Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434241416
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Jo can't wait for the summer softball league to start. She's sure this will be the year she's on the Red Angels, the best team in the league.
Softball Surprise
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434241416
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Jo can't wait for the summer softball league to start. She's sure this will be the year she's on the Red Angels, the best team in the league.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434241416
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Jo can't wait for the summer softball league to start. She's sure this will be the year she's on the Red Angels, the best team in the league.
Softball Surprise
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434279294
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Jo can't wait for the summer softball league to start. She's sure this will be the year she's on the Red Angels, the best team in the league.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434279294
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Jo can't wait for the summer softball league to start. She's sure this will be the year she's on the Red Angels, the best team in the league.
Soccer Surprise
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434232913
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Alex has a hard time adjusting to her new school and her new soccer team.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434232913
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
Alex has a hard time adjusting to her new school and her new soccer team.
Hitting with Torque
Author: Paul F. Petricca
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480853542
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Paul Petricca draws on his experience as a coach, player, blogger, and student of baseball and softball to share what hes learned about hitting in this essential guide for players seeking dramatic results at the plate. The author presents easy to understand hitting mechanics highlighting how the engineering concept of torque can be applied to hitting and is often the difference between a weak groundball or a long home run. Topics covered include understanding where hitting power really comes from and the importance of increasing bat speed through the fundamentals of a repeatable and powerful rotational swing. Hitters of all ages who adopt his eight hitting keys will enjoy a dramatic increase in bat speed and power almost immediately. Hitting with Torque is more than a set of hitting mechanics---its a mindset. Readers will be challenged to look past the worn-out hitting theories and myths that have been holding back hitters from reaching their full potential. With an open mind and practice, all hitters can unlock the power and consistency that is Hitting with Torque.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480853542
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Paul Petricca draws on his experience as a coach, player, blogger, and student of baseball and softball to share what hes learned about hitting in this essential guide for players seeking dramatic results at the plate. The author presents easy to understand hitting mechanics highlighting how the engineering concept of torque can be applied to hitting and is often the difference between a weak groundball or a long home run. Topics covered include understanding where hitting power really comes from and the importance of increasing bat speed through the fundamentals of a repeatable and powerful rotational swing. Hitters of all ages who adopt his eight hitting keys will enjoy a dramatic increase in bat speed and power almost immediately. Hitting with Torque is more than a set of hitting mechanics---its a mindset. Readers will be challenged to look past the worn-out hitting theories and myths that have been holding back hitters from reaching their full potential. With an open mind and practice, all hitters can unlock the power and consistency that is Hitting with Torque.
Stolen Bases
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 143420779X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
"Someone is stealing the equipment from Eva and Becca's softball team"--Unedited summary from book.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 143420779X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
"Someone is stealing the equipment from Eva and Becca's softball team"--Unedited summary from book.
Softball Switch-Up
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496587650
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Raisa Kumar has been playing softball for years, and thanks to the support and encouragement of her team, the Silver Stars, she's one of the best pitchers in the league. When a new girl, Annie, joins the team and wants to learn how to pitch, Raisa is eager to help. But Raisa is sure her way is the best way, what words for her has to work for Annie. Can Raisa lean to step back and share the mound for the good of her team?
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496587650
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Raisa Kumar has been playing softball for years, and thanks to the support and encouragement of her team, the Silver Stars, she's one of the best pitchers in the league. When a new girl, Annie, joins the team and wants to learn how to pitch, Raisa is eager to help. But Raisa is sure her way is the best way, what words for her has to work for Annie. Can Raisa lean to step back and share the mound for the good of her team?
Rich Hoppe
Author: Rich Hoppe
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A journey through life by Rich Hoppe (former pitcher for the King and His Court) "as told to" to Jim Droskinis. Not just a "sports book;" more about what Rich saw in others about their unique lives. You will not be disappointed as there ARE many sports stories, but this Rich had many roles in his journey: Vietnam Vet, owner of Hoppe Pub and Rathskeller, Bayonne, NJ, pitcher for the Harlem Bombers, pitcher for "The King and his Court" for over two decades, artist, painter, musician, teacher, speaker, recovering addict, and friend to thousands. Rich Hoppe's first book THE PITCHER AND THE PAINTER", 2009 (LULU) by Rich Hoppe tells the heartfelt, loving emotional farewell between brothers, as Robert, the Painter lay dying of AIDS. Rich, the Pitcher, his younger brother. This story, TALES of the LAST BARNSTORMER, takes you deep into his life and tells Rich's unique journey from Bayonne, NJ to Vietnam, and over 30 countries, all 50 states, and countless cities. Rich should not be alive. but you WILL be glad he is.... once you read his unique tales and see how he conquered his addiction and how God saved Rich Hoppe from himself.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
A journey through life by Rich Hoppe (former pitcher for the King and His Court) "as told to" to Jim Droskinis. Not just a "sports book;" more about what Rich saw in others about their unique lives. You will not be disappointed as there ARE many sports stories, but this Rich had many roles in his journey: Vietnam Vet, owner of Hoppe Pub and Rathskeller, Bayonne, NJ, pitcher for the Harlem Bombers, pitcher for "The King and his Court" for over two decades, artist, painter, musician, teacher, speaker, recovering addict, and friend to thousands. Rich Hoppe's first book THE PITCHER AND THE PAINTER", 2009 (LULU) by Rich Hoppe tells the heartfelt, loving emotional farewell between brothers, as Robert, the Painter lay dying of AIDS. Rich, the Pitcher, his younger brother. This story, TALES of the LAST BARNSTORMER, takes you deep into his life and tells Rich's unique journey from Bayonne, NJ to Vietnam, and over 30 countries, all 50 states, and countless cities. Rich should not be alive. but you WILL be glad he is.... once you read his unique tales and see how he conquered his addiction and how God saved Rich Hoppe from himself.
