The Softball Game
The Softball Game

Author: John L. Kinsler

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-10-30

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781469762722

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20 million men and women in this country play softball. On the surface, The Softball Game is about men and their need for battles. Aggression is as coded in our DNA as is our need to reproduce. It is a fun game with laughs recalled from years playing softball. The old storyteller is reluctant to do battle. He tells the confrontation in the first person singular, episode by episode. The game is a tribal struggle played by redneck, bad guys and middle class, semi-affluent, anti-heroes. Coming to the rescue is Beth - - a woman! Beth reduces the male struggle to a farce. The driving timbre is the storytellers experiences with three females whose lives are indirectly, obliquely, and directly affected by his wars at softball. The Softball Game is about these women. Phaedra literally hands the young warrior his first sexual experience. Entering the man world still a child, he meets Bridgette his playtoy. She is a transition to adulthood and the paragon of summer love. Playing at sex with adult bodies and a childs maturity, they both lose. Then comes Beth. If you read one chapter, it should be 11. There has never been a hero like her.

Coach's Guide to Game-Winning Softball Drills
Coach's Guide to Game-Winning Softball Drills

Author: Michele Smith

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2008-02-28

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0071744606

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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. 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

The Softball Drill Book
The Softball Drill Book

Author: Kirk Walker

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2007-04-30

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1492584177

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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.

Softball Fundamentals
Softball Fundamentals

Author: Rick Noren

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2005-02-03

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 1492584185

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The United States has more than 2 million fastpitch softball participants—500,000 of whom are under the age of 12. Softball Fundamentals provides an easy way for beginners of all ages to learn the basic skills of the game. Writer Rick Noren puts these skills together from the perspective of an award-winning coach who has posted a 320-79 (.802) record in his 10 years at Pacific Lutheran University. The 10th entry in the Sports Fundamentals series, this book covers all the bases of fastpitch softball, including throwing, catching, fielding, hitting, baserunning, sliding, and pitching, in an engaging format that makes learning easy and practicing fun. Each chapter presents a specific skill, leading the player through a simple, four-step sequence: You Can Do It: A basic skill or tactic is introduced with sequential instructions and accompanying photographs or diagrams. More to Choose and Use: Variations and extensions of the primary skill are covered. Take It to the Field: Readers learn how to apply the skill in competition. Give It a Go: Drills and practice games gauge, develop, and hone the skill. With its concise instruction, supplementary photos, and 48 skill-sharpening drills, Softball Fundamentals facilitates quicker comprehension by letting players spend less time reading and more time on the playing field.

The Softball Game Journal
The Softball Game Journal

Author: Alex Ruth

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2020-01-16

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781661687441

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Softball players play many, many games. It is difficult to remember the games, the opponents, the wins, losses, happy moments and even the not so happy moments. With this 50 Game journal (110 Pages), any softball player can keep a basic record of up to 50 games. Keep records of your stats in the stats section, what you loved about the game, what you need to work on and keep record of the feelings and emotions that come from playing your heart out on the softball field with friends, coaches and even the family members that make up your greatest fans. There is also a specific page just for getting the autographs of all of your teammates and coaches. Because, when it comes down to it...you REALLY love this game and that is a feeling you should cherish the rest of your life!

Threw the Eyes
Threw the Eyes

Author: Dwayne Zulauf

Publisher: Abbott Press

Published: 2012-11-08

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1458206440

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It is important that players and parents understand the culture as well as the fundamentals of softball. From the beginning of your daughters softball career, you and your daughter can embrace all aspects of the game and be prepared for each stage of your daughters development. Whether the team is winning or losing, preparation is an important part of learning from each game and taking those lessons into the next game. In his Threw the Eyes: Its Just a Game of Softball, author and professionalsoftball pitching coach Dwayne Zulaufbreaks down the game to help you andyour daughter prepare for every stageof her development on the field. Fromrecreational to travel to high school andfrom making donations to navigating thepolitics, this guide seeks to help you knowwhat to expect and become the source ofsupport your daughter needs to excel as asoft ball player. This coachs view can help you as a parent guide your daughter in soft ball through the wins, the losses, the heartbreaks, and, most importantly, the fun.

