CoachTube Presents: Jordan Winters - Class of 2019- Softball Recruiting Video on US Sports Net!

Jordan Winters -Started her junior year at The King's Academy in this video Class of 2019 Middle Infielder/Outfielder Lake Worth, Florida Contact awinters@tka.net Copyright: Shelby Kimpel Videos, 2018. [Recruiting Video Below]

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Creating a Championship-Caliber Pitcher #NFCA2017

by National Fastpitch Coaches Association

About this Course

Melyssa Lombardi from the University of Oklahoma and Jennifer Rocha from the University of Florida present Creating a Championship-Caliber Pitcher at NFCA's 2017 National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Coach Credentials

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Melyssa Lombardi, Associate Head Coach, University of Oklahoma

Having completed her 20th season as a full-time coach, Melyssa Lombardi continues to guide the Sooner pitchers and catchers to even greater accomplishments. Lombardi was promoted to her current position of associate head coach in July 2007.

Drawing from her playing days as a catcher for the Sooners from 1995-96, Lombardi has lent her valuable experiences in tutoring the Oklahoma catchers and pitchers. During her tenure, the Sooners have won the 2000, 2013, 2016 and 2017 National Championships and have won 16 NCAA Regional Championships in 20 postseason appearances. In addition the Sooners have claimed nine Big 12 regular season titles (1999, 2000, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017) and four conference tournament championships (2001, 2007, 2010 and 2017).

As a member of the Sooners' coaching staff, Lombardi has been a part of four NFCA National Coaching Staffs of the Year (2000, 2013, 2016 and 2017), and 10 Regional Coaching Staffs of the Year (1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017).

A former all-conference catcher for the Sooners, Lombardi has also coached the Oklahoma battery to a combined 19 All-America honors, 36 All-Region accolades and 75 All-Big 12 honors during her time in Norman.

The 2017 season featured one of the deepest staffs in program history as three pitchers threw at least 100 innings and all five members of the staff had ERAs at 2.08 or lower. The staff ERA was 1.55 on the season with 510 strikeouts in 482.2 innings and an opponents' average of .177.

Paige Parker continued her career with another All-American season and her third straight season being named Big 12 Pitcher of the Year after posting the lowest ERA (1.43) and best strikeout rate (8.72 per 7 IP) of her career. Junior Paige Lowary transferred from Missouri and was named an All-Big 12 First Team honoree as she emerged as a dominant relief pitcher. With 11 saves on the year, Lowary had more than any team previously recorded in OU history and she tied for fifth in NCAA single-season records. Freshman Mariah Lopez went 18-1 on the season with 109 strikeouts in 101 innings and threw a no-hitter. Fellow freshmen Nicole Mendes and Melanie Olmos rounded out the staff by giving up just two runs in 24.2 combined innings.

Jennifer Rocha, Associate Head Coach, University of Florida

Jennifer Rocha has made a name for herself as one of the top pitching instructors in the country. In her 12 seasons at Florida, Rocha has tutored seven All-American hurlers in Stephanie Brombacher, Stacey Nelson, Hannah Rogers, Lauren Haeger, Delanie Gourley, Aleshia Ocasio and Kelly Barnhill. In four of the last 10 years, the Gators have turned in the top team ERA in the country and in 2017 the staff posted a 0.81 ERA which is the second best in program history.

On June 15, 2017, Rocha was elevated to associate head coach.

Rocha was instrumental in the development of a pair of NFCA All-American hurlers in Delanie Gourley, Aleshia Ocasio and All-Southeast Region third team selection Kelly Barnhill. During the offseason the trio earned spots to play at the international level with Team USA (Gourley & Barnhill) and Puerto Rico (Ocasio).

In addition, Rocha was named the 2015 NFCA Assistant Coach of the Year. It was the first honor of its kind received by a UF coach in program history.

After tutoring both Nelson, Brombacher and Rogers to successful careers in Orange and Blue, Rocha led Haeger to becoming the best pitcher in the country in 2015.

Rocha made the trip to Gainesville with head coach Tim Walton, as the two have worked together for a decade.  Under Rocha, the Wichita State pitching staff set several school records and posted an earned run average of under 2.00 in back-to-back seasons. Their 1.46 ERA in 2004 was the lowest in program history. The pitching staff struck out over 400 batters in each Rocha’s final two seasons, with one individual recording over 200. In 2005, the Shockers’ top pitchers registered records of 20-8 and 22-8 and each had a 1.52 ERA in 202.1 and 180.0 innings pitched.

