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backboard backward ball coming ball hit ball is delivered ball is held bank shot base lines base on balls base runner basket ball batter body bounce bounds play bounds player bunt carroms catch catcher CHEST SHOT circle play close coach covered dash defense deliver the ball double play elbows feet feint fielder fingers outspread floor FLY BALL FREE THROW LINE front girls give goal guard HELEN FROST hit the ball inches indoor ball indoor baseball intercept jump left foot left forward opponent opposite side outfield overhand throw passing the ball pitched pitcher plate player runs practice quick receive ball receive the ball right foot right forward runner on third score second base second baseman SHOOT FOR BASKET shoulder side-centre signal plays speed step stride position swing taps ball team mate team play third base third baseman tion tip-off toss toss-up turn underhand vigorous games wrist
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Page xv - ... avoidable, by participation in exercises too violent and taxing. Exercises for girls and women should be intelligently selected and adapted to their peculiar conditions and needs. With proper regulations, however, group games and contests are exceedingly valuable for girls. Women, certainly as much as men, need to learn through practical experience the rules of fair play, generous treatment of rivals and opponents, merging of self in co-operative effort, concentration of power, and the bending...
Page 5 - A game shall be decided by the scoring of the greater number of points in the playing time.
Page 92 - With the arm motion, and as the body inclines forward, a left step is made in the direction of the throw. The right leg swings to the side as a result of the movement, the toe usually drags.
Page 95 - For the swing the bat is brought up behind the right shoulder, though not resting upon it. The left elbow is almost as high as the left shoulder — hands and arms well out from the body.
Page 91 - It is grasped with the index-finger and the second finger on top extended about an inch apart, the thumb supports the ball on the left, and upon the right side the third and fourth fingers are slightly flexed. By means of this "tripod" support direction can better be assured.
Page 12 - ... left foot, and, as the shoulders turn front, drive the ball. At the finish of the pass the arm is outstretched and the body-weight forward (Fig.
Page 89 - Although certain women's colleges have been playing baseball for years, and some under outdoor rules with a regulation ball, gloves, masks, etc., the game as a standard form of sport for girls is, as yet, only in its infancy.
Page xv - Hysteria does not occur often in those with welltrained muscles; nor in girls with feeling and action well balanced.
Page 104 - As the pitcher delivers the ball, the batter, instead of swinging, slides her right hand out to within a foot of the heavy end of the bat, retaining the same grasp.
Page 85 - The positions in the field are pitcher, catcher, first base, second base, third base, short-stop, left field, centre field, and right field.