It s old school and new school. It s unique and ubiquitous. It s yellow and white. It s red, white, and blue. It s one of America s favorite brands: a classic for nearly 60 years and still a fad-proof fan favorite. The Wiffle Ball remains the great equalizer, befuddling batters of all ages. It curves, zips, …
Peak Conditioning Training for Softball is a road map for how to get into optimum softball shape. It presents a comprehensive and easy-to-understand blueprint that players and coaches can follow on a year-round basis. The book provides step-by-step instructions for improving on-the-field performance by developing the key fitness components for softball. Topics include nutrition; conditioning basics; warm-up, …
Unlike other softball instruction books, Coaching Softball Technical and Tactical Skills goes beyond teaching the technical basics and focuses on skills such as in-game decision making and detecting the strengths and weaknesses of opponents—the tactical skills—to prepare players for game day. This text is written by the American Sport Education Program (ASEP), the nation’s leading …
Good softball pitchers aren’t born, they are developed. A young player can become a good pitcher, and have a lot of fun along the way. Good pitchers have a couple of things in common. First, they really want to pitch. Second, they are willing to spend the considerable time and effort tocondition, train, and develop their skills.There are …
You Must Play to Win! A Coach’s Journey from the Pit to the Pinnacle
Sport is one of the great institutions of civilization, and the rise of women s sport during the past half century has been one of the most dramatic and visible recent a personal reflection on the coaching career of Donna J. Newberry, coach, teacher, and administrator in the Athletics Department of Muskingum University, New Concord, Ohio, whose passionate …
What is the secret of life and what does softball have to do with it?! When William seeks his dad’s advice, he is led on a marvelous journey that takes him to one important season in a lifetime of seasons for the adult recreation slow pitch softball team, the Willies. The stand-out league schedule includes pre-game festivities, game …
Millions of kids throughout the country participate in organized youth baseball and softball programs each year. It’s an exciting world of colorful uniforms, post-game ice cream treats, and lots of smiling faces. It’s also one in which you as a parent can make a positive difference in helping your youngster grow and make the most of this experience. …
” Many successful softball teams boast a sweet-swinging slugger or a “”can’t-touch-this”” starting pitcher, but softball teams that win championships are built on a framework of solid team defense. In Defensive Softball Drills, Coach Jacquie Joseph provides coaches with 66 proven drills for building this framework. She presents drills for learning and mastering skills at …
The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Field Hockey is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field hockey-specific training guide in the world today. It contains descriptions and photographs of nearly 100 of the most effective weight training, flexibility, and abdominal exercises used by athletes worldwide. This book features year-round field hockey-specific weight-training programs guaranteed to improve your performance …
Innovative Mental Toughness Training for Golf will significantly change how hard you can push yourself mentally and emotionally through visualization techniques taught in this book. Want to be the best? To be the best you have to train physically and mentally to your maximum capacity. Visualizing is commonly thought of as an activity that cannot be …