Softball - 2nd Edition Book (Copyright 1999, 184 pages)
If you're looking for a complete guide to every basic to intermediate softball skill, Softball: Steps to Success is sure to be a hit with you. Whether you're a coach searching for an effective instructional and practice tool or a player wanting to learn the game's essential skills, this updated and improved second edition covers every offensive, defensive, and pitching fundamental. In addition, the book provides a solid introduction to basic team tactics so that you'll know the proper play to make in every offensive and defensive situation. Softball: Steps to Success provides thorough skill instruction through complete sets of skill-learning progressions--the steps to success. The step-by-step progression from basic to intermediate skills has been shown to speed learning and motivate players to practice and improve their performance. This book provides drills to help you master basic skills and explains offensive and defensive responsibilities. Each step includes: explanations for why the concept or skill is important; illustrations depicting correct body positioning and movement to learn and perform key skills; easy ways to correct common errors; and summary checklists to evaluate performance. With Softball: Steps to Success on your side, you're ahead of the game. Softball: Steps to Success is part of Human Kinetics' popular Steps to Success Activity Series, the most extensively researched and carefully developed set of sport skill instruction books ever published. You'll find these books to be self-paced, step-by-step guides developed by master teachers in their fields. About the Author Diane L. Potter, EdD, is professor of physical education at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. A teacher with over 40 years of experience in physical education, Dr. Potter also coached the Springfield College softball team for 21 years. In addition, she was a player for 15 years in Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Class A Fast-Pitch. Potter has been an international clinician in softball, conducting clinics in Italy and The Netherlands and taking teams to The Netherlands in 1971, 1975, and 1982. In 1982, she was awarded the Silver Medallion by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Baseball en Softball Bond (the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association); she is the only woman so honored. Dr. Potter is an outstanding leader in women's sport; she has served as a member of the AIAW Ethics and Eligibility Committee and was inducted into the National Associa