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Kaycie Wenzel - Softball Recruiting Video - 2019 and 3 Softball Drills To Do At Home

Kaycie Wenzel softball recruiting/skills video. Manteno High School Class of 2019 and Illinois Stars [Video below]

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3 Softball Drills To Do At Home

• By Brandon Ogle
 

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All while simply using regular household items to work on their game. It’ll not just get them more focused on the sport, but also at the same time, I’m sure you will see some rapid improvement with their on-field performance. Throughout this article, I’ll walk you through some at-home drills you can teach your players.

Drill #1: Posterboard Strike Zone

This drill you can do with a number of different things, but I’ll suggest using a posterboard. Grab some tape and create a strike zone on the board. Then, tape it about a foot off the ground. Once you have your strike zone built, head upstairs and grab a few pairs of socks rolled up (in other words, your softballs). The last item you’ll need is a camera. Anything will do here, you can even tell them to grab one of their parent’s phones. Set it behind where you’ll be pitching from and set it to record video.

Finally, now that you’re ready to practice, work on the motion of going through the windup and throwing the socks (i.e. softball) into the posterboard. With the video footage, you’ll be able to dissect the motion and overall throwing process. Some valuable insight that most youth players never evaluate.

Drill #2: Arm Strength and Hands Drills

A major part of being an effective softball player is having soft hands and a strong arm. An easy drill for this only requires a net or a wall. For the hands aspect of this category, all you have to do is throw the ball off the wall. This will allow you to practice various ground balls, short hops, and so on. Then, for arm strength, just use the wall as a way to practice throwing. Work on arm motion particularly here.

Don’t have a solid wall to use? No worries, just use a tennis ball and the garage. Trust me, it works just as well.

Drill #3: Take Some Cuts

This final drill might just be the simplest one for your players to practice. For this, they’ll just need a mirror and a bat. The player will get in front of the mirror and simply take full cuts while seeing in-person how their stance looks, as well as the swing. While it might sound like a nominal drill, it’s actually key to developing a consistent swing.

As for how often it would be recommended to do this drill, I’d suggest having them take 15-20 swings at a time on 3 different instances each day.

Practice, Practice, Practice!

In the end, one of your primary jobs as a youth softball coach is to develop the work ethic necessary to grow as a player and a person. Even though you won’t be working first-hand on these drills with your players, you will be the one responsible for growing their love for the game!
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Rachelle Garcia 2020 Softball Recruiting Video and The 2018 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scoring Seminar

[Video below]-Softball Recruiting Video for Rachelle Garcia - Monrovia High School, CA Class of 2020 Travel Ball Team - A Cut Above Colaso

2018 NFCA Scoring Seminar by National Fastpitch Coaches Association

If you have been looking for a program to help you accurately score a softball game, your search is over!  The NFCA Softball Scoring Seminar is a new, useful tool for the fastpitch softball community. During every fastpitch softball game, someone is behind the scenes keeping score. It is our goal at the NFCA to develop relevant programs to grow the game and "How do we score a softball game?" is a question continually asked by many people involved in the sport. We created this course to provide an avenue for interested parties to learn to score correctly.  This project originated from our NFCA All-American committees as consistent and accurate scoring is critical to ensure a quality selection process.  It is designed for coaches, sports information personnel, players, parents, and anyone else who wants to learn how to accurately score a game.   We invite you to watch this collection of videos and presentations created by various scoring experts from across the country.

Coach Credentials

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Brian Stanley joined the NFCA as the Director of Media Relations in October of 2015. He has previously served as the Director of Communications for the NorPac Field Hockey Conference and Assistant Director of Athletics Communications at Radford University. Stanley graduated from the University of New Haven in 1999 with bachelor’s degrees in management of sport industries and business administration. Dave Hines joined the NFCA as its Manager of Media Relations in November 2013, and became the Director of Publications the following year. A native of Kingston, N.Y., Hines spent April 2001-November 2013 as the assistant sports editor of the Daily Freeman, where he assisted with day-to-day management and production of the newspaper, including writing, editing, layout, photography and video for use in print and online. From September 1993-April 2001, he was the sports information director at the State University of New York at New Paltz, where he was solely responsible for managing the media operations of a 20-sport NCAA Division III athletic program. 

