softball

At what age should your daughter start working with a pitching instructor. Should she wait until she at least has some skill at pitching?

Hi everyone! I have decided to move forward in expanding my private hitting lessons. I just made a Facebook page for it, Chelsea’s Private Softball Instruction (@chelseasprivatesoftballinstruction). I am located within the Cinci area. I was an All Conference Award Winner during my Softball...

Will you as a team or organization return to a tournament in 2021 that didn’t give a full refund due to cancelled events or the uncertainty if they would even be able to play due to coronavirus? One other point I’ve also notice that a few teams have withdrawn from tournaments due to COVID and...

Our Cap City Force team played this weekend in Findlay OH and the Battle of the Great Lakes. During our 2nd game, everyone's worst nightmare happened; our SS and CF collided on a fly ball, head to head at high speed. It was as terrifying a moment as I have ever experienced on a softball field...

Returing college footbal players that attended George Floyd protest rally are now testing positive for coronavirus. Unfortunately attending mass gather even outdoor has College Coaches concerns as returning College Football players are now testing positive for Corona - 19. I'm not really sure...

Another Arizona player bites the dust. The latest casualty is Riley Kuderca. Riley is the 6th player to leave Arizona program. They say it a byproduct of the coronavirus crisis, Arizona is returning seven seniors for 2021. Look Like Coach Candrea will be stacks in 2021.

With student-athletes season being cut short what recognize did your graduating sottball seniors receive?

If everyine remembers Governor JB Pritzker from Illinois announced in the beginning of May or late April that no summer sports would happen in Illinois meaning no softball in Illinois. Did anyone hear if the lawsuit was successful or not?

Coronavirus has affected everything softball and a lot of other sports as well. I just spent about 20 minutes talking with a volleyball mother that shared what Club Volleyball Teams/organizations are currently doing due to COVID - 19. Of course I always enjoying getting feedback from other...

What Ball looked like after coronavirus.... Finally got my team out on the field to play ball in an actually tournament this weekend. It was an out-of-state tournament. Coming into the tournament, I was concerned about my girls, the gameplay, masks, the interactions between players, umpires...

I found this story on The Tampa Bay Times website. inserts concerning College Softball The existing conferences stay intact for football and men’s basketball, but for sports such as baseball, softball, golf, tennis, etc., you simply play teams within your own region. If you ask me, it makes...

Team Game: Horse for Softball Place three balls Four feet apart down the 3rd base line. Place a runner from "Team A" on 3rd base Place fielders on 3rd base and 2nd base "Team B" "Team A" runner must reach 2nd base before the fielder fields and throws all 3 balls to the fielder at second base...

Players form two lines facing each other about 15 - 20 feet apart. The coach flips a ball to the first player. That player throws to the player across from her. That player immediately throws the ball to the next player in line across from her. This continues until the catcher receives the ball...

FIELDING: PEPPER GAME The name of this game is Pepper. A coach gathers a small group of players which are only a few feet from her. The coach then hits or bunts the ball to the players in any random order, then the players must use quick reactions to retrieve the ball and accuracy to pitch...

FIELDING: PADDLE DRILL For this drill we made paddles with straps out of ping pong paddles and stapled a strap on to the back of the paddle. Have the players strap on the paddles and hit them tennis balls on the ground. This teaches them to go to the ball with both hands and also to have soft...

FIELDING: OVER-THE-HEAD DRILL Have the players line up and have one of them selected to field a ball hit over her head. Hit or throw the ball over her head and to the right or left. Make sure that she does not run with her glove up, but rather put the glove down and run to catch the ball and...

FIELDING: OUTFIELD FLY DRILL There is a drill I have been using for the past 3 years for outfielders. Place half the team in left field and the rest in center. The coaches hit a flyball in between the first two outfielders. They both go for the ball with one catching it and the other properly...

FIELDING: KNOCK OUT GAME When my team is stuck in the gym for a couple of days it's hard to keep up their interest. I do an X-out drill where the team is divided into two teams and stands on the corner of gym on opposing corners. Each coach stands on the opposite end at the corners and...

FIELDING: GROUNDER FLYBALL GROUNDER GAME My favorite drill is called grounder Flyball grounder. It goes like this: Line all of your players up at third base. Hit a hard grounder to the first person in line. As soon as they throw it in to the coach throw a high fly to first. Make the player...

FIELDING: FUNNEL DRILL This drill was one of the most helpful drills as a player, and now as an assistant coach. Players can do this drill after warming up their arms, with their partner. One player keeps their glove on, the other takes their glove off. The partner with the glove rolls them the...