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Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big and Believe in Yourself Jennie Finch, Ann Killion Dream Big and Believe in Yourself
In a society that sends incredibly mixed identity messages, sports help preteen and teenage girls make the right choices. Athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain self-confidence, and mature into society s leaders.
Throw Like a Girl inspires, motivates, and answers questions about issues specific to today s female athletes. NCAA softball champion, two-time Olympian, and sports icon Jennie Finch offers sound advice on how to translate the lessons she learned from sports into everyday life.
Topics including body image, femininity vs. sports, peer pressure, nutrition, and the balancing act today s young women construct between school, extra-curricular activities, family, and friends are addressed in an engaging and instantly relatable personal style. Fiercely competitive and fashionably cool, Jennie fills the role of girlfriend, big sister, team captain, and mentor as she offers candid observations from personal experience bound to resonate with young women everywhere and inspire them to dream big, work hard, and believe in themselves. |
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Coach's Guide to Game-Winning Softball Drills: Developing the Essential Skills in Every Player Michele Smith, Lawrence Hsieh “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
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Coaching Tee Ball : The Baffled Parent's Guide H. W. Broido Each spring, Tee-ball introduces millions of boys and girls to "America's pastime" --and introduces their parents to the joys (and nightmares) of coaching first-time players. Filled with expert advice and tips on creating order from chaos, Coaching Tee-Ball is the solution to every baffled parent's predicament, offering the new coach a total approach to keeping kids involved, motivated, and having fun. |
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A Different Diamond (Softball Star Series) Jody Studdard Brooke Conrad is on top of the world. She is the star shortstop for her high school's softball team, and it is one of the best teams in the state. But everything changes when the shortstop for the school's baseball team gets kicked out of school, and the baseball coach asks Brooke to take his place for the season. Brooke has never heard of anything so ridiculous - a girl playing on a baseball team, with boys? Can it even be done? She agrees to do it, but instantly doubts whether she made the right decision. The boys don't want her on the team, and she questions whether she's good enough to play baseball at all. But she doesn't give up, and she decides she needs to prove something. She needs to prove she is good enough to play baseball - to her dad, to the boys, and most importantly, to herself.
A Different Diamond is the first book in Jody Studdard's Softball Star series. It is also available in a compilation, Softball Star, which includes the next two books in the series: Fastpitch Fever and Dog in the Dugout. |
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Fastpitch Softball : The Windmill Pitcher Barry Sammons "The Windmill Pitcher is the most comprehensive book on fastpitch pitching that I have read. It is an excellent reference for both coaches and pitchers." -- Ernie Parker, world-renowned pitching coach "I now have a comprehensive reference book to offer the people who contact me about pitching. The chapter on increasing ball speed is outstanding. There was an incredible need for this book and I thank Barry for writing it." -- Sherry Werner, PhD, lead researcher, International Olympic Committee's Submission on Biomechanics and Physiology "One of the most comprehensive fastpitch instructional books on the market today. A must addition for any coach's library." -- Art Certosimo, DuPage County, Illinois Barry Simmons has been a pitcher in men's fastpitch softball leagues at all levels for 35 years. Also a student of art and design, Sammons used his knowledge to develop many of the illustrations used in the book. He is an attorney for the Milwaukee, Wisconsin firm of Quarles & Brady. |
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Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully - 2nd Edition (Coaching Successfully Series) Kathy Veroni, Roanna Brazier Field a winning fastpitch softball team year after year with the knowledge and insights of a coaching legend! Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully provides the guidance and technical expertise you need in order to build and maintain a competitive team, covering every facet of leading a squad on the field and developing a program off of it. Hall of Fame coach Kathy Veroni, who has won more than 1,250 fastpitch games in her career, and pitching expert Roanna Brazier share their insights and experiences in this authoritative, comprehensive guide to coaching fastpitch softball. From developing a coaching philosophy and planning for the season to teaching the skills and tactics of the game, you will find proven formulas for success within these pages. With practice and conditioning plans, administrative forms, sample scouting charts, tactics for dozens of game situations, and more than 130 drills, Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully is the most complete resource available for aspiring and experienced coaches alike. Take advantage of the authors' expertise to gain a winning edge over your competition.
