The keys to helping our players do their their best aren't necessarily earth-shattering, but they are extremely important as our attitude determines so much about our players success.
"The key to developing people is to catch them doing something right." - Ken...
Micro-pitches start to break but they don’t keep breaking. These micro-breaks cause curveballs to finish too much over the plate, or riseballs to start rising and then stop around the top of the zone.
Discover the 5 things your pitcher can...
Too many pitchers have no idea what makes pitches move. Oh sure, they’ll all answer “spin” if you ask them that question, but all pitches spin and not all pitches move. How can that be?
Learn the 2 keys to making...
As competitors we’re constantly chasing success and looking for ways to improve ourselves and our teams.
These 7 Lessons, while simple, are extremely powerful and summarize what it takes to be a Champion!
Patrick Murphy is currently in his 31st year of...
Mistakes happen all the time in sports and yet we work diligently to eliminate making them at all.
Maybe the key is to get a new attitude toward mistakes, check out how.
Simply put, mistakes are critical to learning. Think about a...
Knowing your catcher’s touch to touch times is crucial for not only throwing runners out but also in deciding if her throws are getting better.
Learn about touch times and how to improve your catcher’s release times.
As coaches, we want our...
Half an inch isn’t much at all, but it can make a huge difference in how your hitters hit and your pitchers pitch – be sure to find out how.
Next time you don’t think a little bit matters then consider...
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...
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...
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...
In the last issue of the SE Insider, in the article titled "An Olympic Yardstick - Pitch Rotations", I listed some spin numbers. These numbers were taken using the RevFire.
While this device is no longer available, the...