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Fundamental Defensive Drills by Sue Enquist

Softball Defense Drills

This DVD Covers

Proper fielding positions & handling the ball
Fielding ground balls & in-betweeners
Throwing to a target
Small ball and small glove training

DVD Running Time: 42 Minutes

Only $39.95

Stock # D38

Fundamental Defensive Drills is a series of proven drills that focuses on developing the basic fundamentals involved in being a good fielder. The DVD covers such key aspects as getting into the proper fielding position, handling the ball cleanly, throwing strikes to the target, fielding in-betweeners, training with a small ball and small glove, pre-practice fundamentals, ground-ball series for outfielders, and throwing progressions.

About Coach Sue Enqust and Coach Dee Dee Weiman

Sue Enquist has been a player, coach, and head coach with the UCLA Bruins for 28 years. A former All-American center fielder who led UCLA to its first softball national championship in 1978, Enquist guided UCLA to its record 10th championship in 2003.

Enquist has been the head coach at UCLA since 1997, and served as co-head coach from 1989-96 with her mentor Sharron Backus, whom she was as an assistant under from 1980-88. The Bruins have an amazing record of 623-94 in Enquist's 13 seasons as head coach or co-head coach, and she has compiled over 1,150 wins in her Bruin softball career as a player and coach.

Enquist hit .401 in her collegiate playing career from 1975-78, a record which stood at UCLA for 24 years. Enquist became the first softball player to be inducted into the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame and her No. 6 jersey was retired in 2000, becoming just the third number in Bruin softball history to be retired, joining Lisa Fernandez and Dot Richardson.

Enquist earned her degree in kinesiology from UCLA in 1980.