Catching Confidence
Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496559215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
When Ana Flores spies a college team practicing, she's immediately drawn to the power and grace of softball. She knows she'll need practice and experience if she's going to play with her school team. Unfortunately, she's paired with Mali, the most demanding player on the team. Will Ana find the confidence to compete?
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496559215
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
When Ana Flores spies a college team practicing, she's immediately drawn to the power and grace of softball. She knows she'll need practice and experience if she's going to play with her school team. Unfortunately, she's paired with Mali, the most demanding player on the team. Will Ana find the confidence to compete?
Throw Like a Girl
Author: Jennie Finch
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1617495549
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women. Both scientific studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain inner confidence, and grow into society's leaders. Sports help preteen and teenage girls make the right choices in a society that is sending them incredibly mixed messages about who they are supposed to be. Yet no one is speaking directly to these girls. Jennie fills the role of girlfriend, big sister, team captain, and mentor. A smart, credible, and accomplished voice from an athlete who is strong and feminine, fiercely competitive, and fashionably cool, Jennie is someone young women will listen to and take to heart. Jennie's message: Believe in yourself. Go for it, girls.
Publisher: Triumph Books
ISBN: 1617495549
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women. Both scientific studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain inner confidence, and grow into society's leaders. Sports help preteen and teenage girls make the right choices in a society that is sending them incredibly mixed messages about who they are supposed to be. Yet no one is speaking directly to these girls. Jennie fills the role of girlfriend, big sister, team captain, and mentor. A smart, credible, and accomplished voice from an athlete who is strong and feminine, fiercely competitive, and fashionably cool, Jennie is someone young women will listen to and take to heart. Jennie's message: Believe in yourself. Go for it, girls.
Fastpitch
Author: Erica Westly
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501118617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“A League of Their Own for the softball set” (Lily Koppel, bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club), Fastpitch is hidden history at its most intriguing—the tale of the forgotten beginnings of one of the most popular and widely played sports today. Softball is played by tens of millions in various age groups all around the world, but the origins of this beloved sport (and the charismatic athletes who helped it achieve prominence in the mid-twentieth century) have been shrouded in mystery…until now. Fastpitch brings to vivid life the eclectic mix of characters that make up softball’s vibrant 129-year history. From its humble beginnings in 1887, when it was invented in a Chicago boat club and played with a broomstick, to the rise in the 1940s and 1950s of professional-caliber, company-sponsored teams that toured the country in style, softball’s history is as varied as it is fascinating. Though it’s thought of today as a female sport, fastpitch softball’s early history is full of male stars, such as the vaudeville-esque Eddie Feigner, whose signature move was striking out batters while blindfolded. But because softball was one of the only team sports that also allowed women to play competitively, it took on added importance for female athletes. Women like Bertha Ragan Tickey, who set strikeout records and taught Lana Turner to pitch, and her teammate Joan Joyce, who struck out baseball star Ted Williams, made a name—and a life—for themselves in an era when female athletes had almost no prospects. Softball allowed them to flourish, and they in turn inspired a whole new generation of athletes. Featuring eight pages of captivating, vintage photos and compelling, well-researched historical commentary, this “fun and entertaining read” (Billie Jean King) chronicles softball’s unique history as well as its uncertain future (as evidenced by its controversial elimination from the 2012 Olympics, and the mounting efforts to have it reinstated). A celebration of this distinctively American game and the role it plays in our culture today, Westly has written “a must-read for anyone who loves the sport” (Jonathan Fader, author of Life as Sport).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501118617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
“A League of Their Own for the softball set” (Lily Koppel, bestselling author of The Astronaut Wives Club), Fastpitch is hidden history at its most intriguing—the tale of the forgotten beginnings of one of the most popular and widely played sports today. Softball is played by tens of millions in various age groups all around the world, but the origins of this beloved sport (and the charismatic athletes who helped it achieve prominence in the mid-twentieth century) have been shrouded in mystery…until now. Fastpitch brings to vivid life the eclectic mix of characters that make up softball’s vibrant 129-year history. From its humble beginnings in 1887, when it was invented in a Chicago boat club and played with a broomstick, to the rise in the 1940s and 1950s of professional-caliber, company-sponsored teams that toured the country in style, softball’s history is as varied as it is fascinating. Though it’s thought of today as a female sport, fastpitch softball’s early history is full of male stars, such as the vaudeville-esque Eddie Feigner, whose signature move was striking out batters while blindfolded. But because softball was one of the only team sports that also allowed women to play competitively, it took on added importance for female athletes. Women like Bertha Ragan Tickey, who set strikeout records and taught Lana Turner to pitch, and her teammate Joan Joyce, who struck out baseball star Ted Williams, made a name—and a life—for themselves in an era when female athletes had almost no prospects. Softball allowed them to flourish, and they in turn inspired a whole new generation of athletes. Featuring eight pages of captivating, vintage photos and compelling, well-researched historical commentary, this “fun and entertaining read” (Billie Jean King) chronicles softball’s unique history as well as its uncertain future (as evidenced by its controversial elimination from the 2012 Olympics, and the mounting efforts to have it reinstated). A celebration of this distinctively American game and the role it plays in our culture today, Westly has written “a must-read for anyone who loves the sport” (Jonathan Fader, author of Life as Sport).