Product Details

• Actors: Judi Garman, Human Kinetics, Human Kinetics, Judi Garman
• Directors: Judi Garman, Human Kinetics
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Human Kinetics, Inc. & Softballcoachone.com
• DVD Release Date: May 6, 2005
• Run Time: 115 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009FV17W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,551 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Mike Candrea Head softball coach University of Arizona

"A great resource for any coach or player who is a student of the game."

Product Description

Learn essential softball skills and drills from one of the best softball coaches of all time, Judi Garman. In the Softball Skills & Drills DVD, Garman covers every fundamental of the sport in full detail and accompanies the instruction with the best practice drills to master each technique and tactic. The DVDs three parts are Hitting and Baserunning, Pitching and Catching, and Fielding.

Players perform only as well as they practice. Use the Softball Skills & Drills DVD and improve performance at the plate, on the base paths, on the mound, and in the field.

Human Kinetics DVDs are coded for universal playback and can be played in all regions of the world.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a "must have" book for the softball coach, March 8, 2002

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James H. Mccune "Matt_Flac" (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Softball Skills & Drills (Paperback)

I used to attend Judi Garman's softball clinics at Cal State Fullerton in the 1980's. I never went away sorry about the time spent there. Judi is a veritable fountain of knowledge about the game. Softball Skills and Drills draws from Judi's life-time of coaching experience. You'll not only find skills and drills in this book. You'll find strategy, both for offense and defense. Check out the chapters on slap-hitting and bunting. If my house was on fire, and there were only two books on fastpitch softball I could rescue, it would be Softball Skills and Drills by Garman and Fastpitch Softball: the Windmill Pitcher by Barry Sammons. If you're into fastpitch, you gotta have this book.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Fundamentals and Drill Book I've Seen, April 18, 2002

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John Komin (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Softball Skills & Drills (Paperback)

I agree with the previous post - this is a must-have book for softball coaches. Just the section on proper throwing technique was worth the cost of the book. Garman does an excellent job of putting into words all of the things I knew how to do by muscle memory but couldn't succinctly describe to my players. The accompanying drills make sense and reinforce the fundamentals I'm teaching. I'd recommend this book for coaches of all levels and experience.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great For The Novice; Even Better For The More Experienced, July 20, 2005

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Softball Skills & Drills (Paperback)

"Softball Skills & Drills" by Judi Garman is a valuable book for any softball coach or player. I have to admit that I am an inexperienced softball player, who has recently joined a league for recreation. Because I had little knowledge of the game, I bought this book because it is advertised on the cover as "The best book on the basics of the game." In retrospect I think that claim may be a bit of an overstatement because the book does assume a general working knowledge of the mechanics and rules of the game of softball. While these fundamentals are explained in pieces throughout the book, I would have really enjoyed a more thorough overview before Garman raced into chapter one, "Catching." Don't get me wrong: this is a great book, but absolute beginners may also need an even more basic text.

What the book does do superbly is to break down all the fundamental skills of the game of softball and give easy to comprehend (if not to execute, sometimes) explanations, tips, and techniques related to these skills, as well as sets of drills designed to develop those skills. In reading the book (from the viewpoint of a neophyte player) I couldn't help but believe that the single best audience for this book would be coaches. This book would be a positive treasure trove of information for coaches at any level of competition.

I think this is an excellent book, and would have given it five stars if not for the omission of a general introduction, overview, and strategy section that would really help those who need the most basic "basics of the game." As it is, I would like to give it four and a half stars, because it really is an excellent text.

Highly recommended to softball players and coaches everywhere.