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All- My Top Takeaways from the Pitching Summit
- My Top Takeaways from the Hitting Summit
- Bang the Bucket – Throwing Drill
Do you feel like your team practices throwing all the time only to lose games because they can’t throw? Discover how this Bang the Bucket Drill will …
- Put Your Oxygen Mask on First
- How to Avoid Making the 4 Biggest Pitch Calling Mistakes
Eliminate their Not-Thoughts With many of you playing in National Tournaments this week or next, the pressure on your players to perform really builds. How they talk to themselves can …
- Your Hitters Only Have One Brain
The idea of having more than 1 brain is ridiculous, but in fact, it’s what many of us ask our hitters to have on every swing and …
- How to Get More Tag Outs
Tagging runners out might seem like it has everything to do with the throw. But, you might be surprised to learn there’s a secret in how you …
- Are You Recruiting Players that Fit Through Your Funnel?
You’re in the busiest recruiting time of the year, out looking for kids that will be the future of your program. But are you making sure they’ll …
- Strengthen Your Middle Infield & Strengthen Your Team
Except for your pitcher and catcher, your middle infield has the most influential impact on the outcome of your games. Could yours stand to get better? If …
- 6 Lessons to Turn Your Underclass into Leaders
- A Thank You Letter to All Senior Softball Players!!
- How to Score Runs When Your Team Can’t Hit
While we’d all love to have a lineup full of clutch, power-hitters, that isn’t always the case. Hitting can go on vacation, and when it does, you’ve …
- 5 Ways an Animal Trainer Can Make You a Better Coach
- 1-2-3-4 Scrimmage
This modified …
- How the Knock-Off Drill Improves Pitching Control & Focus
Watching your pitcher lose her control or focus is one of the most painful things that can happen as a coach. Help her practice both with this …
- Why Your Pitchers Should be Using Up-Backs
Do your pitchers look terrific when they’re up-close warming up, only to struggle once they move back to the rubber? If so, then Up-Backs are just what …
- If You’re Not Using a Game Goals Board – You Should Be
Everybody wants to win softball games, and yet “winning the game” can often seem too big and vague. So, discover a simple way to engage your team …
- 3 Reasons to Post Your Lineup After Each Practice
It’s game-time and you’re reading out today’s starting lineup…you dread it & your players hate it. Discover a better way that will improve your practices AND eliminate …
- Create Competitiveness by Counting Points in Practice
Do you struggle making practice more game-like? Could your players get more competitive in practice? If so, then check out a great way to count points that …
- 3 Coaching Lessons from the Chinese Bamboo Tree
Put Your Oxygen Mask on First! - How a Trashcan Will Improve Your Defense
Discover how the lowly trashcan will improve your defense, by helping to create throwing lanes.
From doubleplays to bunts, fielders have to make plays by throwing around runners. …
- Bunt Coverage – Are You Sure Who Goes Where?
- A Great Indoor & Outdoor Hitting Drill
Whether you’re practicing indoors or outdoors, here’s a great hitting drill that will help your players hit the ball up the middle!
The setup for this drill is …
- 4 Take-Aways from My Clinic with the Game’s Best
- How to Get 68 Great Drills
- 3 Tips for Tackling 2017
- 4 Ways to Make Sure Your Arm is Ready for Game Time!
The holiday season is the perfect …
- A Simple Way to Improve Your Pitcher’s Effort
- Advice for Handling Rumors
Players love to talk and unfortunately many will talk about …
- How the Grab Bag Challenge Can Help Improve Your Pitchers
Pitchers are human and are just like everyone else – practice is more interesting if it can also be a little fun. Discover a way to challenge …
- Confidence Cleats
Getting players to believe in themselves can be tough, especially during a game. That’s why confidence cleats can really help.
It’s super challenging for players to keep that …
- How a Bucket Will Improve Your Riseball
Throwing a good riseball means the pitcher has to have a firm front leg. Knowing that is one thing, getting your pitcher to be able to do …
- 3 Ways Your Infielders Can Play Like the Pros
If you watched the recent World Series, then you saw some of the best infielders in the world. Check out the 3 things ALL great infielders do …
- Are All Those Reps Really Making You Better?
Everybody knows to get good at anything, you’ve got to do it over and over again. Building muscle memory, right? But what if our muscles don’t actually …
- A Change of Angle Curveball Drill
Do you have a pitcher struggling with her curveball? If you’ve tried everything, then this simple change of angle drill just might do the trick.
Your pitcher works …
- A Sure-Fire Drill to Get Better Fielding Pitchers
You’ve hit your pitcher groundball after groundball, and she still remains the weak-link in your defense. If that sounds too familiar, then here’s the drill you’ve been …
- A Simple 2-Step Approach to Improving Focus
5 Tips for Helping Your Player Get Back to School Better 
- Why Your Practices Might Not Be Helping Your Players
Have you ever watched your team practice great only to have them flounder around during the next game like they’ve never played softball before? There’s most likely …
- Are Your Practices Like a Bad Cell Area – One Big “Dead Zone”
- A Throwback Game to Increase Your Players Competitiveness
Want 500 ways to make your team more competitive? While that might sound like an exaggeration, this throwback game called 500 will transform even the timid.
Getting your …
- Are You an Arrow or the Sun
Do you struggle with getting your players to understand what you’re saying? If so then you might need to switch from being an Arrow to being a …
- Could You Coach in the WCWS?
- 4 Reasons Your Pitcher Does Good in Practice but NOT In Games
- 7 Keys to Winning the Super Regionals & WCWS
This is an awesome time of the year with softball games on TV, tough matchups and possibly, your favorite team still hanging in there. Make sure you’re …
- Should Your Bunters Tilt or Not Tilt
Having a super-hitting team is great, until you come across that super-pitcher and your hitting goes on vacation. Being able to bunt will win you championships so …
- 4 Things a Phone Teaches Players About “Take Your Time”
Teaching younger players to take their time in between plays is tough. They aren’t sure what to do with their time so they rush, rush, rush. The …
- 3 Tips for Young Catchers
While catchers don’t seem to get a lot of coaching, they are HUGELY important to the outcome of a game. A great catcher helps make a great …
- 5 Drills Guaranteed to Improve Your Bunting
5 Things You Should Copy About College Players Having college softball on TV is a great way to both increase the visibility and to help younger players and coaches see what top softball players look …
- 3 Must-Haves for a Great Tryout
3 Steps to the Running Slap Another softball season is here and you’re faced with teaching your faster players to slap. It doesn’t have to be a daunting task, follow 3 simple steps … When I say “measuring performance” I’m talking about creating a method that gives players a clear idea of how they’re doing – before you hand out the … Wow – what a question! It kind of hits you head on & yet … Batting T’s are great teaching tools since the ball isn’t moving they help our hitters focus more on mechanics. But they weren’t helpful for timing practice – … Everybody has their own End-of-the-Year List and I’m no different. Discover the 5 Greatest Things I Learned in 2015! I’m an obsessive learner so imagine my challenge at … I recently returned from the best softball gathering on the planet – the …
Hitting – Hitting the Change Up 
