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Coach's Guide to Game-Winning Softball Drills: Developing the Essential Skills in Every Player
Contributor(s): Smith, Michele (Author), Hsieh, Lawrence (Author)

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ISBN: 0071485872     ISBN-13: 9780071485876
Publisher: International Marine Publishing
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2008
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Annotation: A big collection of fast-pitch softball drills from one of the game's biggest stars, two-time Olympic Gold medalist and Hall-of-Famer Michele Smith

Softball might look like baseball, but it's a whole different ballgame, and this "Coach's Guide to Game- Winning Softball Drills" gives you all the basics you need to teach it well. Straight from one of the world's top softball stars, these 200 drills cover hitting, pitching, fielding, and base running to provide a wealth of skill-building activities for youth-league and high-school level coaches.

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BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Coaching - Baseball
- Sports & Recreation | Softball
Dewey: 796.357
LCCN: 2007048458
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7.32" W x 9.14" L (0.93 lbs) 256 pages
Features: Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:

"Mastering these drills will arm your players with one of the biggest intangibles necessary to perform well--confidence."
--Michele Smith

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame pitcher Michele Smith throws one right down the middle with this big collection of more than 250 skill-building drills developed especially for coaches of fast-pitch recreation league, travel ball, and high school softball players, ages eight to eighteen.

Straight from the Michele Smith Gold Camps and Clinics, these drills are designed to give you all the tools you need to teach the entire range of offensive and defensive softball skills. With Michele's expert guidance and instruction, you'll coach your players to:

  • Master the mechanics of footwork for fielding with hustle
  • Swing for the fences and hit the fastest pitches
  • Catch the ball proactively and throw it quickly and accurately to its target
  • Defend the infield and outfield with speed and confidence
  • Run the bases swiftly and strategically
  • Refine fast-pitch skills so they can windmill like Michele
  • And much more

Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Michele: -

Michele Smith has won two Olympic gold medals with the U.S. National Softball Team and was inducted into the American Softball Association Hall of Fame. An ESPN commentator for the Little League World Series, she runs popular softball clinics through her company, Michele Smith Inc. (michelesmith.com). She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Lawrence Hsieh is a writer, an attorney specializing in sports law, and a volunteer youth sports coach.

Hsieh, Lawrence: - Lawrence Hseih (pronounce"shay") is a corporate and sports attorney in private practice. His commentary and analysis on the IOC's decision to drop softball as an Olympic sport was published in the New York Law Journal and reprinted by USA Softball, the sport's Olympic organizer in the U.S. Hsieh coaches youth softball for his daughter's team, studies tae kwon do with his son, and participates in many other sports, including swimming, SCUBA, skiing, fencing, baseball, and soccer.
 
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