byCindy Bristow To help make a 7 inning game more manageable take a tip from UCLA’s head coach – Kelly Inouye-Perez – and break it down into 7 mini battles within the game. Work to win as many of these 7 different mini-battles as you can...
The primary job for any catcher is to help pitchers get more strikes. A catcher who is terrific at receiving is pure joy to throw to every game. Today’s video tip is one of many tricks good catchers use to help get more strikes for...
Today’s video tip is a more advanced one for shortstops when balls are hit down into the left field corner and a relay throw to home plate is needed. ...
byCindy Bristow Using both hands isn’t hard, but using them at the same time to perform the same function is not only difficult, it’s extremely rare. Discover how most of your hitting problems come down to your player’s inability to use both hands at the same time. Think...
If I asked a room full of baseball players, “Raise your hand if you tend to be your worst enemy and beat yourself up too much inside your head,” I can guarantee that just about every hand would be up. That’s because for virtually everyone,...
By Cindy Bristow Ever make a game decision only to be second guessed by parents, players your other coaches, or even yourself? If so, then join the club. Discover how to leave the second-guessing out of it. There’s always more information after a play then before it, but...
All great pitchers control two very important things: their Entrance Path and their Pitch Movement Path. Learn how to help your pitchers do the same thing. Making a pitch move, or change directions, is one thing, but getting it to move as close to the batter (or...
Attack … Get after it … Be aggressive … These words and phrases are often associated with offense. A players “attacks” the ball and should always “be aggressive” when swinging the bat. Good advice for the offensive player … but also good advice for the defensive player. Whether you...
Answer: consistency Good players consistently show up to workouts. Good players consistently compete. Good players give consistent effort in the weight room. Good players are consistently good teammates. Good players consistently make the routine play. Good players consistently put good swings on the ball. Good players consistently focus on their footwork. Good players consistently...
The nature of a softball game gives players a ton of time to think, and usually they are thinking about the things they did wrong. Girls in particular are hard on themselves so helping them learn to manage their minds is crucial to their softball success,...
