Coaching Youth Softball

by American Sport Education Program

• ISBN13: 9780736037174
• ISBN10: 0736037179
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Human Kinetics

Summary

The spring 2001 release of >Coaching Youth Softball> launches a much-improved third generation of the American Sport Education Program's (ASEP) Coaching Youth Sports series. This widely respected and highly popular series has established itself as the best collection of sport-specific guides grounded in positive coaching principles.ASEP, the nation's number one coaching education program, developed >Coaching Youth Softball> to provide you with both an explanation of your role as a youth softball coach and concrete instructions on how to fulfill that role. You will find chapters on communicating with your athletes and their parents, teaching and developing softball skills, creating season plans and conducting practices, and coaching in game situations.The third edition of this book includes a special bonus-a chapter on the games approach to teaching softball skills and tactics. The games approach is an effective way for you to coach youth softball, and it makes learning more fun for your young athletes.

Table of Contents

A Message From the Amateur Softball Association	vii
Welcome to Coaching!	ix
Key to Diagrams	xi
Stepping Into Coaching	1	(8)
How to meet your responsibilities as a coach, how to coach when your child is on your team, and how to apply the five tools of an effective coach
Communicating As a Coach	9	(8)
How to send effective verbal and nonverbal messages to communicate better with players, parents, fans, umpires, and opposing coaches
Providing for Players' Safety	17	(16)
How to provide for safety and respond to players' injuries when they do occur
The Games Approach to Coaching Softball	33	(6)
How to use the most effective method for teaching tactics and skills
Teaching and Shaping Skills	39	(14)
Learn the four steps of teaching skills effectively and how to shape skills, correct errors, and deal with misbehavior
Game-Day Coaching	53	(12)
How to prepare for the game, coach during the game, and keep winning and losing in perspective
Rules and Equipment	65	(16)
Understand rules, player equipment, game procedures, positions, and umpiring signals
Tactics and Skills	81	(78)
Know the offensive and defensive tactics and skills to teach to your players
Season Plans	159	(6)
Organize your practices throughout the season, with sample plans for players 8 to 9, 10 to 11, and 12 to 14
Appendix A Injury Report	165	(2)
Appendix B Emergency Information Card	167	(2)
Appendix C Emergency Response Card	169