Featured Author, Kathy J. Veroni
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Kathy
Veroni is one of the most successful coaches in NCAA softball history,
with more than 875 wins to her credit at Western Illinois University.
Including her time as head coach of a women's premier fastpitch team,
she won more than 1,250 games in her fastpitch coaching career. In 34
seasons at WIU, Veroni built a balanced program that enjoyed academic
and athletic success while providing players with an excellent
experience as collegiate athletes. She served as president of the
National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and has been inducted
into the NFCA Hall of Fame, the Illinois State University Athletic Hall
of Fame, the Western Illinois University Athletic Hall of Fame, and the
Illinois Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame. Veroni has been a
speaker at coaching clinics throughout the country and runs numerous
camps and clinics for coaches and youth. |
| In addition to Off The Bench, Coach Veroni has
also authored Coaching Fastpitch Softball Successfully, a 248-page manual that uses her extensive coaching
knowledge to show the coach how to build a winning softball program, motivate and teach players, and plan for each
season. The manual contains proven offensive and defensive strategies, including 116 drills for developing players'
hitting, fielding, pitching and baserunning skills. |
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