softball

Describes the history and current teams, leagues, and championships of softball and provides instruction on how to play the game.

A softball training guide that presents illustrated instructions for offense, defense, and pitching skills progressing from basic to intermediate--including fast-pitch softball techniques--and also provides troubleshooting tips and evaluation checklists.

Text and illustrations explain the rules of softball in such categories as base running, appeal plays, umpires, etc.

Two teams of sixth-grade girls from small farming towns in Oregon meet on the baseball field in 1949 for a long-awaited game, but the presence of a Japanese American girl on the Bear Creek Ridge Mountaineers provokes the anger of the center-fielder on the rival team whose father was killed at Pearl Harbor.

Explains the basic rules of softball and provides information on players' positions and officials' signals.

Andy and Glory, two fifteen-year-olds from Ocean Beach, California, pursue their respective dreams of becoming a famous musician and a professional softball player.

Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.

Introduces the history, equipment, skills, and strategies of softball.