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Softball Conditioning Leads to Major Benefits
Ive been designing softball conditioning programs for over 10 years. Let me tell you that softball conditioning can really help improve a players game. Yet, a lot of softball players dont take it seriously know. They know that getting in good shape by doing softball conditioning would help their gam …
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Softball Conditioning - 12 Tips To Stay Motivated
Softball Performance Secrets Podcast - In this podcast about softball conditioning, Marc Dagenais, softball peak performance coach, discusses lack of motivation to workout the biggest hurdle people face when it comes to softball conditioning and shares 12 tips to help people stay motivated and keep …
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Softball Pitching - Critical Information You Must Know
I just got my hands on a very interesting article that deals with overuse injures of softball pitchers. It was published in Training and Conditioning Magazine a few weeks ago. This is the official professional magazines of athletic trainers. These are the people that works with sports teams and tak …
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Jail Time for a Softball Parent Gone Wild
I just ran across a story of a softball parent gone wild threatening an umpire and spitting at a police officer. This is sad - we dont need in the game. Yet, I presume it is far too common. Here is the story: A Hanover Park man who threatened a youth softball umpire and spit on a deputy sheriff was …
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Softball Training - Don't Abuse the Bench Press
I was at the gym today doing interval training on the treadmill (very effective method) and I saw two guys doing the famous Bench Press. The bench press is considered by many as one of the two king exercises in weight training with the squat. While the bench press is an excellent upper body strengt …
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Softball History - Who Invented Softball and How It Started
Softball Performance Secrets Podcast #14 - In this podcast, Marc Dagenais discusses the history of softball. Fortunately for all the passionate of the game, softball history is very well documented and we have a clear understanding of its evolution over time. Marc goes on to explain who invented so …
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Softball Coaching Tips - How to Adjust Your Coaching to Female Athletes
Would you like some softball coaching tips on how to coach female athletes? In this video, I share some insights and lessons I have learned over the years coaching softball and more specifically, female athletes. One of the important things I explain is how important the social aspect is for them an …
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New Year Special - Get Your Own Customized Softball-Specific Workout Program!
Get in Shape to Dominate! The holidays are over. Its now time to get back to work to increase your strength, power, and speed for next season. To give you an incentive to get started NOW and to get you started with your own customized, softball-specific workout program - I am running a HUGE NEW Y …
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Softball Conditioning Leads to Major Benefits
Ive been designing softball conditioning programs for over 10 years. Let me tell you that softball conditioning can really help improve a players game. Yet, a lot of softball players dont take it seriously know. They know that getting in good shape by doing softball conditioning would help their gam …
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Softball Conditioning - 12 Tips To Stay Motivated
Softball Performance Secrets Podcast - In this podcast about softball conditioning, Marc Dagenais, softball peak performance coach, discusses lack of motivation to workout the biggest hurdle people face when it comes to softball conditioning and shares 12 tips to help people stay motivated and keep …
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Softball Pitching - Critical Information You Must Know
I just got my hands on a very interesting article that deals with overuse injures of softball pitchers. It was published in Training and Conditioning Magazine a few weeks ago. This is the official professional magazines of athletic trainers. These are the people that works with sports teams and tak …
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Softball Mental Training - Habit of Success #2 - Commit to Continuous Learning
Here is the next habit of success to help you achieve all your dreams in the coming year. Commit to these habit of success and youll experience tremendous success. HABIT OF SUCCESS #2 - Commit to Continous Learning Someone once said that the day you stop learning, you stop living. A common characte …
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Softball Mental Training - Habit of Success #1 - Become a Lifelong Optimist
I dont know if you are like me but every year at this time,Im thinking about what Id like to accomplish and what goals Id like to achieve in the coming year. There are always a fair number. Do I achieve them all? Of course not. But I still have a pretty good batting average. So what does it takes t …
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Softball Hitting - Effective Two-Strike Hitting
Last night, I was doing a 30-minute consultation with a 14-year-old young lady that is part of package of a package her dad bought for her. Ive got to tell ya, I was impressed by the quality of her questions. Most of her questions were on how to get faster and how to get better results at the plate. …
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Softball Fielding Tips - How to Avoid Errors
Have you ever noticed that softball is a sport of errors? There are all kinds of errors. They happen in every game. Usually, the team that makes the least amount of errors wins. What is the cause of all these errors? Most of the time, errors are caused by one of these 4 factors: 1) faulty mechanics …
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Mental Domination - The Impact of Your Image On Your Opponents
My goal is for them to be conscious of what their body language and their actions are doing to the psyche of their opponents. Think about it for a second, what do you do when you get to the park and you are a facing a team you have never played before? YOU CHECK THEM OUT! Even though you try to make …
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Becoming A Top Softball Player - You've Got to Want It
Earlier this week, I was having a discussion with a very talented teen athlete. Like many kids of that generation, she has it easy. She is used to get what she wants and do what she wants. We were discussing her life goals and she mentioned she want to go far in softball. However, she somewhat belie …
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Softball Training - Are You Making These Warm-Up Mistakes?
You know warm-ups are important. I see two major mistakes being done all the time in softball regarding warm-ups. MISTAKE #1 - Using An Old School, Traditional Warm-Up You see, traditional (or old school) warm-ups, you know the warm-ups where you run a lap or two around the field and then you sit …
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Softball Hitting and Softball Pitching - Learning from The Best
As you know, I was in Portland, Oregon this past weekend learning from great instructors about hitting and pitching. There are many theories out there as to what are the best hitting and pitching techniques. A lot of what was taught this weekend were more principles and concepts rather than specifi …
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Softball Conditioning Tips - Working Out When Life Gets in the Way
If you are serious about building yourself up for next season, your off-season training involve doing skills training (hitting, pitching, fielding, etc.), sports conditioning and maybe some form of mental/vision training. At times, life gets in the way (vacations, exams or homework, bad weather, ge …
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