Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully (Coaching Successfully) (Paperback)

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Editorial Reviews

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""If you are a youth coach just starting out or an accomplished collegiate coach, this book will help you improve every facet of your game. It provides excellent practice templates, breakdowns of technical positions, game strategies, conditioning programs, mental preparedness, and goal-setting strategies to assist you in building your program. It is by far the best softball book on the market!""
Sue Enquist
Head coach of the UCLA Bruins, 11-time national champions

""Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully provides an excellent blueprint for building a successful program. It covers coaching philosophies, training of individual skills, offensive and defensive strategies, and ongoing evaluation and assessment. Kathy Veroni's expertise as one of the greatest coaches in NCAA Division I softball, combined with Roanna Brazier's talent, yield this must-have resource for any dedicated coach.""
Gayle Blevins
University of Iowa softball coach

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Product Description

During her prolific 25-year coaching career, Coach Kathy Veroni has won more than 1,000 women’s premier and Division I collegiate games. She also has served as president of both the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the United States Fastpitch Association.

In Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully, Veroni shows you how to build a winning softball program and field a great team every year. She explains how to develop a coaching philosophy, motivate and teach players, and plan for each season. You’ll also find proven offensive and defensive strategies, including 121 drills for developing players’ hitting, fielding, pitching, and baserunning.

Complete with sample practice and conditioning plans, scouting cards, evaluation forms, community sponsorship activities, and more than 220 illustrations, Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully is an all-in-one resource for softball coaches at all levels.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 239 pages
• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers; illustrated edition edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880115467
• ISBN-13: 978-0880115469
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #771,470 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best softball book, December 16, 1999

By	Joe Abraham (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

I've read most of the fast-pitch softball books on the market and this is by far the best. It is thorough, yet concise. It is equally useful for beginning coaches and advanced coaches. I especially like the Defensive Strategies chapter that details many game situations and defenses for those situations. This book also covers the gamut of coaching softball, from philosophy to organization to the game itself to post-season considerations.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Softball Book For Coaches of 12 & U and Up., September 25, 2000

By A Customer

The book is a little more advanced than what I needed right now coaching 8 & U coach pitch softball, but it does a great job of showing you the direction your coaching should be going as the kids get older. That in turn has influenced how I teach these young girls. Many of the fine drills in this book are too advancd for my age group, but I was able to simplify them a little to make them easier for 7-8 year olds. If your coaching 6-10 year old kids and can only buy one book, this may not be the one. But it is a great book to have in your coaching library. The best I have seen, my kids just are not quite ready for it yet.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great source for any level coach., July 12, 1998

By A Customer

I just recently purchased Kathy Veroni's book to help instruct my 10 year old in fastpitch. I was never taught the proper way to play myself, so I needed a guide. After just getting into it, I have decided to coach her team next year! Ms. Veroni cites some of her own experiences to "drive home" some of her points. She reviews coaching skills for different situations and has many drills and trouble shooting strategies for all age levels. There are photos to help define drills. The book is written very well and is easy to follow. If you need drills, this is the book to have! Our current coaches have bought it and loved it too.