Fundamentals of Pitching DVD from ASA Softball
Featuring Cat Osterman of the 2008 Olympic Softball Team
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- Running Time: 41 Minutes
- Great for all ages
- Learn Fundamentals of Pitching Motion
- Learn Breaking Balls
- Develop Your Pitching Motion
Stock# D111
Save While Supplies Last on our remaining stock of the 2007 ASA Softball Series including Advanced Pitching and Beginning Pitching
Coach JP's take:
In Beginning Pitching you will learn the correct fundamentals of the fastpitch motion from Michele Smith, perhaps the greatest pitcher in Olympic history! She has been a 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist for TEAM USA in 1996 and in 2000 where she had a 0.00 ERA in almost 30 innings pitched. She is also a 10-time ASA All American!
She combines great mechanics with a casual style of teaching that easily drives points home. She can flat out coach! The production uses good visual aids without breaking your focus. My favorite is the high tech ability used to “flip her throwing motion” from LH to RH…a great aid for all coaches and players. Just watch and learn!
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Congratulate head coach Mike Candrea and his University of Arizona Wildcats, winners of the 2007 Women’s College World Series!
How good is this coach?
Though eliminated by U of Alabama in the 8th game of the College World Series… they still compiled a 41-19 record…not too shabby!
Note: With the loss to Alabama, Arizona failed to reach the Championship game for the first time while defending one of their eight national championships.
About Coach Mike Candrea
A lot of coaches know the game. Coach Candrea has the uncanny ability to teach and translate so that you really understand it. Utilizing a straight-forward and conversational style, he displays an even temperament that gives the viewer, whether a coach or player, the feeling that they can really "get it"!
The viewer clearly sees what to do and what not to do...AND WHY!
Mike Candrea led Team USA to the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens by outscoring opponents by a combined score of 51-1. With his Olympic duties completed, Candrea returned to the University of Arizona, where he has compiled a 1316-297-2 (.815) record (.835 winning percentage) over 24 years. He is one of just five Division I softball coaches to win 1,000 games and his Arizona Wildcats have won seven NCAA Championships, including the 2006 & 2007 title. His 2008 team was eliminated in game 8 of the College World Series.
Coach Candrea took a partial nine-month leave of absence to serve the U.S. Women's National Team in the same position in preparation for the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.
For all of his success, Candrea has been named Pac-10 Coach or co-Coach of the Year nine times. He has won three National Coach of the Year awards and was elected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1996.