Fastpitch
Fastpitch

Author: Erica Westly

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1501118617

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“A League of Their Own for the softball set” (Lily Koppel, bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club), Fastpitch is hidden history at its most intriguing—the tale of the forgotten beginnings of one of the most popular and widely played sports today. Softball is played by tens of millions in various age groups all around the world, but the origins of this beloved sport (and the charismatic athletes who helped it achieve prominence in the mid-twentieth century) have been shrouded in mystery…until now. Fastpitch brings to vivid life the eclectic mix of characters that make up softball’s vibrant 129-year history. From its humble beginnings in 1887, when it was invented in a Chicago boat club and played with a broomstick, to the rise in the 1940s and 1950s of professional-caliber, company-sponsored teams that toured the country in style, softball’s history is as varied as it is fascinating. Though it’s thought of today as a female sport, fastpitch softball’s early history is full of male stars, such as the vaudeville-esque Eddie Feigner, whose signature move was striking out batters while blindfolded. But because softball was one of the only team sports that also allowed women to play competitively, it took on added importance for female athletes. Women like Bertha Ragan Tickey, who set strikeout records and taught Lana Turner to pitch, and her teammate Joan Joyce, who struck out baseball star Ted Williams, made a name—and a life—for themselves in an era when female athletes had almost no prospects. Softball allowed them to flourish, and they in turn inspired a whole new generation of athletes. Featuring eight pages of captivating, vintage photos and compelling, well-researched historical commentary, this “fun and entertaining read” (Billie Jean King) chronicles softball’s unique history as well as its uncertain future (as evidenced by its controversial elimination from the 2012 Olympics, and the mounting efforts to have it reinstated). A celebration of this distinctively American game and the role it plays in our culture today, Westly has written “a must-read for anyone who loves the sport” (Jonathan Fader, author of Life as Sport).

Softball, an explanation of the game
Softball, an explanation of the game

Author: Joe Aitro

Publisher: Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1922219797

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From fielding positions to the equipment you'll need to play the game, this guide provides the answers to getting started in the great sport of softball. Suitable for beginners and the inexperienced, all ages and sexes.

Rich Hoppe
Rich Hoppe

Author: Rich Hoppe

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2021-04-24

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13:

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A journey through life by Rich Hoppe (former pitcher for the King and His Court) "as told to" to Jim Droskinis. Not just a "sports book;" more about what Rich saw in others about their unique lives. You will not be disappointed as there ARE many sports stories, but this Rich had many roles in his journey: Vietnam Vet, owner of Hoppe Pub and Rathskeller, Bayonne, NJ, pitcher for the Harlem Bombers, pitcher for "The King and his Court" for over two decades, artist, painter, musician, teacher, speaker, recovering addict, and friend to thousands. Rich Hoppe's first book THE PITCHER AND THE PAINTER", 2009 (LULU) by Rich Hoppe tells the heartfelt, loving emotional farewell between brothers, as Robert, the Painter lay dying of AIDS. Rich, the Pitcher, his younger brother. This story, TALES of the LAST BARNSTORMER, takes you deep into his life and tells Rich's unique journey from Bayonne, NJ to Vietnam, and over 30 countries, all 50 states, and countless cities. Rich should not be alive. but you WILL be glad he is.... once you read his unique tales and see how he conquered his addiction and how God saved Rich Hoppe from himself.

Women's College Softball on the Rise
Women's College Softball on the Rise

Author: Mark Allister

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-05-10

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1476635862

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Sidestepping the inflated egos and scandal that have infiltrated many men's sports, college female softball players exhibit power and grace on the field as well as camaraderie, high achievement and vulnerability off the field. This balance not only makes the game compelling to watch, but it also elevates women's softball as an aspirational model for other sports. Focusing on the 2018 season, this book explores gender performance and sexuality in softball, how the influx of money from the sport's growth has reshaped expectations of success, and traditional media coverage of women's sports.