Is something that I heard repetitively tonight during my lessons and there are really only 2 answers: 1. Practice – Practice – Practice the right things and let those things become muscle memory. Everyone can look good hitting off of… Read more ›
Last night I had the pleasure, if you can call it that, of celebrating the career of our companies CIO who is leaving after 24 years. There were a lot of comical memories as you can imagine, as well as… Read more ›
I received an email from a friend of mine today that was sent to his team letting them know that practice was cancelled because the field had been setup for t-ball and hadn’t been changed. It had the portable fences,… Read more ›
If you know me at all you know that I LOVE teaching girls the game of fastpitch softball. So it may shock you that teaching softball wasn’t the thing that I loved most about the recent softball clinic cruise. The… Read more ›
The third game I got to experience yesterday was against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, against the Kentucky Wildcats. I walked over to the field expecting to root for the home town team as usual, but I found myself really… Read more ›
Game 2 for me at yesterday’s Georgia Tech Buzz Classic was between the Georgia State Panthers and the Bowling Green Falcons. I went to college not far from Bowling Green, which is up north in Ohio so I was excited… Read more ›
Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching the Mercer Bears as they played a game against the Rhode Island Rams. The game ended 1-0 with a dramatic game winning hit in the bottom of the 7’th by Holly Oglesbee. Before… Read more ›
You would think that as long as I’ve been doing instruction I would have seen it all by now. But the truth is each time I do a camp or a clinic like the recent Softball Cruise Clinic I am… Read more ›
I just returned from the first Softball Cruise Clinic and was asked by one of the parents to share information about one of the sessions that I did. It is something that I learned from one of my mentors, Bobby… Read more ›
The first ever Softball Cruise Clinic was a whopping success. Monica Abbott proved to be as amazing an individual as you would imagine. Besides the instruction in the sessions which was awesome she was also very honest about her own… Read more ›
Seriously the best thing that you can do to help improve your hitting in softball is take out some of the old items from your house. But don’t take them to the trash can, take them to an area where… Read more ›
No I’m not sick. No nobody hit me in the head during lessons. The reason that I enjoyed it was that I got to see the look on Brittany Osmon’s face when she found her wedding dress. Brittany was an… Read more ›
That almost looks like a physics formula or something. What in the world does it have to do with softball? It has a lot to do with softball, because it is the formula for FORCE. It says that Force =… Read more ›
The first thing I go through will all of my players is a mental exercise where I get them to realize that they alone are responsible for their effort and their attitude. That no matter what goes on around them,… Read more ›
I wasn’t really sure myself until this weekend. Samantha Banister (formerly of The University of Arizona, 2 time Women’s College World Series Champion, and professional softball player with the Akron Racers) came to town for my cross training softball camp.… Read more ›
Not sure if there are words enough to explain the emotional high that I get from working at camps like the one I was at this weekend. What a thrill to work with players that just internally “want it” and… Read more ›
What I love about my friend Bobby Simpson from Higher Ground Softball is that he challenges EVERYTHING that has to do with the the game of fastpitch softball. Nothing is safe. At dinner last night a group of us were… Read more ›
Today was really cold but at least it was windy too. Re-read that first sentance a few times if you need to. Just an optimistic way of looking at the situation. Ok the truth it was miserably cold and brutally… Read more ›
I don’t know about you but this week has been absolutely exhausting. I’ve had a training class for work that ran for 10 hours per day, and then I did 2-3 hours of lessons per night following that. So after… Read more ›
Just received an email from the parent of two girls that I love working with. The email was so exciting, that I just had to post it immediately. If your brain is already overloaded right now you might want to… Read more ›
