Free Fastpitch Coaching Articles
*NEW* Fruits That Help With Hydration on Hot Game Days - Summer is here and those long tournament days are around the corner. Find out what fruits can help your team stay hydrated.
7 FREE Ways to Increase Your Coaching Knowledge - 7 Ways you can learn more as a coach without having to spend any money.
Blocking is the Easy Part - How to minimize passed balls.
Never Teach Your Catchers to Frame a Pitch - Input from a catching coach on why you should never teach your catchers to frame a pitch.
Help Yourself Get in "The Zone" - We've all heard about "The Zone," but how do you get yourself there more often? This article shares a little tip to help you with that.
Three "Must Do's" for Hitting - Things batter's need to know and think to be productive in the batter's box.
Sports First Aid Kit: Are You Prepared
- Read this article by Louise Roach to learn about sports first aid and
learn how to create your own customized kit that fits your family’s
sports first aid needs .
Often Forgotten Tips for Producing Game Ready Hitters - Are you making these mistakes?
Transitions and Downtime
- Attitude is important and what we think about affects our softball
performance. In this game, there is so much time to think. Learn a
little about how this affects your game. Plus coaches can get a few
post-game discussion tips.
How Can Sports Psychology Help Athletes?
Summer Training for Speed (Part I) - Tips and examples of summer workouts for increasing speed.
Summer Training for Speed (Part II) - Strength and Conditioning tips and example workouts for the summer.
5 Tips for Coaching 8U Softball - Just a few thoughts to keep in mind if you're new to working with this great age group.
Making Practice Fun and Effective - This is actually an article written for baseball, but of course, it also applies just as well to softball.
A Coaches' Guide to Winning the Motivation Game - 15 Steps to motivating the athletes you coach.
Self-esteem Builds Female Athletes - Some reasons why being a softball player, or any other female athlete for that matter, is cool!
So You're the New Baseball Coach - Fun article with great tips for any coach.
Building A Sports Team
- written by Paul Schienberg, PhD, this article gives some insight into
what defines a sports team. This article is meant for coaches and
players alike.
Ten Tips for Coaching Girls' Sports - Courtesy of Women's Sports Foundation, here are a few great guidelines for anyone involved with coaching female athletes!
Dealing with Slumps - Every softball player should read this article.
This Link will take you to Fastsports.com. Article by Sport Psychology Consultant, Karlene Sugarman, M.A., author of Winning the Mental Way.
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