Cross Training Softball

In Princesses Part 1 – I asked you to consider whether or not Princesses should play softball. I offered several character traits that I believe Disney Princesses had that would make them ideal softball players and teammates. I shared why… Read more ›

A few years ago I had the distinct pleasure of meeting one of the toughest ball players in the game and discovered through our conversation that she was most definitely a girlie-girl. When I say girlie-girl I’m not just referring… Read more ›

My students. The heart my students have for this game. The willingness of my students to do whatever it takes to become champions on and off the field. Take Lauren and Kady for example, the two young ladies in this… Read more ›

When you sit on the outside of the fence watching them play, have you ever wondered what goes through players heads? I do. All the time. I wonder if they really love the game. Is their mom/dad forcing them to… Read more ›

Ephesians 2:10 says “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” That means that you were crafted by God.  Many times the circumstances we find ourselves in, or… Read more ›

Players who slap from the left side of the box are cute. May even be nice kids. But I wouldn’t trust them if I were you. Why? Because if racing with them isn’t tough enough already, they get a lead.… Read more ›

As it’s very name suggests Thanksgiving is always a time for giving thanks. As I sit alone at my keyboard with the sun rising in Georgia I count it a blessing that I’ve been able to spend the entire week… Read more ›

If it were a movie the sun would be rising over a dew covered luscious field of green grass. One by one the camera would move from face to face. As it panned out you would begin getting the bigger… Read more ›

How can the Softball Cruise Clinic possibly get better? By video taping it for the world to see of course. That’s right I just got the news that Gary Leland of Softball.TV will be joining us for the cruise and… Read more ›

The Buford Wicked that is. Although they had played a rough tournament yesterday most of the players made it out for a custom team clinic and every player gave me 100% of their attention and 100% effort. While I’ve worked… 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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›