Let's Do It: A Fundamental Guide to Slow-Pitch Softball

Rating:
Summary: Good if it fits your specific need.
Review: This book is geared towards someone organizing and leading a team. The table of contents looks quite complete, but many of the subjects received only cursory treatment. For example, the section on batting is hardly worth the paper consumed. The real meat of the book is its illustrations for fielding drills. The fielding drills are very hardcore. For example, many of the drills state that the initial fielder should have their back to the batter. The fielder reacts to the sound of the ball hitting the bat and develops a (survival) instinct. After the ball is fielded, it is rapidly thrown to everyone in the infield following some prescribed pattern. These may be great for the super competitive team in an elite league. The players on a typical adult team are likely to mutiny if these drills are proposed. Players in the non-hardcore leagues still want to get better and win, but they won't take on hardcore training regimens. Since recreational leagues far out number the elite leagues, drills geared to the enthusiastic participation of the adult recreational player would be a useful addition to the book.

Rating:
Summary: Soup to nuts. This book has got it all!!
Review: This book took me from beginning end for organizing and putting together a competitive softball team.