The Softball Swing

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Term Paper Title	The Softball Swing
# of Words	3971
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	15.88

The Softball Swing

Chapter One: Introduction
     Over the past fifteen to twenty years women's fastpitch softball popularity has continued to grow and spread internationally.  By the mid-1990s it was played in more than 85 countries under the eye of the International Softball Federation (ISF).  It has become increasingly popular among women at the youth and collegiate levels.  More than 630 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions sponsor women's softball programs, and national championships for women are held in all three NCAA sports divisions (Encarta, 1998).  In 1991 women's fastpitch softball was selected to debut as a medal sport in the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Columbia, Georgia.   The U.S. won the gold medal in the 1996 Olympic Games due to a good defense and great hitters on the team.  Even though defense and pitching are critical and vital parts of the game, a successful team must have an effective offense to win the game.   Among all the standout hitters on the U.S. Olympic team, two of the best are Dot Richardson and Lisa Fernadez.  Both Lisa and Dot have picture-perfect swings, which have made them very productive throughout their careers.  Today there is a women's professional fastpitch softball league.  Interest in the Women's Professional Softball League (WPSL) has been increasing for the last three years and continues to grow each year.
     The researcher has chosen to write this paper on hitting because she has played softball for twelve years and the perfect softball swing has always eluded her.  The softball swing is one of the most difficult softball skills to achieve greatness in.  There are a number of great hitters all with different batting stances and styles, each one comfortable to them.  There are many different tactics and coaching ideas out there to help improve hitting.  In fact, there are several videos now on the market to help the softball player perform better.  Coaches often teach hitting drills to improve batting techniques and ability.  Confidence is an important factor in hitting.  If the player lacks confidence then she will not be a good hitter.  Softball is not only a physical game but a mental game.
     The purpose of this paper is to describe the softball swing anatomically, mechanically, and analytically.  By analyzing each move one makes when hitting, one will be able to analyze the errors made when hitting as a hitter and as a coach.  The three phases that will be analyzed are the pr...

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