Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Throwing and Catching
Chapter 2 Fielding Footwork
Chapter 3 Infield and Outfield Defense
Chapter 4 Hitting
Chapter 5 Baserunning
Chapter 6 Pitching
Chapter 7 Playing Catcher
Chapter 8 Pregame Drills
Index
Michele Smith is two-time Olympic gold medalist for the U.S.
National Softball Team, an ESPN softball commentator, and will be
inducted into the American Softball Association Hall of Fame in
2006. A 13-year veteran of the Japan Pro Softball League, she is a
sports celebrity in Japan, having pitched her team, the Toyota
Shokki, to six league championships and won 6 MVP awards. In 2005
she served as the U.S. player representative to the International
Softball Federation delegation to lobby the International Olympic
Committee to reinstate Olympic softball. Michele organizes and runs
softball clinics worldwide, including coaching clinics in
cooperation with Little League. Michele has long-running
endorsement contracts with leading manufacturers such as Worth
(bats and gloves), Musco (field lighting) and JUGS (pitching
machines), as well as a line of instructional DVDs.
Lawrence Hseih (pronounce"shay") is a corporate and sports attorney
in private practice. His commentary and analysis on the IOC's
decision to drop softball as an Olympic sport was published in the
New York Law Journal and reprinted by USA Softball, the sport's
Olympic organizer in the U.S. Hsieh coaches youth softball for his
daughter's team, studies tae kwon do with his son, and participates
in many other sports, including swimming, SCUBA, skiing, fencing,
baseball, and soccer.
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