital Course Companion · read in your account
All included with full membership. The printed book is sold separately.
From the field
Coaches on the StealBases system.
More than raw speed
“The first year we implemented this system we led the conference in stolen bases with average runners.”
Clear instruction
“He takes concepts that are hard to understand and often overlooked and makes them simple in his base stealing system.”
Two seasons of results
262 stolen bases.
90% success rate.
Reported over two seasons using some of the techniques.
“The system is excellent and it works!”
From our testimonial archive: feedback on Matt’s system and coaching. School affiliations are shown as originally submitted.
Included · The 2016 Wright State season journal
From game
to next practice.
Go inside a season with Matt’s journal of practices and games. Follow the decisions, adjustments, and lessons as they happened.
See the situation.
Read the observations behind coaching decisions.
Follow the adjustment.
Connect game feedback to the work in practice.
Understand the thinking.
See how the system was applied through the season.
A system you can keep teaching
The players change.
The learning stays.
Steal Bases brings Matt Talarico’s approach to coaches and players who want a clearer plan for the running game. Start with the foundations, explore the details, and take the instruction to your own practice field.
From youth baseball through the professional game, the goal here is practical: help you understand the system well enough to teach it.
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Is this a subscription?
No. Full membership costs $299 as a one-time payment, with no recurring charges.
What does full access include?
The online curriculum, member videos and documents, development plans, season journal, and Digital Course Companion, read in your account.
Is the printed book included?
The printed book, The Complete Base Stealing Manual, is sold separately. The Digital Course Companion is the written packet included with the video curriculum.
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Build your running game.
Full curriculum, drills, and development plans.
$299 one-time. No recurring charges.