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Life in the Fastpitch Lane: Category Archive for Coaching

NFCC class - day three

NFCC class day two

And oh yeah...

NFCC coaching class on offensive strategies - Day One

Get quicker earlier

Lighting a spark

Half-day college clinics

What to work on during the off-season

Glove work for catchers

Bringing pitches back down

Good article on coaching the Millennial athlete

Some after-thoughts on USA v. Japan

Team USA's take on the ITB

The quality of mercy

'Tis the season

Excellent article on coaching females v. males

Maintaining that even strain

The intentional walk

Wise words from Bertrand Russell

The challenges of being head coach

Pitching speeds and reality

National Fastpitch Coaches College schedule is now online

Pitchers hitting

Are we having fun yet?

You're either moving toward or away from your goals

Identifying elite pitchers

Focusing on fundamentals

Softball performance program

The principle of interchangeable parts

Sometimes ignorance is just...ignorance

Blasting balls at fielders

Outs are the clock in softball

What it's all about

More on the sacrifice bunt

Playing hurt - a coach's dilemma

A drop is the same as a fastball to a blind horse

Bunts, outs and strategy

A well-executed short game

Giving more than a little hint

Motionview! video analysis software

Willing and able

Keeping up with the game

Practice v. instruction

Bill Hillhouse and the PCM

You can never hear this enough

The three-legged stool

The Bob Knight school of coaching

Confidence game

Managing v. leading

Fear of failure, fear of losing drives bad decisions

From the bad ideas dept.: ASA forcing coaches to take their instructional program

Seeing the lasting effect

Blindly following what the "best" players do

Is the elite athlete the proper standard to measure by?

Turning the ball backwards

Catchers calling their own games

How legends get formed

Using your time efficiently

Good things take time

Expert, textpert, keep it simple

The difference a caring coach can make.

What you teach

Choosing a private instructor

Teaching players to think

No shortcuts on the road to success

What's not to love

Conditioning without conditioning

It's about time to end the time limits

Sacrificing speed for control

You are what you practice

Kudos where they are due

Rolling the wrists

Always like to hear the good news

Focused batting practice and course corrections

Specializing in softball at an early age

A book every player and coach should read

The Season of Miracles

The difference determination makes

Getting a better follow-through on throws

The biggest thrill an instructor can have

The quality of high school softball

Why I love this (coaching) job

Some validation

It's like being psychic

And your qualifications are...?

Another voice on playing the game right

Update on the light bulb

Seeing the light bulb go on

More thoughts on fair play

Doing what's right

If you can't keep your mind open, keep it ajar

Warming up to pitch

Process v. results

Coach's Club at Sports Authority

Being creative

Willingness to change