| 01:42:07 4 |
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PLAY GAME OF SOFTBALL,
BATTER HITS, RUNS BASES. HOME RUN |
| 01:42:21 18 |
GIRL HITS THE BALL, RUNS THE BASES.
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| 01:42:29 26 |
GIRL OUTFIELDER CATCHES THE SOFTBALL WITH HER HANDS
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| 01:42:33 30 |
PITCHER THROWS UNDERHAND PITCH
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| 01:42:45 42 |
BATTING TECHNIQUES ARE SHOWN. BATTER SHOULD BE
RELAXED. POSITION OF THE FEET FACING HOME PLATE FEET APART EVENLY SHORT STEP FORWARD STEP INTO THE BALL |
| 01:43:24 81 |
HOW THE BAT IS HELD THE HANDS SHOULD BE TOGETHER
LOWER HAND 2 OR 3 INCHES FROM THE END OF THE BAT NEVER HOLD THE BAT CROSS HANDED |
| 01:43:48 105 |
SHOWS A BEGINNING BATTER HOLDING THE BAT IN THE
WRONG POSITION |
| 01:43:59 116 |
SHOWS HER IN CORRECT POSITION AT BAT
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| 01:44:19 136 |
SHOWS ANOTHER BEGINNING BATTER. FEET TOGETHER BAT
HELD IN FRONT OF HER |
| 01:44:34 151 |
SHOWS HER IN THE RIGHT POSITION. BEFORE AND
AFTER ILLUSTRATIONS |
| 01:45:03 180 |
POV BEHIND BATTER, SOFTBALL
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| 01:45:10 187 |
GIRLS TAP THE BALL BACK, LEARNING TO MEET THE
BALL |
| 01:45:36 213 |
POV BEHIND GIRL HITS THE BALL, SQUARE HIT
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| 01:45:52 229 |
SHOWS THE RIGHT TECHNIQUE FOR RUNNING THE
BASES. FEET TREAD STRAIGHT AHEAD, ARMS WORK SMOOTHLY UP & DOWN TO THE BEAT. |
| 01:46:06 243 |
GIRLS PLAYING SOFTBALL, 1958. GIRL HITS BALL, RUNS
TO FIRST BASE. FIRST BASEMAN CATCHES BALL WAY TOO LATE TO GET HER OUT |
| 01:46:13 250 |
GIRL HITS FOUL BALL, FINDS OUT AFTER SHE RUNS TO
FIRST BASE. DON'T LOOK, RUN! |
| 01:46:19 256 |
LEFT HANDED BATTER HITS SOFTBALL, RUNS TO FIRST
BASE |
| 01:46:30 267 |
IDENTIFYING BATTER WHO BE OUT: HANDS DOWN SLOWS
SLOWS ALMOST TO A STOP BEFORE THE BASE |
| 01:46:40 277 |
RUN BACK TO FIRST BASE QUICKLY, "NO LEAD OFF" SO
KEEP CONTACT WITH THE BASE UNTIL THE BALL LEAVES THE PITCHER'S HAND |
| 01:46:53 290 |
BATTER HITS THE BALL, RUNS TO FIRST, SECOND, THIRD
BASE |
| 01:47:12 309 |
SHOWS THE PROPER WAY TO CATCH A SOFTBALL. START
WITH A LARGE BALL. GIRLS STAND IN BIG CIRCLE, THROW BASKETBALL. GROUP EXERCISE. THEN SWITCH TO A SMALLER BALL. |
| 01:47:51 348 |
DELAYED CATCH EXERCISE. KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE
BALL. KEEP HANDS DOWN UNTIL THE BALL ALMOST STRIKES THEM |
| 01:48:13 370 |
INDIVIDUAL EXERCISE. THROW THE BALL IN THE AIR
PLACE HANDS ON THE HIPS UNTIL THE BALL IS ALMOST DOWN TO YOU |
| 01:48:33 390 |
POSITION OF THE HANDS IN CATCHING. FINGERS POINTED
DOWN IF BALL COMES TO YOU BELOW THE WAISTLINE OR UP IF BALL COMES TO YOU ABOVE THE WAISTLINE |
| 01:49:14 431 |
SHOWS CORRECT THROWING TECHNIQUES. RIGHT HANDED,
STEP FORWARD WITH THE LEFT FOOT AS YOU THROW. LEFT HANDED, STEP FORWARD WITH THE RIGHT FOOT |
| 01:50:16 493 |
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS PRACTICE INFIELD TECHNIQUES
FIELDERS THROW SOFTBALL AROUND BASES. CATCH THE BALL & THROW IT QUICKLY & ACCURATELY |
| 01:51:24 561 |
SHOW THE PROPER PITCHING TECHNIQUES. UNDERHAND
PITCHING. START WITH A SMALL LIGHT BALL, THEN USE SOFTBALL. START TO PITCH WITH BOTH FEET ON THE PITCHING MOUND. DO NOT WALK THROUGH THE PITCHER'S BOX. START ON THE MOUND, ONE STEP OFF THE MOUND. |
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FILM ENDS
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Year: 1958
Color: Black & White
Genre: BASEBALL
Specialty CollectionGenre: BASEBALL
Description: SOFTBALL, SPORTS. ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE BASIC SKILLS OF SOFTBALL: THROWING, THE UNDERHAND PITCH, CATCHING, AND BATTING. DEMONSTRATES THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE GAME AND SAFETY MEASURES.
