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Mental Training Tips - Are Pre-Game Jitters Good or Bad?
Yesterday, the younger daughter of my assistant coach was playing her first game of the season on a her travel team. He told me she was all excited but nervous at the same time. She had pre-game jitters. The girls on my team are feeling the same way about our first tournament this weekend. And I do …
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Coaching Youth Softball - My Experience Coaching a 16U Team
Next week, we are officially starting our 2009 summer season with our first tournament. I can tell you I am really excited and the girls are too. Its my first season with this 16U team. Last time I coached at this level was almost 11 years ago. Ive spent the last decade working mostly with elite pl …
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Softball Poems Contest Winners
We received close to 100 softball poems overall. Their quality was outstanding. You will be able to see for yourself when we will publish a significant amount of them on the site within the next few weeks. Because of the number of softball poems and their quality, I assigned the task of picking a wi …
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10 Types of Sports Parents
Here are the different types of sports parents that I would identify – both good and bad: • The model parent • The competitive parent • The blasé parent • The ‘living through your kids’ parent • The outspoken parent • The ‘coach’ parent • The critical parent • The negative pa …
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7 Softball Hitting Drills to Spice Up Your Practices
Coaches use softball hitting drills at almost every practice. However, humans are creatures of habits and we do the same thing the same way all the time. Coaches are no different; we tend to use the same drills over and over. Thats especially true with softball hitting drills. That can get pretty bo …
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Softball Recruiting - Are You Paying Attention to the Little Things?
Last night I held an information session for the coaches, players, and parents of my association. The purpose of the seminar was to educate them about college softball. I talked about the reality of college softball, the recrutment process, the academic requirements, what coaches are looking for, an …
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I'm Holding a Super Garage Sale!
For months now, Ive been hinting about several new products and new websites that Ive been working on. These new products and these 2 new websites are almost ready and will be coming out very soon. In the next few weeks and coming months, I want to spend all my time focusing on these new resources. …
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Performance of Older vs. Younger Siblings
I just came across a very interesting research study that compared hitting and pitching records and career lengths of 312 sets of brothers who become major league baseball players. Researchers found out that older siblings at non-pitching positions had signficantly higher batting averages and longer …
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Softball Training - Practice What Matters
Weve been practicing outside for 3 weeks now. Our first game is in 2 weeks and very much forward looking to it. Its about time after almost 6 months of off-season softball training. I have to admit - Im excited!!! Even though Ive been coaching softball for 20 years, I still get excited at the beginn …
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Pre-Game Softball Hitting Warm-Up
Ive got a bit of ranting to do today. There is a key principle that we use extensively in sport- the principle of specificity. Basically, it means that the more specific to game conditions your preparation is (in training or in warm-ups), the more youll be ready to compete at the highest level. In …
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Reese Witherspoon Plays Softball
Reese Witherspoon plays softball with her daughter Ava A few days ago, famous actress and star of the comedy Legally Blonde, Reese Witherspoon enjoyed a little softball with her daugther AVA at UCLA. What is most surprising is that before starting throwing and fielding balls, she tossed on a softba …
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Softball Poems Contest
To change things a little, I have decided to run a fun contest - a softball poems contest. Im appealing to your creative side! The Softball Poems Contest Write a short poem about the game of softball and submit it to us by email at: support <at> softballperformance.com Make sure to include you …
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Coaching Youth Softball - 6 Tips for Teaching Skills
This past weekend, Cindy Bristow of Softball Excellence was in town to conduct a coaching clinic on hitting and pitching with coaches of our program and a few others from around Montreal. It was a great clinic. In addition to knowing the game very well, Cindy is first and foremost an awesome educato …
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Softball Training - Best Training Method to Increase Throwing Velocity
Many people are wondering what is the best way to increase throwing velocity. A study compared the effectiveness of two different training methods to determine which one is the most effective to increase throwing velocity. Researchers studied which one of traditional weight training (typical strengt …
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Softball Hitting - Cindy Bristow on Tracking and Pitch Selection
This weekend, we have the chance of having Cindy Bristow of Softball Excellence here in Montreal to do a coaching clinic all on pitching and hitting - the two most important aspects of our game. Even though Ive been around for a while, been to countless courses, clinics and conferences and been expo …
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Softball Recruiting - What Predicts Future Success
Last week, I was having a very interesting discussion with some coaches about what predicts future success in our sport. In some sports, predicting future success is a lot easier than in softball. For example, predicting future success in track and field is a lot easier. Just by looking at times or …
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Softball Conditioning - The Must Do Push-Up!
The Hindu Push-up - a challenging exercise that should definitely be part of your softball conditioning and workout program. There is nothing better for developing overall strength and stability in your upper body. It targets your chest, triceps, shoulders, and core all at the same time. Best of al …
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9 Key Lessons From Playing in a Tournament
This weekend, I took my 16U team to a 12-team tournament. The team played well and we ended up being winning the tournament. The are 2 reasons why we chose to participate at a tournament during the off-season: 1) Assess where were at and measure progress 2) gain valuable competitive experience that …
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Softball Hitting - My All-Time Favorite Hitting Drill
This drill is one of my favorite softball hitting drills ever. It teaches players to hit line drives and they get instant feedback on their mechanics. They quickly learn how to make adjustments to hit the ball the way they should.
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