Offensive Strategies
excerpt from Coaching Fastpiitch Softball Successfully, Second Edition by Kathy Veroni and Roanna Brazier.

Outfield Skills & Drills
excerpt from Judi Garman's Softball Skills and Drills.

Review: The Softball Pitching Edge Book & Video
Excerpt from the Book!

Busting Out of a Slump
Excerpt from
The Hitting Edge
by
Tom Robson

Focused for Fastpitch
By
Gloria Solomon and Andrea Becker

Excerpt from
The Mental Athlete
by
Kay Porter

Adding a Stretching Program to Your Workout
excerpt from
Michael Alter's Sport Stretch

Relentless Positivity
Chapter 2 of Positive Coaching by Jim Thompson

The Swing
by
Mike Candrea
excerpt from
The Softball Coaching Bible
by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association

A Softball Coaches Tool Kit
by Peter Sprenkle

Reviewed by Vince Muehe

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• The Attitude of Teamwork
• NFHS Softball Video Clips - Pitching Point of Emphasis
• Calculate Pitch Speed with a Stop Watch by John Klinkenborg
• Pitching / Catching Chart
• NCAA Sports Injury Rates
• Playing Up -- Getting Recruited by Rob Gensch
• Batting Practice with Pitching Machines Moving up Incrementally by Kevin Mulloy
• Pitcher - Catcher Relations
• Understanding the ASA/NFHS DP / Flex Rule by Tom Bell
• The Forgotten Skill: Teaching Team Speed
• A Softball Coaches Toolkit: Offensive Practice Form by Pete Sprenkle
• Step Progression For Pitchers by Ernie Parker
• Is It Your Goal to Play College Athletics? by Rick Anteau II
• Building Team Speed by Terry Shaw, Texas Speed
• Softball Strength Training: A Multidimensional Approach by Roberto Parker, CSCS, M.S.
• The Almighty Scholarship Dollar by Cathi Aradi
• A Softball Coaches Toolkit: Uniforms by Pete Sprenkle
• Duties of a Catcher by Darren Mueller, NDSU Coach
• Indoor Drills
• 3-2-Run!
• Suggested VideoTraining and Books Selected by John Tschida, Head Coach St. Thomas Univ. - St Paul, MN
• Dealing with Slumps Adapted from Chapter 14 of Winning the Mental Way by Karlene Sugarman, M.A.
• Pitching Practice By Gil Arzola, Head Coach, South Central H.S., Valparaiso, Indiana
• Practice... Makes Perfect...
• Sequencing the Hitting Process By Ken Eriksen, Head Coach, University of South Florida
• Scrambled Eggs make Better Sliding by Vince Muehe