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The Softball Drill Book Kirk Walker Packed with 175 drills straight from the practice sessions of the game's most successful programs, The Softball Drill Book will add variety to your practices and precision to your game-day performances. The comprehensive collection covers every aspect of the game. From warm-up to conditioning, throwing to hitting, bunting to base-running, you'll find drills to improve position skill and team execution - all from college coaches and programs that have won 13 NCAA Women's College World Series titles and dozens of NCAA regional tournament titles. Contributors include: -Louie Berndt, Florida State -Carol Bruggeman, Louisville -Yvette Girouard, Louisiana State -Michelle Gromacki, Cal State Fullerton -Deanna Gumpf, Notre Dame -Carol Hutchins, Michigan -Kelly Inouye-Perez, UCLA -Jay Miller, Mississippi State -Jennifer Ogee, Nebraska -Kim Sowder, Long Beach State -Heather Tarr, Washington -Michelle Venturella, Iowa -Kirk Walker, Oregon State -Margie Wright, Fresno State One look at the names above and it is clear, The Softball Drill Book is your blueprint for championship practices.
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What's The Score: Baseball Scorekeeping in 10 Easy Chapters S L Schell This book will teach you how to keep score at baseball games, whether you're a fan at the ball park, a player in a league, or a family member of a young ball player.
With clear instructions and over 45 diagrams, the goal is to provide you with skills you can practice immediately, even after your first lesson. Three sections (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) enhance and build upon those skills.
Lots of tips, based on questions which come up most often at scorekeeping clinics.
About the Author: S L Schell, a former member of the National Association of Scorers, has kept score for baseball and softball leagues for over thirty years, from sandlot baseball to state tournaments.
The author has taught hundreds of individuals in scorekeeping clinics for multiple city leagues, worked on rules committees, and was responsible for editing a scoresheet convention used by three different leagues. Official scorekeeper for Washington State tournament the year that Kirkland, Washington, USA won the Little League® World Series.
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Managing Little League (Little League Baseball Guide) Ned McIntosh Learn how to manage your youth team to successWith its "teach basics and have fun" approach, Managing Little League Baseball is dedicated to helping you teach baseball fundamentals to boys and girls while emphasizing how to make the experience rewarding for you and your players. Fully approved by Little League Baseball® and illustrated with instructive photos and diagrams, this book will give you the tools you need to develop prepared ballplayers. Inside you'll learn: - Twenty of the most important and frequently used Little League baseball rules, including the latest change and the new rules regarding pitchers
- The fundamentals of hitting, baserunning, defense, and pitching
- Tips on motivating players, game strategy, and special challenges such as competitive pressure and demanding parents
- An inside look at Little League softball
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How She Thinks is How She Plays John Michael Kelly John Michael Kelly's latest book challenges parents and athlete's alike to look beyond traditional physical skills training and recognize the critical importance that mental skills training plays in a helping a young player become the very best she can be. If the game is 90% mental your athlete needs to recognize then master the vital mental skills necessary to succeed at such a difficult game as fastpitch softball.
In this book John Michael Kelly lays out a detailed mental skills blueprint to help transform your athlete into the consistent peak performer top coaches can't wait to have on their team with practical, easy to follow and implement strategies and tools to get your athlete immediate on the field results.
Covering 175 powerful pages and twelve chapters of practical fastpitch softball mental skills wisdoms, strategies, tools and tips "How She Thinks is How She Plays" is a must have for any fastpitch softball parent and player serious about playing at the next level!
"How She Thinks is How She Plays" covers the 21 Mental Performance Killers that sabotage your athlete's success, including Managing Excessive Expectations, Building Rock Solid Self-Confidence, Having a Plan of Action to Guarantee Success, How to Overcome Anxiety & Fear, The Parent's Role in Her Success, Focusing on Results Instead of Effort, Embracing Pressure with Poise, The Scholarship Trap and more.
"How She Thinks is How She Plays" is a one-of-a-kind book specifically written to help fastpitch softball players avoid the performance peaks and valleys brought on by the inevitable adversities that come from playing a really tough game like fastpitch softball. John's writing style is as entertaining as it is informative as he weaves in his own personal stories and insights as a sports parent, fastpitch game coach, mental skills coach and former elite athlete.
As John says, "Sports should first and foremost be fun for kids. My belief is that with the right combination of physical and mental skills training a young athlete can become a consistent peak performer that plays the game with passion and joy."
If your athlete has not yet achieved these attainable goals then you need the practical wisdom found in John Michael Kelly's "How She Thinks is How She Plays" to help your athlete to be the very best she can be. |