The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Softball: Enhanced Edition (iTunes)

This enhanced eBook includes 3D animations of over 75 softball-specific stretches and exercises. With this enhanced eBook you will be able to see exactly how the exercises are performed.

The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Softball is the most comprehensive and up-to-date softball-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 softball-specific weight training programs guaranteed to improve your performance and get you results.

No other softball book to date has been so well designed, so easy to use, and so committed to weight training . This book will have players increasing arm strength, bat speed, and overall quickness and power on the diamond, leading to an increase in batting average, on-base percentage, steals, and overall performance. You will build the strength and power needed to hit the ball out of the park and you will build the stamina and endurance needed to go strong until the final pitch.

Both beginners and advanced athletes and weight trainers can follow this book and utilize its programs. From recreational to professional, thousands of athletes all over the world are already benefiting from this book and its techniques, and now you can too!

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Softball Game Intelligence (iTunes)

Take away the rules and mechanics and what do you have left? You have Game Intelligence: The Difference-Maker in Officiating. This book reveals insights, secrets and tools that can help you go from good to great. These are the types of lessons umpires learn over their whole careers.

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Softball Illegal Pitches (iTunes)

Identifying and calling an illegal pitch is on tof the most challenging judgments a fast-pitch softball umpire has to make. This book will give you both the how and the why, straight from high school and college umpiring experts.

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Softball Umpiring Mechanics Illustrated (iTunes)

Softball Mechanics Illustrated is the only High School softball mechanics book with detailed images and lifelike illustrations. Referee’s exclusive MechaniGram™ graphics bring positions, signals and movement in to focus for every position on your crew. Breakdowns of play situations are paired with accurate diagrams to ensure you’re in the right place, at the right time to make every important call. Studying the rules is not enough because you can’t implement the rules if you’re out of position to see the play. Mechanics knowledge should be a part of every umpires training. Train with the best resource available with Mechanics Illustrated.

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Coaching Girls Ponytail Softball (iTunes)

This book was written expressly for you who are coaching children in softball. We stress how to teach children this fun game and to have fun doing it. The book covers all facets of the game from “how to” throw a ball to strategies and tactics. When coaching children it should be a fun experience for everyone, for you, for the parents, and for the children. As a coach, we cover the teaching attitude and methods. We always keep in mind that the game is for the children and not for the adults. Winning isn’t everything, but learning to play well and wanting to win is.

We take the children from kindergarten through the eighth grades and break them into four categories. In each category we discuss the players needs and abilities, what they are capable of in both the physical and emotional sense, and their limitations. We have also defined the coach’s role, the parent’s role and the player’s role.

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Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball (iTunes)

 

 

Survival Guide for Coaching Youth Softball offers new coaches the tools they need to survive the softball season with 40 simple drills, practice plans, and in-game coaching tips. Shedding the complex approach of most manuals, this book offers inexperienced coaches the most relevant tools for teaching, coaching, and developing softball players.

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High-Scoring Softball (Amazon and iTunes)

Plain and simple, championship teams score runs. Their offenses are consistent, aggressive, opportunistic, and disciplined. They may manufacture runs or rely on the long ball, but they score early and often. And they win.

Inside you’ll find detailed instruction, advice, and coaching tips on mastering offensive fundamentals, such as baserunning, bunting, slap hitting, and hitting for power and average. You’ll learn how to evaluate your team’s talents, tendencies, and strengths and create a potent, offensive attack. And a detailed analysis of common game situations provides you with strategies and advice for capitalizing on every opportunity.

Defense may win games, but only if you score. With High-Scoring Softball you will score and you will win. It will change the way you play the game.

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Coaching Girls Softball (Amazon)

Coaching 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 and the sign of a good coach—the type of coach you want to be. So how can you get there?

Perfect for coaches of girls up to age 13, Coaching Girls’ Softball includes everything you need to be an outstanding coach and mentor to your team. Whether you are a seasoned coach looking to fine-tune your skills or a rookie looking to take the field running, you’ll discover techniques for success that are tailored specifically to the needs of girls.

