Fundamental Softball

Children's Literature - Bruce Adelson

Designed for kids who want to learn how to play softball, this helpful book provides clear, easy-to-follow instructions for interested children and parents. Unlike many how-to-play sports books for children, this one is written in a style kids can understand. There is basic information about the history of the sport, including the fact that softball can be traced back to 1887. At one time, the game was referred to as mush ball and sissy ball, a backhanded acknowledgment that women could play a sport once thought to be a males-only pastime. Photographs and diagrams provide the reader with step by step instruction in pre-game warm-ups and the sport's mechanics. Useful information and reader friendly pictures provide direction in various facets of softball, including, how to catch, throw, run, slide, bunt and bat. Girls interested in playing the game will likely take comfort in the decision to use pictures of soft balling women as exemplars throughout the book. This book is part of the Fundamental Sports Series.