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Featuring USA Softball Two- time Olympic head coach • Fundamentals of Pitching Mike Candrea, Two-Time • Fundamentals of Catching Olympian Cat Osterman and • Fundamentals of Hitting 2008 Olympians Andrea Duran • Slapping and the Short Game and Caitlin Lowe, and former National Team member Amy • Hitting Drills Hillenbrand. • Defensive Drills
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