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USA Softball Instructional DVD Series

DVD Running Time: 35 minutes

Learn All Phases of the 5 Major Movement Pitches
Grip 'n Sping - Stride - Body Angle - Follow Through

The Drop
The Rise
The Curve
The Screwball
The Change-Up...2 types
Great close-ups & slow motion video analysis

Price: $34.95
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Michele Smith teaches the major movement pitches in fastpitch softball. She breaks down the rise, drop, curve, screwball and change-up. Michele talks about the importance of building solid mechanics in each pitch and demonstrates pitches from both left and right-handed angles with the aid of high-tech computer programs.

Coach JP's take:
In Advanced Pitching you will learn the 5 major movement pitches in fastpitch softball from Michele Smith, perhaps the greatest pitcher in Olympic history! If you have read my comments on this gifted athlete and teacher in the Beginning Pitching page, you know that: 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!

Michele uses great close-ups of varied grips plus slow motion of all major movements and pitches. Another great feature she uses is the recap and review of each pitch after she demonstrates it. This really helps commit it to memory from the first viewing!

ABOUT THE COACH
Michele Smith is one of the greatest pitchers in fastpitch softball history. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Team USA (1996 & 2000). In the 2000 Olympics she threw a 14 inning 2-hitter against China en route to compiling a 0.00 ERA with 37 K's in 27.2 innings pitched. She was 2-0 with 23 K's in 14 innings pitched at the '96 Games in Atlanta.
Michele has dominated the Japan Pro League since 1993, when she became the first foreign player to be pictured on the cover of Japan Softball Magazine. She has led her team - Toyota Shokki - to six Japan League Championships while being named League MVP six times, most recently in 2004. She was named the Japan League's Best Pitcher for five straight seasons with ERA's of 0.08 (1999), 0.00 (2000), 0.26 (2001), 0.07 (2002), and 0.22 (2003).
Michele's path to pitching stardom wasn't easy. In 1986 an automobile accident chopped off part of her elbow bone and tore the triceps from her left arm. Despite suffering what appeared to be a career ending injury, after 9 months of intense rehab Michele returned to pitch for Oklahoma State University, where she became a two-time NCAA All-American and still holds the school's record for wins (82).