Softball Skills & Drills - Brossura

Garman, Judi; Gromacki, Michelle

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ISBN 10: 0736090746 ISBN 13: 9780736090742

Casa editrice: Human Kinetics, 2011

Riassunto

Softball Skills and Drills is based on the expertise of one of the NCAA's all-time winningest coaches, Judi Garman (1,124 victories), and current Cal State Fullerton head coach, Michelle Gromacki. The authors present techniques and strategies for all positions and skills in the game — hitting, fielding, pitching, catching and baserunning — making this full-color book applicable to players of all abilities. Over 230 drills, 160 photos and 50 illustrations accompany the instruction for easy-to-follow demonstrations. Original.

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Judi Garman is one of the most successful coaches in college softball history, having retired as the nation’s winningest coach in 2000 after coaching for 28 seasons and earning a career record of 1124-416-4(.727) and 7 national championships as a player and coach.

Garman was a Canadian all-star outfielder and member of two Canadian national championship teams. Garman began her coaching career at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, and won four consecutive national junior college championships from 1975 to 1978. She then established the softball program at California State University at Fullerton in 1980. She built it into one of the most successful softball programs in the United States, winning the Women’s College World Series Championship in 1986 following two runner-up and three third-place finishes. From 2000 to 2002, Garman coached the Italian National Team to a European Championship and a fifth-place finish at the 2002 ISF World Championship.

Garman served as president of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) from 1990 to 1991 and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 1993. She resides in Redstone (Aspen), Colorado, and Palm Desert, California.

Michelle Gromacki is the head coach of Cal State Fullerton softball, one of the most prestigious programs in the nation. Under Gromacki’s guidance, the Titans have staked their claim to five Big West Conference championships, including four consecutive conference titles from 2000 to 2003. In 2006,Gromacki was named Regional Coach of the year.

Gromacki served as an assistant coach for the U.S. national team from 2001 to 2004. More recently, she served as assistant coach of the U.S. women’s national team at the 2010 ISF World Championship in Venezuela.

Michelle Gromacki played for Cal State Fullerton and was the catcher on the 1996 national championship team. She continued her playing career with the Redding Rebels and took home three national championship titles in women’s major fastpitch. She was also on the U.S. national team for 10 years. She competed in many international tournaments and won gold medals in all of them.

Gromacki is one of the NFCA college coaches instructors and also conducts speaking engagements all over the world. She resides in Huntington Beach, California.

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Book by Garman Judi

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• Editore: Human Kinetics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0736090746
• ISBN 13: 9780736090742
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 313