First request is can someone please show me the hands for the reverse top hand drill? I find it very difficult to see in the video as the gloves at the bat are all black.
Second request is what drills is everyone using to teach hitting behind the batter?
I have been is discussion with a ton of other coaches from top tier teams to lower tier teams, everywhere in between. My question is, where have all the 16U pitchers gone. I've heard teams, solid A teams, offering girls that don't throw 50 with the wind behind them. I know I'm frustrated...
Windy City Ice 2013-2014 Tryouts
If you are looking for an organization for your daughter to play competitive softball and to better develop her skills the Windy City Ice Fastpitch is for your daughter.
We will have winter workouts and clinics for all our teams and coaches.
Tryouts will be...
So we played in a tournament today and we did lose the game 6-5. Here is the problem. We use iScore and this was a USSSA tournament. We get a team who has a player that does not appear on the iScore program and is not on the USSSA website roster or the signed roster. I contact the tournament...
While at a coaching meeting for an organization an organization head stated things he did not want or allow in his organization. 2 of those things I had seen done at the high school level and was not sure how to feel about it. The first thing he did not want was asking players to come up with...
Question for everyone out there. We use the TCB wiffle balls before games for tb and hs and I have seen it both ways. How do you throw your wiffle balls? Do you underhand throw them from a close distance to still give the bottom up movement and, unless you are very good at it, wasted pitches...
My TB team is playing a team somewhat in the area on Saturday. My DD does not wear a face mask and generally plays SS/CF. She is aware of the dangers, shown her all the information and risks but she does not like wearing the face masks at all. Where we are playing on Saturday requires ALL...
Certain days during the year we have whole days devoted to hitting and when we are indoors for the winter every other Sunday is devoted to hitting. Assuming we have 11-12 kids and three hitting cages I generally do
1st cage- coach soft toss
2nd cage- live hitter/pitcher
3rd cage- tee drills...
I have been coaching for 6 years now with the current breakdown:
4 years rec
3 travel
1st high school
Each year I have increased my win totals from the year before and generally carry over the same core players (as not all parents are insane and realize that you will not always win right away)...