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Tips and Guidelines for Communication and Teaching Methodology to Protect Mental Health

Tips and Guidelines for Communication and Teaching Methodology to Protect Mental Health

By: Adam Sarancik At all times we must remember the influence we have on the players we coach. If the way we act toward them and the way we communicate with them are done properly, […]

Mar 25, 2025
Run and Catch & Run and Throw Slapping Drills with Kenzi Corn
Mar 11, 2025

Run-and-Catch & Run-and-Throw Slapping Drills with Kenzi Corn

Watch as Coach Kenzi Corn explains and demonstrates the run-and-catch and run-and-throw slapping drills. The first drill consists of the slapper using her glove and running through the box, catching a tossed ball. The focus […]

Building Core Values with Stephen Mackey - 2Words Character Development

Building Core Values with Stephen Mackey – 2Words Character Development

Stephen Mackey is a keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author, and character leadership & culture development coach. Better known as Coach Mackey, he has spent the last 20 years helping athletes and coaches connect […]

Mar 11, 2025
Building Trust Quickly With Learning Styles

Building Trust Quickly with Learning Styles

By: Julie Hatfield-Still Provided By: Beyond The Game Alliance As a high school or elite-level coach, your ability to understand how athletes learn best is critical to unlocking their potential and building rapport quickly. Athletes […]

Mar 11, 2025
Life Lessons
Mar 6, 2025

Life Lessons with Mike Candrea – (Retired) Univ. of Arizona

Watch as Coach Mike Candrea, the winningest softball coach of all time, discusses some of the life lessons he has learned during his illustrious career. Coaches should understand that when someone calls you coach, it […]

Our Mission Coaching/Leading/Teaching Girls

Our Mission Coaching/Leading/Teaching Girls with Meghan Orgeman – Alexandria Area High School (MN)

Coach Meghan Orgeman discusses the mission of coaching, leading, and teaching girls. The highlights include these key points: Socialize our girls to be imperfect within a supportive network of people who care deeply for them. […]

Mar 5, 2025
Leadership is Authentic, Relentless, Selfless Service to a Cause

Leadership is Authentic, Relentless, Selfless Service to a Cause with Colonel Craig Flowers – Sideline Leadership

Watch as Colonel Craig Flowers explains that the term leadership is often clouded by clichés. He explains that in its simplest form leadership is service to a cause. Many times, Coaches fail to define leadership, […]

Mar 4, 2025
6-Spot Challenge Pitching Drill with Marissa Young - Duke Univ.
Feb 25, 2025

6-Spot Challenge Pitching Drill with Marissa Young – Duke Univ.

Watch as Coach Marissa Young explains, and a pitcher demonstrates this 6-spot challenge accuracy drill. The drill focuses on the quality of command per pitch, and highlights what pitch they are most accurate with and […]

Tips for Helping Your Athletes Unwind Using Their Comfort Zone (Phones) with Kim Karr - Digital4Good

Tips for Helping Your Athletes Unwind Using Their Comfort Zone (Phones) with Kim Karr – Digital4Good

Watch as Kim Karr discusses tips that administrators and coaches can use to help athletes unwind using their comfort zone (phones). Communication and conversations about an athlete’s phone can impact their mood and stress level. […]

Feb 25, 2025
Student Athletes and the Media

Student-Athletes and the Media

By: Carolyn Peck Originally Published in: Winning Ways of Women Coaches Provided by: Human Kinetics Inviting the media into your sports program means they have access to the student-athletes. I highly recommend, before you allow media […]

Feb 25, 2025
3-2-1 Trio Infield Drill with Leah Campbell - (Retired) Rockwall HS (TX)
Feb 11, 2025

3-2-1 Trio Infield Drill with Leah Campbell – (Retired) Rockwall High School (TX)

Watch as Coach Leah Campbell explains and shows practice video of the 3-2-1 Trio Infield Drill. This drill involves the full infield defense, as 3 balls are hit consecutively to the same player. The 1st […]

Teaching Intentional Tee Work with Larry Wooten - Wade Hampton High School (SC)

Teaching Intentional Tee Work with Larry Wooten – Wade Hampton High School (SC)

Watch as Coach Larry Wooten discusses intentional tee work. Many times, players want to do this as fast as they can. Coach Wooten wants to make tee work as close as possible to batting in […]

Feb 11, 2025
Three Impactful Ways to Help Athletes Build Mental Strength Right Now

Three Impactful Ways to Help Athletes Build Mental Strength Right Now

By: Julie Hatfield-Still Athletics are about more than just winning games or improving physical skills, it’s also a critical time for building the mental strength athletes need to succeed in sports and life. As a […]

Feb 11, 2025
Pitching: Reverse J-Bands Drill
Feb 5, 2025

Pitching: Reverse J-Bands Drill with Paige Cassady – North Carolina State Univ.

Watch as Coach Paige Cassady explains, and pitchers demonstrate the Reverse J-Bands Drill. The pitchers are creating a force forward and the J-Bands are pulling the back leg in the opposite direction. This allows the […]

Bunting

Working on Bunting with Jen Fisher – Colorado State Univ.

