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Whether you’re playing for or supporting someone on a horrible team, it’s tough. Winning is easy but losing is a whole different story.
Learn what you can do to make the most out of a bad situation.
Winning cures a lot of...
If you’ve been around pitchers for more than 5 seconds you know how obsessed they are with speed. It seems like enough is never enough when it comes to a pitcher and her speed.
Check out some great advice you can...
Dealing with failure is always hard, especially when you start to doubt your own chance for success. Well, sometimes it helps to know you’re not alone, and that others have struggled and failed and still made it big - really...
The fielding yips can happen to anyone, no matter their skill level, and when they do players suddenly find they can’t field easy groundballs.
The next time it happens to one of your players, make sure you know how to help...
Have you ever struggled with whether your pitchers should throw batting practice or not, and if not, why not?
If so, here's some information that will be valuable to you and to your pitchers and hitters!
Lots of coaches I talk to...
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Whether you are going to school in-person, virtually, or a combination of both, this school year is sure to be unlike any other.
And while your school situation may be different and take some getting used to, don’t just...
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between front toss and side toss?
If so, you’ve come to the right place for the answer!
To tell you the truth, front toss is really just a better version of soft toss. In...
Many of you may have had a shortened summer season, but now may be able to play a fall season. If so, that means it’s probably time for player tryouts.
Holding a great team tryout is critical to having a great...
In normal times, this would be the time of year when your pitchers start to get tired or sore, or both.
This surely isn’t a normal year, but even so, what matters is that your pitchers know how to tell the...
Motivation is tricky. We all know it's important for success and yet we probably all define it differently.
Do you know what a motivated player looks like? You might be surprised when you read 10 tips for keeping your players motivated.
So...
There are certain things we take as gospel in sports because that’s how they have always been done, and when it comes to our approach to hitting in softball, we are no exception.
At the recent Hitting Summit, we took on...
There are certain things we take as hard gospel about pitching, and we think of them as truths since they have been handed down over the years.
At the recent Pitching Summit, we took on some common myths about pitching, and...