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National Tournaments are around the
corner so here are 3 tips to help your team play its best.
It’s a little late to start teaching, but not too late for these 3
tips.
Playing in a national tournament is
exciting, and pressure-packed. By the time...
Working camps all summer, I’ve
heard eager future student-athletes ask the same question – it’s just the wrong
one.
Learn the question you should be asking coaches.
During all types of different
summer camps, players are always coming up and asking the same question over
and...
Here’s my quick list of the things that week in and week out, I see
pitchers struggle with.
Struggling is important to a pitcher’s growth & development - not something to avoid.
Pitching is a really tough skill to learn, and one
that doesn’t...
As a catcher, you’re working on blocking and
throwing and framing and all the fundamentals, but do you know the 8 ways you
can make your pitcher better without ever throwing more runners out!
Pitchers get all the attention, but every good pitcher...
We all love our phones, but you might be surprised how they impact your
players.
Discover the positive and
negative impact of our phones.
Phones are miniature computers that most of us can’t live without. They
really are amazing when you consider that the average...
Pitching can be a confusing skill for pitchers and for coaches, so let’s
simplify it all.
Instead of thinking about a
million different mechanics, learn 4 qualities that every pitcher needs.
I saw a stat from this year’s WCWS that was shocking - 52%...
The Pitching and Hitting Summits, held every August in Tampa, are for
College Coaches, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get all of the incredible information
shared by the top coaches in the country.
Here’s how you can get the
coaching knowledge, skills, drills...
Everybody dreams of making it make to Oklahoma City and the Women’s
College World Series. You might be surprised how “little” it takes.
Learn how little
improvements allowed the final 8 teams to make the WCWS.
While we’ve boiled the entire college softball...
You see them on TV coaching
the BEST college teams in the nation. Here’s your chance to sit at the table
and learn from these innovative, creative and superstar coaches at the Pitching
and Hitting Summits!
College coaches – don’t miss out on the...
It’s the postseason and time to check out my guide to helping your players watch the Road to OKC!
Let me help you help your players watch postseason softball – and get better in the process.
Getting caught up in the excitement...
Miss too much on an inside or outside target and it can spell disaster.
Learn a great way to practice these locations.
Here’s a simple and yet
powerful way for pitchers to practice their inside and outside pitches.
Anytime you can make your words...
Happy Birthday to the Softball Excellence Insider Newsletter – this is
our 300th Issue!
Writing 300 issues has
taught me a lot. Discover what it can teach you.
300 of anything is a lot. When you’re talking 300 issues of our Softball
Excellence Insider newsletter,...