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Hutchins guides Michigan to first NCAA softball title
Carol Hutchins, who has racked up the most victories in University of Michigan athletics history, can add one more record-breaking distinction to her growing list of credentials--coaching the University of Michigan to its first NCAA softball title. The Softball Coaching Bible contributor unseated the top program in college softball, UCLA, with a 4-1 win that clinched the Women's College World Series.
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Preparing for Competition
from Daniels' Running Formula, Second Edition by Jack Daniels
Anaerobic sports require athletes to sustain high levels of energy output, with heart rate levels staying between 90 and 100 percent for periods of 30 seconds to three minutes, and to recover in a period ranging from approximately 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Recovery may be predetermined by the sport, such as with wrestling or boxing, or it may be unpredictable and based on the flow of the game, such as with football, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, tennis, and hockey.
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Setting & Reaching Goals
from Golf: Steps to Success by Paul Schempp and Peter Mattsson
Successful performers in any endeavor share one common approach to getting better: They set and achieve realistic, meaningful goals. Simply swinging a golf club or banging balls time and again does not guarantee improvement in performance. Merely repeating a performance is not practice. To perfect a skill, you must practice with a purpose, or a goal.
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Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials DVD
by Human Kinetics
No matter what position you find yourself in, Dan Gable's Wrestling Essentials DVD gives you the best shot of walking off the mat a winner. In this DVD, legendary coach and wrestler Dan Gable uses live action footage to present his expert instruction, tips, and insights, along with highly skilled demonstrations by world-class wrestlers to show the techniques used most successfully in matches.
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Athletic Body in Balance DVD
by Gray Cook
Adding absolute strength and power often creates muscle imbalances and mobility limitations that cause injuries and limit skill training. The Athletic Body in Balance DVD is the first of its kind to show how to identify and correct muscle imbalances, mobility restrictions, and stability problems.
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High-Powered Plyometrics DVD
by Human Kinetics
The High-Powered Plyometrics DVD is designed for well-conditioned athletes who are looking to take their athletic power to the highest level! Developed and narrated by Jim Radcliffe, one of the top authorities in plyometric exercises, this DVD is loaded with progressively complex intermediate and advanced plyometric exercises that will help athletes improve strength, power, and speed.
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Coaching Football Successfully
by Allan Trimble
Coaching Football Successfully covers it all: sideline communication, teaching fundamentals, practice drills, scouting and game planning, and postgame analysis and adjustments. Loaded with detailed diagrams of plays and advice for handling off-the-field challenges, this meaty coaching manual offers a proven game plan to building a championship-caliber football team.
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