Girls Play to Win Softball

2011-07-01
Girls Play to Win Softball

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  • Author: Marty Gitlin
  • Publisher: Norwood House Press
  • ISBN: 1599534657
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 67

Step to the plate and swing for the fences! Softball has grown from a spontaneous game to serious business. What began as an indoor ballgame is now one of the most popular women’s sports. Stars like Joan Joyce and Jennie Finch helped it get there. Now players such as Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott are leading the charge. Grab a ball, bat, and glove and get ready to join them! The history, the rules, and the heroines: these nonfiction accounts of women's sports relate the interesting insights of each sport, including the rules, game play, and standout athletes. Girls looking for role models as well as the "hows and whys" of their favorite game will find the answers in these fresh, accessible titles. Part history, part biography, and part instruction, Girls Play to Win allows readers to access "everything they want to know" about the game. More than an introduction, this series takes what is likely an existing interest and allows the reader to delve deeper. Content consultants are real-world experts that include Olympic athletes and coaches. Library Media Connection's Editor's Choice

Girls' Softball

2007
Girls' Softball

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  • Author: Heather E. Schwartz
  • Publisher: Capstone
  • ISBN: 9780736899291
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

"Describes softball, the skills needed for it, and ways to compete"--Provided by publisher.

Playing to Win

2013
Playing to Win

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  • Author: Alan G. Lafley
  • Publisher: Harvard Business Press
  • ISBN: 142218739X
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 274

Explains how companies must pinpoint business strategies to a few critically important choices, identifying common blunders while outlining simple exercises and questions that can guide day-to-day and long-term decisions.

The Softball Drill Book

2007-04-30
The Softball Drill Book

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  • Author: Kirk Walker
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics
  • ISBN: 1492584177
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 344

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.

Fast Pitch

2021-08-31
Fast Pitch

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  • Author: Nic Stone
  • Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
  • ISBN: 1984893033
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 192

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a challenging and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a softball player looking to prove herself on and off the field. Shenice Lockwood, captain of the Fulton Firebirds, is hyper-focused when she steps up to the plate. Nothing can stop her from leading her team to the U12 fast-pitch softball regional championship. But life has thrown some curveballs her way. Strike one: As the sole team of all-brown faces, Shenice and the Firebirds have to work twice as hard to prove that Black girls belong at bat. Strike two: Shenice’s focus gets shaken when her great-uncle Jack reveals that a career-ending—and family-name-ruining—crime may have been a setup. Strike three: Broken focus means mistakes on the field. And Shenice’s teammates are beginning to wonder if she’s captain-qualified. It's up to Shenice to discover the truth about her family’s past—and fast—before secrets take the Firebirds out of the game forever.

Great Quarterback Switch

2008-07-01
Great Quarterback Switch

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  • Author: Matt Christopher
  • Publisher: Norwood House Press
  • ISBN: 1599532166
  • Category : Juvenile Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 145

Twelve-year-old Michael, confined to a wheelchair after an accident, uses mental telepathy to communicate football plays to his quarterback twin brother Tom, then suddenly finds himself on the field in his brother's place.

Women's College Softball on the Rise

2019-04-12
Women's College Softball on the Rise

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  • Author: Mark Allister
  • Publisher: McFarland
  • ISBN: 147667616X
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 217

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.

High-Scoring Softball

2012-04-10
High-Scoring Softball

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  • Author: Ralph Weekly, Jr.
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics
  • ISBN: 1492582530
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 284

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. High-Scoring Softball is the definitive guide for offensive play. The game’s most successful coaching duo, Ralph and Karen Weekly, share the approach that has shaped some of the game’s top scoring offenses and generated more than 1,700 career victories. 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.

Throw Like a Girl

2011-08-01
Throw Like a Girl

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  • Author: Jennie Finch
  • Publisher: Triumph Books
  • ISBN: 1617495549
  • Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 197

The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women. Both scientific studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain inner confidence, and grow into society's leaders. Sports help preteen and teenage girls make the right choices in a society that is sending them incredibly mixed messages about who they are supposed to be. Yet no one is speaking directly to these girls. Jennie fills the role of girlfriend, big sister, team captain, and mentor. A smart, credible, and accomplished voice from an athlete who is strong and feminine, fiercely competitive, and fashionably cool, Jennie is someone young women will listen to and take to heart. Jennie's message: Believe in yourself. Go for it, girls.

Softball Pitching Edge

2014
Softball Pitching Edge

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  • Author: Cheri Kempf
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics
  • ISBN: 9780736084321
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 216

A guide for coaches and pitchers, Kempf goes beyond the basics of female softball as she covers pre-motion presentation, stance, posture, timing, location and speed. Advice is given on the correct choice of pitch illustrated with drawings.