Softball (Steps to Success S.) - Softcover

Potter, Diane L.; Brockmeyer, Gretchen

3.67

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9780880113588: Softball (Steps to Success S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0880113588 ISBN 13: 9780880113588

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 1989

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Softball: Steps to Success is excellent as either a course text or a self-instruction guide. Either way, this unique progression of skills will help players get started quickly, make steady progress, and proceed at their own pace. In this book, 25 steps (chapters) explain why each concept or skill is important, identify keys to correct technique, help players correct common errors, explain how to practise each skill in realistic ways, list specific performance goals for each drill, and provide checklists for evaluating proper technique. Teachers and coaches need both the participant's guide and the companion teacher's guide to teach effectively. Teaching Softball: Steps to Success follows the same skill progressions as the participant's book and features management and safety guidelines, rating charts for identifying players' skill levels, 104 drills to fit various skill levels, teaching cues to maximize learning, suggestions for identifying and correcting errors, and a complete test hank of written questions.

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"""Softball: Steps to Success "is an exceptional resource for teaching the fundamental skills of softball, whether in a physical education class setting or in a more competitive environment. The authors provide a comprehensive breakdown of each skill and tactic, drills for improving execution, and final challenges to augment development. It's a must-have resource for the softball enthusiast!""
BJ Ferguson
Head Softball Coach, University of Delaware
Associate Professor

About the Author:

Co-author of the first two editions of the book, Diane Potter taught physical education for 40 years at Springfield College, Massachusetts. She has run softball clinics in Italy and Aruba, as well as taking her college softball teams to Holland three times to give clinics for the Dutch youth softball programme. Lynn Johnson has 18 years of softball coaching experience at school and college level.

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