Posts Tagged ‘Beginning’

Beginning Softball Pitching Mechanics

  • YOU can teach the beginner to pitch! Drills included!
  • Learn the SAFE and CORRECT pitching motion!
  • Build smooth and natural pitching mechanics.
  • Start the beginner off with proper fundamentals.
  • Minimize soreness and chance of injury!

Product Description
Presented by Tom Royder, a former Division 1 university (Missouri, Oregon, New Mexico, Northwestern State), junior college and high school pitching coach, also a retired men’s fastpitch pitcher and now a private pitching instructor. This DVD teaches any parent and coach, no matter how experienced, how to start a beginning pitcher to learn to pitch correctly (that means safe and effective mechanics in the pitching motion). Also an effective video to help correct any mechanical problems with young pitchers. Drills included. 32 minutes. 2009. Visit FPA’s webpage www.fastpitchprep.com to read professional and parent testimonials…. More >>

Beginning Softball Pitching Mechanics

Beginning Racquetball: Skills and Drills

Beginning Racquetball: Skills and Drills

About the Actor
Jim Winterton has more than 30 years of experience coaching athletes from the beginner to the elite levels, and is recognized as one of the best racquetball coaches in the world. He is director of the High Performance Racquetball Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and has coached the U.S. national team for 12 years. He has been named Racquetball Coach of the Year by the United States Olympic Committee three times (1995, 1999, and 2003) and was a Racquetball Hall Of Fame inductee in 1999.

Hall of fame coach Jim Winterton covers all of the aspects necessary to become a successful racquetball player. As he trains beginning and intermediate students, Winterton also helps coaches and teachers by explaining instructional techniques. The topics covered in this DVD are: serves, forehand and backhand, simplified shot selection, general strategies, and conditioning. Coach Winterton demonstrates a progressive system of learning, starting with positioning and le (more…)

Beginning Badminton

Beginning Badminton

About the Actor
Kevin Han started playing badminton as a young child in China. As a teenager, he was one of the top ranked players in China. At the age of 17, Kevin moved to the United States and soon started ascending the national rankings. Kevin Han is now widely regarded as the greatest badminton player in United States history. Among his accomplishments are: 3-time U.S. Olympian, 2-time Pan American Games Gold Medalist, 13-time U.S. National Champion and 9-time United States Olympic Committee Badminton Athlete of the Year.

This comprehensive program teaches essential badminton skills and drills for beginning level players. The DVD features 13-time United States National Champion Kevin Han, who provides students with a wealth of important tips to establish a solid foundation and significantly improve their skills. Among the topics covered are: gripping the racquet, ready position, serve, backhand serve, overhead clear, drop shot, smash, forehand drive, backhand dr (more…)

Beginning Tennis

Beginning Tennis

Coach Dick Gould provides a comprehensive introduction to the sport for a lifetime. It doesn’t matter if you have little or no experience, this DVD can show you how to play the game. More experienced players will discover how to take their skills to the next level. Among the topics covered in this program are: racquet control drills, forehand and backhand, practice drills, serving, net play, how to play doubles and how to keep score. This DVD is highly recommended for beginning and intermediate level players. 83 minutes. 2006. About the Coach: Few coaches in the history of any sport have been able to reach the level of success that Dick Gould has achieved at Stanford. After coaching for 38 years and winning 17 national titles, Coach Gould retired at the end of the 2003-04 season and assumed the position of Director of Tennis. Coach Gould was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Coach of the Decade in the 1980’s and again in the 1990’s.

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Writing Aerobics: Writing Excercises forthe Beginning Novelist (Kindle Edition)

Writing Aerobics: Writing Excercises forthe Beginning Novelist

Whether you are a novel neophyte or a veteran wordsmith, this low-impact, fat-burning introduction to the craft of writing is a must for your bookshelf. Unlike other writing books that offer passive instructions on how to write, Writing Aerobics I is interactive. After each introduction to an element of fiction writing, readers complete a series of entertaining and informative exercises, specially designed to build literary “muscle” and improve writing skills. Topics include characters and plot, setting and voice, as well as point of view, structure, scenes, and much more. Full of colorful examples and invaluable tips, Writing Aerobics I is sure to help you craft more marketable fiction – with less sweat.

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