Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully

by Kathy J. Veroni, Roanna Brazier

Field a winning fastpitch softball team year after year with the knowledge and insights of a coaching legend! Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully provides the guidance and technical expertise you need in order to build and maintain a competitive team, covering every facet of leading a squad on the field and developing a program off of it. Hall of Fame coach Kathy Veroni, who has won more than 1,250 fastpitch games in her career, and pitching expert Roanna Brazier share their insights and experiences in this authoritative, comprehensive guide to coaching fastpitch softball. From developing a coaching philosophy and planning for the season to teaching the skills and tactics of the game, you will find proven formulas for success within these pages. With practice and conditioning plans, administrative forms, sample scouting charts, tactics for dozens of game situations, and more than 130 drills, Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully is the most complete resource available for aspiring and experienced coaches alike. Take advantage of the authors' expertise to gain a winning edge over your competition.

Genres: Sports, Baseball

232 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1998

Reviews

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are many books out there on softball, especially fastpitch softball. Some cover coaching, some cover drills, and still others cover the windmill pitch in fastpitch softball. Here are eight good ones: (General) Softball: Fast and Slow Pitch…ISBN-1570280258; and The Louisville Slugger Complete Book of Women’s Fast-Pitch Softball…ISBN-0805058095 --- (Coaching) Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully…ISBN-0880115467; and Successful Coaching…ISBN-0880116668 --- (Drills) Softball: Steps to Success…ISBN-0873227948; and Softball Skills & Drills…ISBN-0736033645 --- (Pitching) The Softball Pitching Edge…ISBN-0736038256; and Fastpitch Softball: The Windmill Pitcher…ISBN-1570281408.

This coaching book is particularly good for beginning and advanced coaches. Written by one of the sport's coaching legends, it is particularly strong in teaching the skills required for great defense. Specific diagrams are inlcuded to show different situations. The book is well-illustrated, and chapters are organized around planning, offense, defense, and game day. Gives only cursory coverage of pitching.

[Jeremiah Spivey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Theres some decent advice in here but it's kind of weird: it covers very basic details about softball while also seemingly being targeted only towards coaches at college programs. It's also pretty dated and doesn't really go into enough detail about true game strategy. There are a lot of good drills included though.