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Life in the Fastpitch Lane: Category Archive for Coaching

No magic bullets in fastpitch softball instruction

Fastpitch softball coach's guide to scoring a game

A little long-distance correction

Keeping players in the dark

Why mess with the best players?

Why I like working with high school age and up players

Why I like working with 12U-14U fastpitch players

Why I like working with young players

Fastpitch softball hitting game -- High Fives

Are you training Seal Team Six?

The real measure of an instructor

Keeping an open mind on fastpitch drills

Definition of a good day

Finding time to practice

Flip a coin

Gotta love the boomerangs

Book recommendation: The Score Takes Care of Itself

Succeeding in an instant world

How to tell it's time to find a new coach

Context provides incentive in softball training

It's never too late for the fundamentals

The trouble with tryouts

Moving to 12U - looking for players

A first for me

Softball practice game

Fastpitch coaching: The yelling and screaming school

Love playing NSA fastpitch

An exercise in communications

Congratulations to Stephanie Youngman, all conference

Coaching, playing and the success delusion

Pitch calling -- you have to mix it up

Product review: A Coach's Guide to Training Catchers DVD

Success requires patience

Getting players to move from static to dynamic stretching

Book review: The Talent Code

So, what did Softball Santa put under your tree?

Difference between coaching boys and girls - part two

Difference between coaching girls and boys

Day Three at the NFCA Coaches College

Day two at the NFCA Coaches College

Day one at the NFCA Coaches College

Your role as parent v coach

Technology doesn't replace the human factor

Things that make you proud as a coach

Game to make batting practice more interesting

Live by the change, die by the change

What's in your coach's bag?

Coach learns a valuable lesson about the men in blue

I love it when the training takes hold

Is Softball a Team Sport?

Coaching and adversity

A very different experience

It's not what you know or did, it's what you can teach

A feelgood week

Working with the young 'uns

Your body can lie to you

The heavy ball reveals all

Choosing tournaments that are appropriate

Defining failure

Sometimes the toughest thing is keeping your mouth shut

The reality of windmill pitching and over use injuries

Coaching is a lot like doing improv

The "big dog" system of measurement for aggressiveness

What is the deal with all these injuries?

Don't let the pursuit of perfection stand in the way of execution

Where do coaches come up with this stuff?

The wonders of life

Team-supplied lessons

If you're thinking too much you're not practicing enough

USSSA pitching distance moving to 43 feet

The quiet wheel gets the shaft

Nice problem to have

Cindy Bristow on coaching female athletes

When is it too much?

"We have standards"

Ignorant v. petty

Learning to judge a fly ball

Playing on the edge instead of where it's safe

The illogic of over-pitching

Bunting yourself out of an inning

Shortening the stride for the drop

Learning v. relearning a pitch

What a little experience and confidence can do

Where can I buy the Book?

Screaming doesn't help

Everybody's a pitching coach

More than one way...

Excellent article on coaching today's young athletes

Your favorite game and/or practice ball

Sharpening the rollover drop

Deja vu all over again

Be careful of over-reliance on video

The nicest compliment a coach can get

The jerk factor

Embrace adversity

Does the grip matter?

You just never know

Lesson cost (a bit of humor)

Love the breakthroughs

Attitude may not be everything...