Softball For Girls & Women (Softball for Girls & Women Ppr) [Paperback]

Gladys C. Meyer (Author)

Book Description

Series: Softball for Girls & Women Ppr | Publication Date: April 15, 1984

Softball for Girls & Women is a complete handbook by a highly experienced player and coach, covering:

• training and conditioning
• styles
• equipment
• techniques
• pitching, throwing, catching, fielding, batting and base running
• putting a defense together
• offensive play
• organizing to play
• injuries

This book also contains drills for developing and perfecting all aspects of the game, making it invaluable for coaches and parents as well as players.

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About the Author

GLADYS C. MEYER is an associate professor of health and physical education at the College of Staten Island in New York City. She has played softball on several teams and coached the game for more than five years. She has also coached volleyball for more than a dozen years and has written articles for coaching and sports magazines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 212 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (April 15, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684181401
• ISBN-13: 978-0684181400
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,244,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book for a new coach., October 9, 1999

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Chris Vineyard (high school softball coach) (... (Washburn,Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Softball For Girls & Women (Softball for Girls & Women Ppr) (Paperback)

This is a good book if you want the basics. It has everything in it: conditioning in preseason, defensive and offensive drills, and sports medicine. The drills are very basic but important. After using some of the defensive strategies in this book, other coaches have asked me for this book. This book is great for youth softball. However, when your players are more advanced they will need more than what this book has.

3.0 out of 5 stars It was okay......, May 8, 2000

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This review is from: Softball For Girls & Women (Softball for Girls & Women Ppr) (Paperback)

I got this book at my school library (the only softball book available) and I thought it was pretty well written- but just not enough. It goes through detailed descriptions of drills that are all really good but after awhile the book just loses flavor. Look elsewhere.