Hines graduated with honors from the State University of New York at New Paltz with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations. Doug Meffley began his Northwestern career as an athletic communications work-study student in 2002 and has worked his way up to his current position of Athletics Director of Digital and Social Communications. Meffley and his staff have oversight of NU athletics content strategies, serving as a liaison among marketing, communications and ticketing. He also oversees NUsports.com, NU's athletics social media efforts and remains the primary communications contact for Northwestern softball. Meffley's social media campaigns were featured by Crain's Chicago Business in the publication's "Best of Social Marketing" for 2012 and have received national press from such outlets as Yahoo! Sports. He was a featured panelist in PR Week Magazine's September 2015 "Brand Content Consumers Notice and Remember: The Content Marketing Roundtable." 

Parker Griffith enters his fifth season with the Murray State Athletic Media Relations department and is the primary contact for football, rifle and softball. Griffith arrived in Murray after spending two and half years as the Director of Media Relations with the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. While at the NFCA, Griffith oversaw the Division I and II Top 25 polls and Player of the Week honors, served as the Division II liaison and handled the day-to-day public relations needs of the Association. Prior to the NFCA, Griffith served as the Assistant Sports Information Director at The University of Texas at Tyler and as Sports Information Director at Hendrix College in Conway, Ark.  He has also previously worked with Mississippi State University, the East Texas PumpJacks, the Memphis Grizzlies, Nike, P.E.A.N.U.T, the University of Memphis and Learfield Sports and the North Mississippi Tornadoes. 

Jose’ Garcia has been a part of the Tennessee State Athletic Media Relations staff in various capacities since 2006 and has served as Assistant Sports Information Director since 2012. Garcia is the primary contact for football, softball and golf while serving as the secondary contact for men’s basketball and volleyball. He also works as the public address announcer for volleyball and softball, while serving as the road play-by-play announcer for the past three seasons for softball. Garcia previously worked in sports information at the University of Nebraska at Omaha from 2000-02. In addition to his athletic media relation positions, Garcia also worked in TV and Radio from 1984-94. 

Michael Martineau is a student assistant sports information director at NHTI, Concord ‘sCommunity College and the student manager for the softball program. Vickie Van Kleeck, former head coach at Ferrum College, has held the role of NCAA secretary-rules editor since September 2015. Van Kleeck, who retired from coaching after the 2015 season, posted a 531-427-1 record with the Panthers. She led Ferrum to the NCAA Division III tournament in 2002, 2005 and 2012. Additionally, she served as the senior woman administrator and provided leadership for Ferrum’s women’s varsity sports as well as the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

Van Kleeck was a member of the NCAA Softball Rules Committee from 2008-13. Rachel Lawson was named head coach of the University of Kentucky softball team in July 2007. Entering her 11th season as UK's head coach in 2018, Lawson's vision for the UK softball program has started to become a realization. The winningest head coach in program history has not only lead UK to its first-ever appearance in the Women's College World Series, five NCAA Super Regionals the lastsix seasons, including a program-best 50 wins in 2014, but UK's administration come through on their promise and commitment to softball by providing Lawson with one of the nation's greatest collegiate softball facilities in the $9.5 million John Cropp Stadium. 

Matt Smith was promoted to Associate Communications Director in July of 2016 after being hired as an Assistant Communications Director at Nebraska in February of 2008. Prior to that he spent more than four years as a student and intern. Smith has spent 11 seasons as the primary communications contact for the Nebraska softball program, after joining the athletic department as a student assistant in 2003. He spent nearly four years as a graduate intern before being named to a full-time position. Smith also works with Huskers.com and assists and travels with football. For the past four years, he has also coordinated the production of Nebraska's official game-day football program sold inside Memorial Stadium. 

Scott Moriak is an SID assistant in the Florida State sports information office and serves as the contact for the softball and women’s soccer programs. He has worked closely with FSU Sports Information since 2004 when he became a member of the statistics crew for the men's and women's basketball programs. He also served on the official stat crew at the ACC Women's Basketball Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. from 2005-10. In December 2008, Moriak began an internship with FSU sports information working primarily with the women's basketball and baseball teams. He served as an official scorer at home baseball games from 2009-13, controlling the live stats operations on gametracker and other media sites. 

CoachTube-Sue Enquist coaches The Stride softball pitch

See former head softball coach at UCLA, Sue Enquist's full coaching course at this link: Sue shows you the mechanics of softball pitching in a course that is designed to be learned and applied in the easiest manner possible.

About this Course

Follow along with former head at UCLA Sue Enquist in this 37 minute coaching video as she breaks down the fundamental steps to be a pro softball pitcher! 

In Pitching Mechanics, Enquist demonstrates the essential building blocks that serve as a foundation for consistent and effective pitching. Each lesson in this course is designed to be learned and applied in the easiest manner possible.

