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    Sharing Softball Tips, Challenges, and Lessons Learned in a Softball Life!


    Looking for fastpitch softball tips and tricks? Here you'll find all kinds of thoughts, tips, and ideas from inside my softball brain. Enjoy!


Archive for the 'Softball Tips' Category

Softball Pitching Tip: How to Grip a Rise Ball

Monday, August 30th, 2010

There is more than one way to grip your rise ball. However, here is a video clip that will show you how Bill Hillhouse does it. Why listen to him? Well… because he actually throws the pitch in competition against real batters (not just teach it) because he not only is a pitcher, but is [...]

Agree or Disagree: Change Softball Pitching Stride Length to Change Height of Pitch

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

In this video Crissy Rap talks about what to work on first, speed or accuracy, then she also discusses how to get the ball to go where you want. Her suggestion for changing the height of a pitch, low vs high, is to change your pitching stride length (about 2:50 into the video) — lengthen [...]

Softball Hitting Tips: Jessica Mendoza Covers Important Tee Basics

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Almost all softball coaches utilize tee drills in practice. However, this is one softball hitting drills I see done wrong quite often. The biggest problem is often with the set up. If you don’t properly set up to hit the ball off the tee you really aren’t doing anything worth practicing and may be creating [...]