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  1. taylormeyer77

    Teaching positioning/how to shade a certain way, etc.

    Does anyone have any good resources, particularly even Youtube or other videos, that can help me show my team the importance of moving to where the batter is likely to hit, etc.? Even like a softball IQ quiz type of situation... They think/get super annoyed that I'm "always moving them all...
  2. taylormeyer77

    Full season practice plan/scope and sequence

    Thanks so much. With so many kids, and so little coaching staff available right now, one goal I have this season is to put way more emphasis upon building stations/structures that let them operate much more autonomously. E.g., to build in defensive dailies and t work that they understand the...
  3. taylormeyer77

    Full season practice plan/scope and sequence

    My educator is showing with this post title. :) Has anyone here has attempted to do a full season, day by day, practice plan? I say this knowing that we always adjust, and that my team’s high school ball looks different than most. But does anyone have a compressive season long “game plan”...
  4. taylormeyer77

    Priorities in (struuuuuggling) HS ball?

    Thanks so much!! It’s been a blast. All of it. Your idea about watching games makes me think about something I saw our school’s football Coach do this season in an inaugural girls’ flag football team: a before-school morning meeting watching tape/learning plays, so he didn’t have to waste...
  5. taylormeyer77

    Priorities in (struuuuuggling) HS ball?

    You’ve done this a little, haven’t you? ;) Thank you. Awesome tips. And yes! I’ve been taking pitching lessons myself the last two years or so until I can find a pitching coach. It’s addicting/karma for yelling from the outfield my whole career about how “easy” it is. Do you advocate for a...
  6. taylormeyer77

    Priorities in (struuuuuggling) HS ball?

    I feel your pain. I’m also stuck by HS with pretty limited off-season pieces, too. We did Saturday BP and will again. That was pretty important, for sure. Wishing you luck and solidarity in the struggle!!
  7. taylormeyer77

    Priorities in (struuuuuggling) HS ball?

    Hey all, last season was my first at the helm (with a 6 week shortened COVID season). We…struggled. Strengths: built awesome culture, traditions. Didn’t lose a single player despite losing all games but one. Wasserman’s program led to great gains in team throwing fundamentals Weaknesses: damn...
  8. taylormeyer77

    Rebuilding/creating a culture

    Great call. Thank you!
  9. taylormeyer77

    Fundamentals of throwing the softball

    This ⬆️. Saw the most dramatic changes the fastest with this.
  10. taylormeyer77

    Drill video sharing

    Do you have a couple you love?
  11. taylormeyer77

    Rebuilding/creating a culture

    Create traditions. The HS team I coached this season was awful. Won one. And since our girls rarely play before coming our way at all, I’m likely to be in the same boat for a while to come. But the smartest thing I did this year in the first full season at the helm (2020 doesn’t count) was...
  12. taylormeyer77

    Best virtual pitching coach?

    OH, and Wasserman is AWESOME-rman. :) We exclusively use his stuff for throwing, and it's made a HUGE difference in mechanics, even in a silly 6 week COVID season.
  13. taylormeyer77

    Best virtual pitching coach?

    Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I think you and I have certainly followed similar journeys as far as being voracious readers/consumers of any and all info we can get (with similar heroes, too :)). I started w/ the stickies you mentioned on this forum, which was incredibly...
  14. taylormeyer77

    Best virtual pitching coach?

    Same. In my short time coaching, though, I have quickly learned that I spend almost near as much money going out than I do coming in. Haha.
  15. taylormeyer77

    Fatal Flaws of Softball Pitching

    I've increasingly heard "slow to fast," but don't really get what is meant by that. Halppppp!
  16. taylormeyer77

    Best virtual pitching coach?

    Wondering who coaches have liked the best? I'm thinking long-term, not just for COVID times, but those who'd already had established practices for this, and who are likely to continue virtual coaching (specifically, with one-on-one classes, or at least options for individualized feedback) for...
  17. taylormeyer77

    Starting girls from scratch

    Agreed. I see walk-ins as a part of every warm-up. Ever.
  18. taylormeyer77

    Starting girls from scratch

    Thank you!!
  19. taylormeyer77

    Basic arm-body synchronization

    Aweseome. Thank you! Coached my first season at a school without really any pitching. I tried recruiting pitching coaches, former players, former college teammates, you name it, but kind of knew I needed to get little bit of pitching experience myself (penance for a career of screaming, "JUST...
  20. taylormeyer77

    Starting girls from scratch

    Video this season absolutely confirmed they do NOT have good basic mechanics. Lol. But it sounds like you would absolutely emphasize I/R over body awareness, etc., for lack of better term? I just ask because in learning myself, I suppose I hammered home I/R pieces for a long, long time...

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