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Two-time Olympic Athlete, Michele Smith and Beth Spak put together Fastpitch Softball Year Long Training Guide. This book includes a journal to stay on schedule and track your progress, as well as information to help you improve your performance and teach you the proper way to train. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Coach and Athletic Director, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1532 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Raising a Bracket: a teaching tool for the fast-pitch softball pitcher.(SOFTBALL)
Author: Brent Hawkins
Publication: Coach and Athletic Director (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 77Issue: 4Page: 34(3)

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This Hitting Drills manual is brand new and is packed with over 75 great hitting drills designed to improve all aspects of the swing for beginning, intermediate and advanced hitters.This manual is packed with photos and diagrams so you not only read about the Purpose and Setup for each drill but you can read and see just how each drill works. Energize your practices; improve your hitters and most of all score more runs with this brand new Hitting Drills manual only from Softball Excellence!Tables of ContentsOrganized by category this new Hitting Drills manual gives you over 75 drills to help your hitters improve any of the following parts of their swing:Strength & Conditioning Stance Load/Negative Move Swing Path - Hands Stride & Weight Shift General Swing & Follow Through Pitch Tracking Pitch Selection Pressure Hitting Confidence ... Read more

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Over 20 great drills to use with your entire softball team to work on throwing, fielding, conditioing, judement and competitiveness. Plus, they're fun! Great drills for helping to improve any softball team. ... Read more

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Trafepaper, 533 pages, history of fast-pitch softball in Iowa, photographs, references in rear. ... Read more

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Softball. Fastpitch softball, Chicago, Olympic sports, American football, 1996 Summer Olympics, International Softball Federation, International Olympic Committee, National Collegiate Athletic Association. ... Read more

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“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.

Customer Reviews (4)

Excellent Softball Drills Resource for Youth Softball Coaches
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3G428EK8IP38S To all softball players, coaches and parents:

In this video review, I explained that I'm qualified to review this product and why I strongly believe that this book is a great resource for softball drills especially for youth softball coaches.

Reviewer's credentials:

- Experienced Softball Coach (over 20 years of softball coaching experience including the international and college levels)

- Experienced presenter / course conductor in the field of softball and coaching

- Master's Degree in Coaching Sciences

- Doctoral Studies in Coaching Expertise

Great resource for youth league and travel team coaches
As a league administrator, I'm always looking for great coaching
resources for the coaches in our league.I love this book because it's
a combination coaching and drills book.Many drills books out there
just have drills (with a smattering of ad hoc remarks on mechanics).
But this book is different.Every section of the book has a thorough
discussion of the required mechanics (hitting, pitching, defensive
footwork, infield defense, outfield defense, etc.), followed by a slew
of drills.The book contains a progression of drills for every level of
player (youth league level, as well as tons of "advanced variation"
drills for travel league and high school players).The book is very
organized, and therefore is a great resource for coaches to refer back
to on a regular basis.You can tell that Michele Smith is a stickler
for details because the photos and captions are very detail oriented and
helpful.All and all a fantastic resource!

Outstanding and Highly Recommended!
This book is a great reference for any coach of U10, U12, U14 and high school girls softball. The book is very organized and well written, and explains very clearly the fundamentals behind each drill.As expected, the pitching chapter is excellent.But the hitting and the defense chapters are also outstanding.There are lots of advanced level coaching tips throughout the book, including in each drill's "hints" section.Michele Smith is in alot of the photos personally demonstrating the mechanics and drills.The diagrams are good, and clutter free.

Excellent!
I have two daughters, an eighth grader who is really into softball, and a fourth grader who is just getting into the sport. I ran across this new drills book and highly recommend it. It's really organized, with goodpictures to go along with the drills. And it's great for both of my girls. I'm definitely going to tell their coaches about it. ... Read more

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Maximize your softball abilities with Focused for Fastpitch! This collection of 80 drills combines fastpitch-specific drills with mental training, ensuring peak performance come game time.

Drills are arranged by physical and mental skill within each chapter for easy reference and are designed to clearly show the goal, procedure, coaching tips, and variations so that you can put the information to use right away. Favorite drills from top coaches are featured throughout the book.

Focused for Fastpitch provides the tools to sharpen concentration at the plate, stay more alert on the field and on the base paths, and shut out distractions in the circle. Use it to establish a winning game and see tremendous results this season! ... Read more

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High School and Travel Teams Will Benefit
As the head coach of a junior high fastpitch and also a 14U travel team, I stress the mental aspect of the game, which is believed to be 90% of the game. This book is particularly helpful for travel teams that play numerous tournaments each season. Having your players in top physical and mental condition, whether it is the first game at 8:00am on Saturday morning to the fourth game of the same day at 8:00pm,this book covers how to prepare teams to endure that kind of schedule. Energy utilization, positive thinking, and overall conditioning are addressed, while incorporating softball specific drills to bring out the best in players. I gave this three stars because it applies more to high school and college age girls playing on travel and elite teams. ... Read more