Author: strikezoneacademy
30 Mar 5 Great Lessons
Losing stinks! And often that losing happens during the most important softball event of the year, and sometimes of our lives. Make sure you understand the 5 lessons that losing can teach you as you get ready for another softball season. While we all love to win,...
23 Mar 8 Pitching Traps to Avoid
Posted by Cindy Bristow After working for years with pitchers, I’ve come up with some things I see pitchers constantly doing – no matter how young or old they are – that either hold them down or else shoot them up to great success. Make sure you know these...
23 Mar When To Throw Two And Four Seam Fastballs
Today’s video tip is for pitchers and explains what the basic rules are for when to throw a two seam fastball as opposed to a four seam fastball. There are always exceptions to the rule (especially as kids get older) but today’s tips provide the...
16 Mar Who owns Your Confidence?
Posted by Cindy Bristow Having confidence is one thing but owning it is quite another. Discover how you can help your players own their own confidence and start to succeed as a result. Webster’s Dictionary defines confidence as “a feeling of one’s powers or reliance on one’s circumstances”, “the...
16 Mar Make Him Stop!
One of these days I will make a lengthy video or a series of videos on how to hold runners on base. It would require a lot of work because there are so many little things that have to be done by multiple players simultaneously that...
09 Mar A Pick-Off Move All Left-Handlers Need
In today’s video, I explain a problem that left-handed pitchers may run into if they have a good pickoff move to first base and how to fix it! ...
09 Mar 2 Keys to Getting Better Pitch Movement
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...
02 Mar Option For Catchers On Throws To Third Base
The throw to third base for catchers is not an easy one when there is a right handed batter standing in the batter’s box. To deal with this problem, catchers should NOT … Step in front of the the batter towards the mound and then...
02 Mar Relax Your Shoulders and Increase Your Speed
Every pitcher wants to throw faster. That’s why, for pitchers, tense shoulders are so common, and yet so wrong. As a pitcher, you might be surprised to find the solution is all in the backswing. Trying to relax your shoulders, while pitching, is a very difficult thing to do. It’s also...