Softball Performance Blog
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Softball Conditioning - 20 Reasons Why You Must Do It
The summer season has been over for a few weeks now. Tryouts are done or will soon be done. (...)
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Umpiring a Softball Game - Easy or Not?
Umpiring a softball game (or officiating in any sport for that matter) is a thankless job. (...)
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Ambidextrous Baseball Pitcher - Can You Throw from Both Sides?
One of my readers - Angie- sent me this interesting video is about a young pitcher, Pat Venditte who throws from both side. Yes, he is an ambidextrous pitcher. (...)
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Let's Take Softball in the 21st Century!
I want to talk about how softball is a very conservative sport. We are very old school for many of the things that we do. (...)
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Softball Conditioning - Flexibility Training Increases Running Speed
If you ever thought that stretching could be important to improve your game, its now been confirmed! As you know, softball is sport of speed and power. (...)
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Usain Bolt - WOW! The Fastest Man in History…
One word to describe the first man to ever run the 100m under 9.60 second WOW!
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Softball Hitting Tips - Improve Your Bat Speed
If youre looking for good softball hitting tips or proven technique to increase your bat speed and hitting power - I got one for you. (...)
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Post-Exercise Snack - Most Important Meal of the Day
This past weekend, the weather was gorgeous outside (it was about time since weve mostly a crappy summer over here in Montreal!) so I decided to go for roller blade ride with a good buddy of mine. (...)
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Softball Training Tips - Improve Your Spinal Flexibility!
Players and coaches are always looking for softball training tips and for an edge to improve their performance. (...)
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Olympic Comeback: Softball Struck Out!
The Olympic dream has been shattered! (...)
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Softball Training - In-Season Practices
School is now done and we are now busier than ever with softball. Every weekends and most week nights are busy with softball either playing, traveling, or practicing a little. The question is At this time of the year, what should you be practicing? I will start by answering what you should absolutel …
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Experience - Do you believe in it?
When youre young, you dont care about experience. You dont think you need it to perform and do well. You think its just a bunch of BS older folks are talking about to make them feel important because they are older and have lived a little. I certainly didnt believe much in it. Well.. I have been coa …
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Super Tip - Easy Password Management
If youre like me, you have 2000 passwords (barely an exaggeration) for your all your online sites whether email accounts, bank accounts, profiles on social networks, etc. It would be easy (yet not very safe) to have the exact same login name and password for every site and account that you own. The …
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Softball Hitting Statistics - What Matters
A couple of days ago, I sent an email where I discuss the fact that you shouldnt focus on your batting average but on your on-base percentage. In my opinion, this is a much better indication of your overall performance at the plate. Reaching a base on an error or a walk is a good as getting a hit. …
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Softball Conditioning - Boost Your Game with Core Power
You probably remember that a couple of weeks ago I told you about a great core training program called Core Power for Baseball. Core Power for Baseball This sport-specific core training program was created by my good friend Barry Lovelace whos also known as the King of Core in the sports conditio …
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Softball Training - Shoulder Injuries in Softball
I received the following email from one of our subscribers: Marc, Quick question please: Have you noticed an excess number of shoulder injuries and shoulder surgeries? I was in OKC to watch the WCWS (4th year attending) and talked with another coach from Mississippi that told me he sees the same t …
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Softball Training - F.A.Q. About Core Training
Core training is currently a hot topic in sports and for a reason - it can really help your game if you train it well or it can really hurt it if it is weak or not trained properly. My good friend Barry Lovelace is known as the King of Core because of his unbelievable knowledge of core training and …
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Softball Training - Improving Speed and Lateral Agility
Not long ago, I wrote a post about why running speed doesnt matter in softball. In a nutshell, I was explaining why linear speed (or running fast in a straight line) isnt that important for softball and I made the point that what really matters in our sport is acceleration (starting speed), multi-d …
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Cat Osterman - Softball Pitching Tips
Here is a quick and interesting video where Cat Osterman provide a few softball pitching tips and discusses finger placement on the ball.
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Three Games, Three Lessons
Today was our first official outing of the season. We went 1-2 for the day. There was a fair bit of nervousness, rust, and lack of cohesion on the field during the first two games. We certainly didnt play up to our potential in the first two games making several mental, baserunning, and defensive er …
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