The road to a championship season begins long before the first pitch of the opening game. It begins before a player even steps onto the field. With Practice Perfect Softball, the top coaches in the game share with you the essential elements that have helped them reach the pinnacle of the sport both …
Coach Girls for Success on and off the FieldCoaching girls’ softball can be a wonderful experience. Witness the intensity of a batter connecting with a ball, a runner digging for home, or a fielder making a great catch, and you can’t help but be inspired. The effort, pride, and enjoyment on players’ faces are great rewards for parents …
It happens every summer: packs of beer-bellied men with gloves and aluminum bats, putting their middle-aged bodies to the test on the softball diamond. For some, this yearly ritual is driven by a simple desire to enjoy a good ballgame; for others, it’s a way to forge friendships—and rivalries. But for one short, wild-haired, bespectacled professor, playing softball …
The Game America Plays: Celebrating 75 Years of the Amateur Softball Association
Relive the greatest moments in softball history as the Amateur Softball Assocition celebrates the 75th Annivesary with this rich narrative of America’s team participation sport. With never-before-published photographs and vignettes from players, umpires, coaches, this is a must-readfor every slow or gfast-pitch player, coach and fan of the game of softball. Author and historian Bill Plummer captres the …
Fun, safety, and effective instruction are the focus of the fourth edition of Coaching Youth Softball, helping you create an environment that promotes learning, cultivates a love of the game, and motivates your athletes to come out for the team year after year. Numerous coaching books present the skills and drills of softball. But here’s …
Looking for the ultimate softball “how-to” book to help you learn and master the essential skills? Softball Skills & Drills covers all the fundamentals to build strong individual players and winning teams. Written by one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history, Softball Skills & Drills shows how to perform and improve hitting, bunting, slap …
The Worth Book of Softball: A Celebration of America’s True National Pastime
This survey of the game of softball includes its history, demographics, rules, terminology, equipment, and impact on American life. Contains–for the first time ever in one volume–a complete, up-to-date record book of the game and a glossary of softball jargon and slang. 180 …
Softball Pitching Fundamentals and Techniques (The Art & Science of Coaching Series)
Those who are new to the sport of softball and believe it is “just baseball with a larger ball” will be completely surprised. The only thing softball really has in common with baseball is that it is played with a bat, a ball, and four bases. One of the largest differences between the two sports is the pitching …
This manual seeks to help youth coaches prepare their softball players for matches. It instructs in the principles of coaching, which include communication, coaching responsibilities, safety, and methods of teaching. It also contains season plans to organize practices throughout the …
Take the field and play ball! Softball Fundamentals will have you pitching, fielding, hitting, and baserunning like an experienced player in no time at all.Learn to execute each of the game’s key skills properly through the concise instruction and accompanying photos presented for each technique. More than 48 gamelike drills will speed your skill learning …