Watch as Coach explains, and pitchers demonstrate these body awareness and front-side pitching drills. With these drills, the pitcher can work on their fastball, change up, or a movement pitch. Coach will detail two examples […]
Develop Relationships with Alan Stein, Jr.
Watch as Alan Stein, Jr. discusses the importance of developing relationships with your players. Know your personnel and play to their strengths. Work with the players on their fundamentals and basics. Develop relationships with the […]
How Thanksgiving Can Change Your Coaching Career…Seriously!
I started coaching as a favor and it was a huge mistake. I’d recently graduated from college and was working for the NYC Fire Department. My high school wrestling coach reached out to me and […]
Reading a Hitter’s Posture with Rachel Lawson – Univ. of Kentucky
Watch as Coach discusses reading the posture of opposing hitters. She describes this as the “game within the game”. If you are calling the game based only on what you see, the batter’s posture can […]
Outfielder’s Band Work with Molly Bolibaugh – DMACC
Watch as Coach explains, and outfielders demonstrate these band exercises for developing arm strength for injury prevention. This is an everyday routine, and she recommends that you choose the exercises that fit your team and […]
A Quick Way to Pitch Faster
By: Cindy Bristow Provided by: Softball Excellence If you’ve been around pitchers for more than 5 seconds you know how obsessed they are with speed. It seems like enough is never enough when it comes […]
Use Video to Educate Your Pitcher and Catcher with Kelly Inouye-Perez – UCLA
Watch as Coach explains how she gets behind and films her pitcher’s best pitch. Film the pitch and loop it so both the pitcher and catcher can view it. This can be separate from your […]
No Excuses
Originally Published in: Game Ready – 52 Takeaways for Winning Guess what is the easiest thing in the world to make? Well, it’s an excuse. Anybody can make one, and most people do. It’s easy […]
Pitching Alignment with Kirk Walker – UCLA
Watch as Coach explains alignment which is the concept of a straight line from the pitcher’s mound directly to home plate. The line must be in your mind, as a player or coach, vertically up […]
Building an Environment for Parents and Athletes to Communicate with Dr. Lee Dorpfeld – Univ. of South Florida
Watch as Dr. Dorpfeld explains that you want to build an environment based on communication in which the athletes are comfortable talking to you. Many times, parents or even coaches can hinder this process and […]
7 Ways Your Pitcher Can Dominate the Game
By: Cindy Bristow Provided by: Softball Excellence 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 […]
Infield Drills with Karen Weekly – Univ. of TN
Watch as Coach explains and shows clips of these infield drills. The 4 Corners Drill is not catching and stopping the ball but deflecting and transferring it to the next position. The Toss and Tag […]
Keep Them Interested by Changing Up the Delivery with Christa Williams-Yates – Friendswood HS (TX)
Watch as Coach explains that today’s game has not changed much but the athletes have. To keep the players locked in and prevent boredom, she changes up how she presents and teaches various drills, so […]
The 5 P’s to Preventing Burnout
By: Kevin Leichtman Did you know? Burnout happens most often to the hardest working, most committed and dedicated individuals? If you are striving to hit big goals and working as hard as you can, you […]
Dead Ball Changeups with Jennifer Williams – Dartmouth College
Watch as Coach explains a dead ball changeup, where the pitchers try to stop the ball and momentum rather than creating new momentum like in the flip variety. Coach reviews the different dead ball grips […]
Helping Athletes Overcome Perfectionism with Stephen Mackey
Watch as Stephen Mackey explains that athletes are dealing with pressure and expectations that come from the community and from themselves. Most athletes do not expect growth or personal best but instead, perfection. Athletes should […]
Self-Awareness Test
Provided by: Raise Your Game Self-Test Despite the “self” in self-awareness, to ensure accuracy it is important to solicit intentional and purposeful feedback from those who know you best (your inner circle). As comedians know, […]
Blocked Bullpen Sessions with Melyssa Lombardi – Univ. of Oregon
Watch as Coach explains blocked bullpen examples of mechanics, tempo, and strength and conditioning. Each session is usually 40 minutes in length and consists of five rounds each, emphasizing different exercises or drills. The goal […]
Anxiety, Expectations, and Pressure with Dr. Lee Dorpfeld – Univ. of South Florida
Watch as Dr. Lee Dorpfeld explains how he teaches athletes that you cannot control what is going to happen in the future. All the time wasted on worrying about the future keeps you from the […]
3 Word Changes to Change Your Life
By: Jeff Zannetti The words that we use are the first link in the chain to success and can have a massive impact on our lives. Our words impact our thoughts, our thoughts then impact […]
Practicing Passed Ball Flips to the Pitcher with Kelly Inouye-Perez – UCLA
Watch as Coach explains that the catcher has two options on a passed ball. Depending on the situation, the catcher can use either an under-hand or back-hand toss. Be sure to open up and show […]
Outfielder’s Drop Step Drill with Molly Bolibaugh – DMACC
Watch as Coach explains, and outfielders demonstrate this everyday drop step drill. Work both the throwing hand side as well as the glove side emphasizing communication and using two hands to catch the ball. It […]
The 1 BIG Lie & 3 BIGGER Truths
Don’t fall for the same lie we always hear… My hot take of the week: One of the biggest lies you hear over and over again in athletics is “Sports develop leadership.” I can tell […]
Wade Gilbert’s “Coaching Better” Breakouts Session 2: Winning Your Practices & Athlete Learning
Live Wade Gilbert breakouts session held on July 16, 2020, hosted by Coaches Insider and Human Kinetics. In this session, Dr. Gilbert discusses two main topics surrounding practice and athlete learning: Topic 1: Quality practice […]
Pitch Tunneling with Myndie Berka – BreakThrew Fastpitch
Watch as Coach discusses, and pitchers demonstrate tunneling. This is when two pitches hit the same spot but look different to the hitter. In the drill, each pitcher will throw 20 pitches to a spot: […]
Selecting an Assistant Coach with Ricci Woodard – Texas State Univ.
Watch as Coach explains that the biggest thing in hiring a new assistant coach is for them to understand what the program is about and what it takes to be successful. Loyalty, how an assistant […]
Consequences
Originally Published in: Game Ready – 52 Takeaways for Winning I can’t speak for you, but I certainly can for me. I always want to know the consequences that may be involved before I do […]
Wade Gilbert’s “Coaching Better” Breakouts Session 1: Relationships and Winning Your Team’s Trust
Live Wade Gilbert breakouts session held on July 9, 2020, hosted by Coaches Insider and Human Kinetics. In this session, Dr. Gilbert discusses two main topics surrounding trust and building relationships: Topic 1: Building athlete […]
Developing a Pitching IQ with Rachel Lawson – Univ. of Kentucky
Watch as Coach explains that when it comes to pitchers, the first thing she teaches them is how to pitch to a count. She would then start to develop a changeup and work on getting […]
The Basics Really Work with Alan Stein, Jr.
Watch as Alan explains that in today’s world, it is popular to keep chasing what is hot, new, flashy and to ignore what is basic. This is a mistake, as the basics do work and […]