While pitching isn’t easy, closing out a game can be even harder. Have you ever wondered why your pitchers can do so well up to a certain point only to have the whole thing fall apart on them?
It happens to...
This year marks the four-year anniversary of Pat Summit’s passing, and we take a moment to acknowledge her incredible body of work, and to explain why she is a true legend.
Pat Summitt passed away on June 26, 2016, at the...
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...
On defense we can’t have everything. Either you play in so you can get to balls faster, or you play back so you can get to more balls on either side of you.
Read on to understand how your positioning on...
Within every company and softball team there are 3 very different types of people or players; A’s, B’s and C’s. Each of these groups has their role and each role is important to the group’s ultimate success.
Learn how to identify...
Potential is used to describe so many different things in softball - from teams to seasons to players, even to parents. But what does "potential" really mean?
Find out if it is something that just happens or if there is anything...
Do you tell your players to lay-off the riseball, only then to watch them take a swing at one and miss badly? Riseballs are hard for most batters to resist because they're so tempting.
Well, they can't lay off them forever,...
Wondering what order your pitcher should learn all the different pitches?
Then check out my recommended order for everything from the changeup to the riseball.
I'm often asked “what order should my daughter start learning the different pitches?”Once a pitcher has control of...
Under normal circumstances, tonight would have been the 2nd game of the 2020 NCAA Women’s College World Series (WCWS) best 2-out-of-3 Championship Series. We all know 2020 has been far from normal, but we still wanted to pay tribute to...
While college softball certainly gets all the TV coverage and press, you might be excited to learn just how much impact high school, club ball and travel ball coaches actually have.
Pyramid’s that stand the test of time have a very...
Mistakes are part of life and everybody makes them, so isn’t it amazing how mad we can get when a bunch of young athletes in pressurized situations make them.
Discover how a change of approach might actually change the behavior that’s...
Do you have a pitcher who can’t help but leap every time she pitches the ball?
If so, discover two great anti-leaping drills!
Leaping in pitching is nothing new. It's not that pitchers suddenly started doing it, as they've been doing it...