Watch as Coach Jen Fisher explains and shows practice video of players working on bunting. This drill works on visual skills of recognizing if the pitch is a strike or not, and recognizing pitch zones. […]

Feb 4, 2025
Split and Get Pitching Drill

Pitching: Split and Get Drill with Norie Mueller – Veritas Preparatory School (SC)

Watch as Coach and AD Norie Mueller explains, and a pitcher demonstrates the Split and Get pitching drill. This is an everyday drill that helps pitchers get off the mound with a sprinter’s lean into […]

Feb 3, 2025
The Pitcher's Priorities with Rachel Lawson - Univ. of Kentucky
Jan 14, 2025

The Pitcher’s Priorities with Rachel Lawson – Univ. of Kentucky

Watch as Coach Rachel Lawson explains her pitchers’ priorities: #1 Priority is to get the strikeout. She explains that this does not mean pitching to contact. #2 Priority is to control the batter. The pitcher […]

Minimizing Your Athlete’s Anxiety with Robert Schinke - Laurentian University

Minimizing Your Athletes’ Anxiety with Robert Schinke – Laurentian Univ.

Watch as Robert Schinke discusses minimizing your athletes’ anxiety. Lack of confidence is the main cause of anxiety for athletes as an upcoming event nears. Focusing on previous negative performances instead of their positive performances […]

Jan 14, 2025
Being Recruited Guidelines Jerry Grasso - Wilmington University

Being Recruited Guidelines: Jerry Grasso – Wilmington Univ.

By: Jerry Grasso - Wilmington University One of the best resources for a student-athlete is their school counselor. The school counselor can help the student-athlete with signing up for the NCAA Clearinghouse and help with other NCAA […]

Jan 14, 2025
Hula Hoop Hitting Drill
Jan 9, 2025

Hula Hoop Hitting Drill with Josh Bloomer – Arizona State Univ.

Watch as Coach Josh Bloomer explains, and a player demonstrates this hula hoop hitting drill. The drill works on sequencing within the swing, allowing the hitter to feel the sequence of the swing, pelvis, torso, […]

PVC Pipe Middle Infield Drills

PVC Pipe Middle Infield Drills with Colby Corn – Greenville Senior High School (SC)

Watch as Coach Colby Corn explains, and infielders demonstrate these PVC pipe middle infield drills. The Step-Over Drill helps the players when moving through the ball and throwing to 1st base. After working on footwork, […]

Jan 8, 2025
Practicing Passed Ball Flips to the Pitcher

Practicing Passed Ball Flips to the Pitcher with Kelly Inouye-Perez – UCLA

Watch as Coach Kelly Inouye-Perez 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 […]

Jan 7, 2025
Character, Attitude, Discipline
Dec 24, 2024

Character, Attitude, Discipline with Mike Candrea – (Retired) Univ. of Arizona

Watch as Coach Mike Candrea discusses the foundations of his program: Character, Attitude, and Discipline. The five features of character, including players’ commitment, are explained, as well as the four types of players (kids who […]

Popcorn Flyball Drill

Popcorn Flyball Drill with Michele Biffle – Langham Creek High School (TX)

Watch as Coach Michele Biffle explains and players demonstrate the Popcorn Drill for infielders. This is a partner drill that works on fielding and catching, focusing on covering every angle that can occur in a […]

Dec 24, 2024
Holistic Coaching for the Benefit of All Players

Holistic Coaching for the Benefit of All Players

Originally published in an Adam Sarancik Book “Never confuse winning with succeeding. A successful league and team is one that inspires its players to want to come back again tomorrow.” Too often, leagues and teams […]

Dec 24, 2024
Daily Outfield Drills with Vicki Corn - Greenville HS (SC)
Dec 10, 2024

Daily Outfield Drills with Vicki Corn – Greenville Senior High School (SC)

Watch as Coach Vicki Corn explains, and players demonstrate these daily outfield drills. Coach Corn will cover the following drills in detail: Crow Hop Drill, Ball in Glove Flyball Drill, Safety Catches Drill, Do-or-Die Drill, […]

The Set-Up: The Hitter's Contact Points

The Set-Up: The Hitter’s Contact Points with Rachel Lawson – Univ. of Kentucky

Watch as Coach Rachel Lawson explains that the set-up of the swing involves the start of the swing, all the way through the load into separation and toe touch. She discusses the adjustments a hitter […]

Dec 10, 2024
Best Versus Worst Performances

Best Versus Worst Performances

By: Dr. Colleen M. Hacker Originally Published in: Achieving Excellence Provided by: Human Kinetics By examining your best performances and comparing and contrasting them with your worst performances, you can identify the key elements of […]

Dec 10, 2024
3-Pitch Plate Drill
Dec 4, 2024

3-Pitch Plate Drill with Marissa Young – Duke Univ.

Watch as Coach Marissa Young explains, and a pitcher demonstrates this 3-pitch plate drill. The pitcher will start on the inner part of the plate and pick 3 different pitches that they throw back-to-back on […]

Why Play the Short Game

Why Play the Short Game? with Karen Weekly – Univ. of Tennessee

Watch as Coach Karen Weekly explains that more games are lost than won as players make errors and mistakes by playing too fast. The short game puts pressure on a defense and causes them to […]

Dec 3, 2024
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  • Pitching: Split and Get Drill with Norie Mueller – Veritas Preparatory School (SC)

    Pitching: Split and Get Drill with Norie Mueller – Veritas Preparatory School (SC)

  • The Pitcher’s Priorities with Rachel Lawson – Univ. of Kentucky

    The Pitcher’s Priorities with Rachel Lawson – Univ. of Kentucky

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    Hula Hoop Hitting Drill with Josh Bloomer – Arizona State Univ.

  • PVC Pipe Middle Infield Drills with Colby Corn – Greenville Senior High School (SC)

    PVC Pipe Middle Infield Drills with Colby Corn – Greenville Senior High School (SC)

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