journaling can help athletes identify patterns or habits that may be hindering their growth and develop strategies to overcome them.

A coach’s leadership style has an influence on the development and growth of players through mentorship, guidance, and support....

Composite softball bats have been around for a while now, and with each passing year, newer and hotter models are introduced in the...

To understand how unicorns have been unintentionally created, you have to look at how the players were utilized when they were young.

In this blog post, I am going to write out a template email you can use craft your recruiting email template.

Creating a plan to achieve specific goals is important. At TPG, we've created a pitching plan that will help pitchers improve their kinematics, spin rate, movement, and accuracy in two weeks. Every pitcher needs to be realistic about the results they expect to achieve and should buy into the plan to achieve the best results. The goal for this specific plan is to get better with a focus for each day and week.

#frontsideresistance Progressions and full motion when completing the progressions, use the heaviest ball for finger curls And the next...

Summer is a great time to work on game like situations or better understanding your pitches in your pitching workouts. Here is one workout you can do that works on recognizing the strength of your pitches.

The days of having players memorize where they are supposed to go when and in what situations is over. What if you could teach every player in 10 minutes or less what they are supposed to do in 90% of defensive situations? The focus of this article is to teach players how to react to hits based on where the ball is hit and where they are in relation to the ball.

It seems like every day we hear about the life of a young, seemingly healthy, individual is taken from our world. Most of the time, it doesn't appear to make sense why someone so vibrant would take their life. Discussing the importance of mental health and training the mind with the body is something we as coaches should incorporate into our daily observations and weekly/monthly conversations. Figuring out to make these conversations meaningful to our players and not scaring

Who's calling the pitch? Is it the coach, the pitcher, or the catcher? Hmmmm...that's a great question most coaches should ask themselves before their pitcher-catcher duo hit the field. I thought this might be a topic many of you would be interested in, so I put together some thoughts for you today!

When pitchers think about pitching strikes, often it is in relation to the umpire calling the strike and not what the batter may or may not do. When a pitcher is pitching strikes, it means they are either pitching is for a called strike, pitching for a batter to foul, or pitching for a batter to chase. Pitchers who set batter up to chase strikes have the most success. How do we use the "three strike zones"?

Sports often teach players you have to be strong enough or 100% all the time to be great. When you aren't 100%, you have to suck it up and move on. This mentality creates a culture where nobody has time to help anybody through tough times. This creates loneliness in greatness. As coaches, we should be mindful that everybody has a bad day and everybody has the ability to make a comeback. How we help our players come back, places value on how effective we are as coaches. Learni

Lets take a couple of minutes to talk about the importance of a softball catcher, and the importance of her position; whose responsibilities range from receiving the pitch, to shifting and blocking, to fielding bunts and fly balls, and much more!

If you have ever attended or participated in a practice that was well planned out, you probably either learned a lot or enjoyed your time...

When players are trying to improve their swing, they have to know what they are doing and what they need to do differently. Getting a player to feel something or not to feel something, is a great way to teach players portions of their swing. In this blog, we will explain three drills that help players feel a portion of their swing.

If your pitcher isn't pitching strikes and her motion looks "off", look at her leg drive. This is a portion of the mechanics that is often overlooked because it looks so disassociation with the arm that throws the ball. However, when pitchers are able to connect their arm whip and finger curl with their backside (and leg drive) pitching strikes becomes easier. Let's explore how leg drive helps drive a pitch straight into the strike zone.

Coaching rec ball for the first time? Returning as a rec ball coach and want to improve your skills? You've come to the right place! First, congratulations on looking for help and wanting to improve yourself as a coach. What we will go over in this post is how to create a practice plan and what to focus on with players entering the game of softball.

Are you a rookie coach taking on a role never experienced before? Are you ready to experience the highs and lows of being a great coach, but don't know where to start? Well....Let me help!

Having seen how uncommitted players can be over the course of the COVID pandemic, has forced me to reflect on why players have seemed to become more uncommitted to softball or sports as a whole. When I've asked the players why they didn't commit to playing sooner or de-committed from a team, the response unanimously has been due to the coaching received. Exploring what players are looking for from a team or playing a sport, and what the next level expects from them is importa