High-Scoring Softball

Ralph Weekly, Jr., Karen Weekly

• Publisher: Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9781450401395
• eBook ISBN: 9781492582533
• Edition: 1

Plain and simple, championship teams score runs. Their offenses are consistent, aggressive, opportunistic, and disciplined. They may manufacture runs or rely on the long ball, but they score early and often. And they win.

High-Scoring Softball is the definitive guide for offensive play. The game’s most successful coaching duo, Ralph and Karen Weekly, share the approach that has shaped some of the game’s top scoring offenses and generated more than 1,700 career victories.

Inside you’ll find detailed instruction, advice, and coaching tips on mastering offensive fundamentals, such as baserunning, bunting, slap hitting, and hitting for power and average. You’ll learn how to evaluate your team’s talents, tendencies, and strengths and create a potent, offensive attack. And a detailed analysis of common game situations provides you with strategies and advice for capitalizing on every opportunity.

Defense may win games, but only if you score. With High-Scoring Softball you will score and you will win. It will change the way you play the game.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Drill Finder
• Acknowledgments
• Key to Diagrams
• Introduction: Offensive Evolution
• Chapter 1: Bunting
• Chapter 2: Slap Hitting
• Chapter 3: Baserunning
• Chapter 4: Hitting for Average
• Chapter 5: Hitting for Power
• Chapter 6: Bat Speed
• Chapter 7: Offensive Strategies
• Chapter 8: Playing Within Your Team
• Chapter 9: Communication
• Chapter 10: The Mental Game
• Appendix A: Offensive Circuit Training
• Appendix B: Poor Man’s Circuit
• Appendix C: 150 Swings for Success
• About the Authors