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Specializing in softball at an early age
This entry was posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 10:51 PM and is filed under Coaching, General Thoughts.
Saw a great post the other day at the Softball Performance blog. Marc Dagenais was talking about specializing in softball, at the exclusion of any other sport, at an earlier age.
Marc's take is that specializing in softball at young ages is a bad thing. He lists several reasons, including the potential for burnout and overuse injuries.
I highly recommend reading both this article and the follow-up. It may not be what you want to hear if you're a softball fanatic, but it's what you need to hear. Incidentally, the information Marc presents is not his opinion — it's the result of scientific research. And Marc should know. He is a recognized expert in softball-specific conditioning and training.
Ken Krause has been coaching girls fastpitch softball for 15 years. Some may know him as a contributing columnist to Softball Magazine, where he writes Krause's Korner -- a regular column sponsored
by Louisville Slugger. Ken is also the editor of Marc Dagenais' "No BS Softball Performance Newsletter." He is currently a Two Star Master Coach with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association
(NFCA), and is certified by both the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) and American Sports Education Program (ASEP). Ken coaches the Lake County Glory 14U team and is a private instructor
specializing in pitchers, hitters, and catchers. He is Head Softball Pitching Instructor at North Shore Baseball Academy in Libertyville, IL and teaches at Pro Player Consultants in McHenry, IL.
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