Coach's Guide to Game-Winning Softball Drills: Developing the Essential Skills in Every Player

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“Mastering these drills will arm your players with one of the biggest intangibles necessary to perform well--confidence.”
--Michele Smith

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Hall of Fame pitcher Michele Smith throws one right down the middle with this big collection of more than 250 skill-building drills developed especially for coaches of fast-pitch recreation league, travel ball, and high school softball players, ages eight to eighteen.

Straight from the Michele Smith Gold Camps and Clinics, these drills are designed to give you all the tools you need to teach the entire range of offensive and defensive softball skills. With Michele's expert guidance and instruction, you'll coach your players to:

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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3G428EK8IP38S To all softball players, coaches and parents:In this video review, I explained that I'm qualified to review this product and why I strongly believe that this book is a great resource for softball drills especially for youth softball coaches. Reviewer's credentials:- Experienced Softball Coach (over 20 years of softball coaching experience including the international and college levels)- Experienced presenter / course conductor in the field of softball and coaching- Master's Degree in Coaching Sciences- Doctoral Studies in Coaching Expertise

You can tell that Michele Smith is a stickler for details because the photos and captions are very detail oriented and helpful. The book contains a progression of drills for every level of player (youth league level, as well as tons of "advanced variation" drills for travel league and high school players).

I love this book because it's a combination coaching and drills book. As a league administrator, I'm always looking for great coaching resources for the coaches in our league.

Every section of the book has a thorough discussion of the required mechanics (hitting, pitching, defensive footwork, infield defense, outfield defense, etc)., followed by a slew of drills. Many drills books out there just have drills (with a smattering of ad hoc remarks on mechanics).

But this book is different. The book is very organized, and therefore is a great resource for coaches to refer back to on a regular basis.

All and all a fantastic resource.

But the hitting and the defense chapters are also outstanding. This book is a great reference for any coach of U10, U12, U14 and high school girls softball. There are lots of advanced level coaching tips throughout the book, including in each drill's "hints" section. The book is very organized and well written, and explains very clearly the fundamentals behind each drill. As expected, the pitching chapter is excellent. Michele Smith is in alot of the photos personally demonstrating the mechanics and drills. The diagrams are good, and clutter free.

It's really organized, with good pictures to go along with the drills. I have two daughters, an eighth grader who is really into softball, and a fourth grader who is just getting into the sport. I ran across this new drills book and highly recommend it. And it's great for both of my girls. I'm definitely going to tell their coaches about it.