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Softball Fundamentals (Amazon and iTunes)

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 and improve your performance. You’ll also learn how to apply your newfound skills in game situations and gain an understanding of offensive and defensive tactics to get an edge over your opponents.

Softball Fundamentals is the best way to master the basics of the sport as you play. With this book, you’ll make the right play from the very first day.

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The Softball Drill Book (Amazon and iTunes)

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.

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Coaching Softball Technical & Tactical Skills (Amazon)

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 sport education provider, in conjunction with content experts Kirk Walker and Mona Stevens and endorsement from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA), the premier national organization for fastpitch softball.

Coaching Softball Technical and Tactical Skills features cues to help you teach your athletes the fundamental technical and tactical skills, over 175 photos depicting the appropriate techniques, and examples of season and practice plans to help you prepare for games. Skills are organized and cross-referenced so you can see how they relate to each other.

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101 Offensive Softball Drills (Amazon)

101 drills for developing offensive softball skills. Covers lower body hitting drills, upper body hitting drills, combination hitting drills, batting tee, soft toss, timing and rhythm, bunting, baserunning, sliding, mental drills and much more.

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Softball Skills & Drills – 2nd Edition (Amazon and iTunes)

This new edition of Softball Skills & Drills is completely updated with more skills, more drills and strategies, and more of the stellar instruction that have made it the top-selling title on the sport.

Judi Garman, one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history, teams with Cal State Fullerton’s Michelle Gromacki to share their secrets to developing and mastering every aspect of the game.

With step-by-step instruction, full-color photo sequences, technique tips, and unique insight into the game, you’ll learn every fundamental skill. Over 230 of the game’s best drills, coverage of team offense and defense, pitch selection, pitch recognition, and in-game strategies, Softball Skills and Drills is simply the most comprehensive and practical guide on the sport.

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Coach’s Guide to Game-Winning Softball Drills (Amazon)

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 Youth Softball, Fourth Edition (Amazon)

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 a book that teaches you how to convey those skills to your athletes in an engaging and positive manner. Endorsed by Babe Ruth Softball, Coaching Youth Softball is focused on teaching offensive and defensive skills through gamelike drills, which sets it apart from the current lineup of softball coaching books.

The fourth edition includes 12 new drills and 37 age-specific coaching tips that are sure to jump-start your practices, all in a reorganized format geared for sequential learning and quick reference.

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The Softball Coaching Bible (Amazon and iTunes)

Now, for the first time in the sport of fastpitch softball, you can learn from successful coaches and apply their approaches to your own program. In The Softball Coaching Bible, 28 of the top U.S. coaches share their principles, insights, strategies, methods, and experiences to help you enhance the experience and development of your own athletes.

The Softball Coaching Bible was written by the greatest assembly of college and high school softball coaches ever. The text provides the finer points of coaching softball, presented in an engaging manner that makes the contents easy to apply to your own ball club. The topics range from teaching the best skills and drills to subjects rarely written about, such as developing responsible athletes and building character and loyalty in players.

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Focused for Fastpitch (Amazon)

Focused for Fastpitch combines the best qualities of a drill book and a softball-specific guide to sport psychology, ensuring that come game time everyone will play at peak performance.

Informative yet easy to read, mastering the Focused for Fastpitch training principles requires no prior experience, and each chapter includes interactive exercises and charts to help monitor progress. Each drill clearly specifies the mental and physical skills targeted, the goal, proper execution, coaching tips, and variations for increasing or decreasing difficulty. And for additional insight into successful skill building, some favorite drills are included from these top coaches:-Gayle Blevins, University of Iowa, and Tami Brown, All-American Softball School’s College Prep Program.

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Throw Like a Girl (Amazon)

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.

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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Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully – 2nd Edition (Amazon)

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.

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The Windmill Pitcher (Amazon)

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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