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Softball Fundamentals
Rick Noren
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.
Box 5076, Champaign, IL 61820-5076
www.HumanKinetics.com
0736055843 $14.95 1-800-747-4457
Softball Fundamentals: A Better Way To Learn The Basics truly lives up
to its title as softball expert Rick Noren takes the reader all facets
of this popular team sport. The twelve "reader friendly" chapters
comprising Softball Fundamentals include: Throwing; Catching; Fielding
Fly Balls; Fielding Ground Balls; Playing Catcher; Pitching; Hitting;
Bunting and Slap Hitting; Baserunning; Sliding; Offensive Tactics; and
Defensive Tactics. Enhanced with more than 48 gameline drills
specifically designed to speed up skill learning and improve
performance, Softball Fundamentals should be on the instructional
reference shelves of every school and community library Sports
collection -- and read by novice softball players of all ages and both
genders .
High, Wide, And Handsome
Roy Webb, editor
Utah State University Press
78 Old Marin Hill, Logan UT 84322-7800
0874216036 $21.95 1-800-239-9974
High, Wide, And Handsome: The River Journals Of Norman D. Nevills
presents the personal journal writings of whitewater thrill-seeker
Norman D. Nevills, who discovered the joy of whitewater journeying on
his honeymoon, designed a craft for more serious journeys, and explored
wild rivers especially in the late 1930's and 1940's, never flipping a
boat nor losing a passenger until the tragic 1949 plane crash that
claimed him and his beloved wife. Editor Roy Webb presents Nevills not
through the eyes of those who praised or smeared him for his passion,
but through Nevills' own writings, which give a candid day-by-day
account of the thrills, challenges, and exhilaration of whitewater
rafting. Black-and-white photographs and extensive notes help fill in
the reader on details not elaborated in the journal, in this exciting
collection especially recommended for armchair travelers and whitewater
sports enthusiasts interested in the personal perspective of a pioneer.
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