Topics covered include:

Wrist snap, release and follow-through
Arm circle
Release and finish
The stride
Pre-pitch motion and feet positioning

Coach Credentials

Sue EnquistFormer Head Softball Coach for UCLA

About Sue Enquist: 
Former head softball coach at UCLA and 1980 graduate of UCLA, Coach Enquist had a long and successful career with her university. 

Sue's Track Record:

• 1975-1978:  Enquist played as a center fielder for the Bruins. Her career batting average was .401. In her time there she also earned all honors as UCLA’s first softball All-American. 
• 1980-1988: Served as an assistant softball coach under longtime Bruin mentor Sharron Backus. 
• 1989-1996: She then served as the Bruins’ co-head coach with Backus
•  1997: Enquist assumed the role of sole head coach for the Bruins. During her extraordinary tenure on the Bruins’ coaching staff, UCLA has played in a record 17 championship games, winning ten titles. 

As one of the most respected coaches in the history of the game, Enquist has been honored many times for her coaching accomplishments, including being inducted into the National Fast pitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

Samantha Presswood 2019 Catcher/2B Softball Skills / Recruiting Video and Youth Softball Coaching Tips

Samantha Presswood 2019 Catcher/2B Softball Skills / Recruiting Video [below]

Youth Softball Coaching Tips

By: Sean Carey

One of your responsibilities as a coach is to give your players all the tools they need to play the game to the best of their ability. The game of softball requires mental and physical agility, and youth softball coaching tips can help you impart needed tips to your players to give them the wherewithal to maximize their abilities.

Here are a few youth softball coaching tips that will improve your team’s play:

• Swing a Weighted Bat – One of the helpful youth softball coaching tips concerns itself with the feel of the bat in the hands of your players. In competitive fast pitch competition, it is helpful if your players can swing their softball bats through the hitting zone with speed. In order to do this, they must be able to handle the bat’s weight. One of the top youth softball coaching tips is to advise your players to swing a bat heavier than the one they use in a game in preparation for their time at bat. In this way, their bat will feel lighter, and they will be able to handle it better, and swing it more quickly through the hitting zone.

• Test Your Players – One of the more beneficial youth softball coaching tips has to do with imparting the rules of the game of softball. It stands to reason that the better your players understand the rules of softball, the better they will be able to make the plays that will maximize their abilities. You can impart this knowledge by holding skill sessions after practice or when adverse weather has prevented your normal weather routine. You can teach this by asking about game situations as you practice such as "if there is a pop fly, are you going to start running to second base?" As a coach, teaching your team the fundamentals of the game involves teaching your team the rules of the game.

• Teaching Bunting – One of the most needed youth softball coaching tips is to teach your players the art and science of bunting the ball, and having fun while you do it. The fundamentals of the bunt are simple: Batters move their top hand up near the trademark, and the object is to "catch the ball with the bat." The batter adjusts the bat to push the softball pitch up the first base line or the thirds base line. You can introduce fun into the exercise by rewarding any player who bunts 5 consecutive pitches into fair ground. In this way, your players are practicing an important, but long-overlooked part of the game while having fun doing it.

• Don’t Forget the Fun – As a coach, teaching youth softball can be difficult. You should always consider the age of your players and consequently their attention spans and rigor in learning the basics. Often the most effective ways to coach about softball rules or teach technique mean adding a dimension of fun into the softball drills you practice. Turn drills into games, or make drills more fun by showing them how the pros do it such as this interactive youth softball drill library.

Always remember that playing youth softball should be fun for the team so they have a desire to learn and consequently you will get greater enjoyment in your youth softball coaching experience.

By Trevor Sumner who works for http://www.Weplay.com, a youth softball community dedicated to providing parents coaches and athletes the tools and information to celebrate the love of the game. Weplay has one of the most comprehensive softball drill libraries in its active softball community.

Madison Hirsch Softball Recruiting Video - Class 2019 and Youth Softball Coaching Tips Presented by FreedomPop Wireless

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Youth Softball Coaching Tips

By: Sean Carey

One of your responsibilities as a coach is to give your players all the tools they need to play the game to the best of their ability. The game of softball requires mental and physical agility, and youth softball coaching tips can help you impart needed tips to your players to give them the wherewithal to maximize their abilities.

Here are a few youth softball coaching tips that will improve your team’s play:

• Swing a Weighted Bat – One of the helpful youth softball coaching tips concerns itself with the feel of the bat in the hands of your players. In competitive fast pitch competition, it is helpful if your players can swing their softball bats through the hitting zone with speed. In order to do this, they must be able to handle the bat’s weight. One of the top youth softball coaching tips is to advise your players to swing a bat heavier than the one they use in a game in preparation for their time at bat. In this way, their bat will feel lighter, and they will be able to handle it better, and swing it more quickly through the hitting zone.

