Winning Softball for Girls (Winning Sports for Girls) - Hardcover

Gola, Mark

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9780816047093: Winning Softball for Girls (Winning Sports for Girls)

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ISBN 10: 081604709X ISBN 13: 9780816047093

Publisher: Facts On File Inc, 2002

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According to the Amateur Softball Association, approximately 1.2 million girls play softball, and it has become the fourth most popular high school sport for girls in America. Winning Softball for Girls provides players and coaches with chapter-by-chapter coverage of the key elements of the game - from hitting and pitching to baserunning and conditioning - illustrated by more than 140 photographs and diagrams. Tips from members of the United States Olympic softball team and scholastic collegiate coaches help point players in the right direction. Other chapters include the fundamentals of fielding, the positions, team offense, and team defense. A glossary, bibliography, and list of organizations help readers better understand the sport.

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Review:

Recommended. - Choice ""An essential guide to the game...will be useful for beginners, competitive players, and coaches."" - School Library Journal

About the Author:

Mark Gola is the author of several books on sports skills, a contributing sportswriter for Princeton Alumni Weekly, and a hitting clinician. He lives in Rocky Hill, NJ. Faye Young Miller is a former coach at Georgia Tech and Manhattan College. A graduate of North Carolina State University, she played for three years in the Women's Professional League. She lives in Ithaca, NY. Wayne Coffey is an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Daily News, the author of more than three dozen books, and a former girls' basketball coach. He lives in the Hudson Valley, NY.

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