• Test Your Players – One of the more beneficial youth softball coaching tips has to do with imparting the rules of the game of softball. It stands to reason that the better your players understand the rules of softball, the better they will be able to make the plays that will maximize their abilities. You can impart this knowledge by holding skill sessions after practice or when adverse weather has prevented your normal weather routine. You can teach this by asking about game situations as you practice such as "if there is a pop fly, are you going to start running to second base?" As a coach, teaching your team the fundamentals of the game involves teaching your team the rules of the game.

• Teaching Bunting – One of the most needed youth softball coaching tips is to teach your players the art and science of bunting the ball, and having fun while you do it. The fundamentals of the bunt are simple: Batters move their top hand up near the trademark, and the object is to "catch the ball with the bat." The batter adjusts the bat to push the softball pitch up the first base line or the thirds base line. You can introduce fun into the exercise by rewarding any player who bunts 5 consecutive pitches into fair ground. In this way, your players are practicing an important, but long-overlooked part of the game while having fun doing it.

• Don’t Forget the Fun – As a coach, teaching youth softball can be difficult. You should always consider the age of your players and consequently their attention spans and rigor in learning the basics. Often the most effective ways to coach about softball rules or teach technique mean adding a dimension of fun into the softball drills you practice. Turn drills into games, or make drills more fun by showing them how the pros do it such as this interactive youth softball drill library.

Always remember that playing youth softball should be fun for the team so they have a desire to learn and consequently you will get greater enjoyment in your youth softball coaching experience.
 By Trevor Sumner who works for http://www.Weplay.com, a youth softball community dedicated to providing parents coaches and athletes the tools and information to celebrate the love of the game. Weplay has one of the most comprehensive softball drill libraries in its active softball community.

Gigi Speer Class of 2018 Softball Recruiting Video

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If You Hit The SWOD, You Get The SWOD Softball Yoooou're Up!

The subject line of today's SWOD intro is a very inside parody of one of the many things Softballers say: 

We also know that the world's best Softball players train and work year round to be the best they can be. In a couple of weeks an NCAA Softball Champion will be crowned and many a young lady around the globe will be hoping and dreaming for a chance to play on that big stage.  Your Coach 'Nateroooooski' is ready to help you be the strongest, fastest, most agile, quick reacting, player you can be. So enjoy today's SERIOUS WORKOUT OF THE DAY. As we dive deep into your solid softball strength and conditioning program.

All 36 unique workouts, with additional speed, quickness, agility, and reaction workouts, sprint conditioning, nutrition and more are available to Softballers, and any serious athlete or fitness warrior with the US Sports Online Strength and Conditioning System.

As always my army of 'BaddA$$es', please train smart as well as hard. Consult a physician before engaging in any strength and conditioning program.

This workout sample is from week 2 day two of the  3 Day Competitive Softball - Pitcher Program.

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The Softball Programs have everything needed to maximize the physical tools used for playing softball. Rotational power movements, shoulder and lower back injury prevention exercises, forearm strength, it's all here! Playing softball places specific demands on the body and these programs will help meet these demands!

In these Softball Programs, the sets, repetitions, exercise prescription, and actual weight of the programs are based off an initial fitness level and a specific strength to bodyweight ratio. With simple feedback, the progression of the program will follow the body’s unique adaptation process to exercise.

Work hard, play hard, and have fun!

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Week 2 - Day 2 (Wednesday) of Your Softball Program	Week Difficulty: Hard
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Select		Exercise Name	Set and Rep Combinations
	1	Warmup and Stretch	8 minutes
	2	Theraband Rotators (all positions)	15 reps, 12 reps
	3	Video Reverse Hypers	15 reps @ 25 lbs, 15 reps @ 25 lbs
	4	Video Kneeling Cross Body Extension	13 reps, 13 reps
	5	Video Barbell Wide Grip Bent Over Row	15 reps @ 70 lbs, 15 reps @ 70 lbs, 12 reps @ 65 lbs
	6	Video Dumbbell One Arm Row (elbow close)	15 reps @ 35 lbs, 15 reps @ 35 lbs
	7	Video Lat Pulldown Wide Grip Front	15 reps @ 70 lbs, 15 reps @ 70 lbs
	8	Video Dumbbell Lateral Raise	15 reps @ 15 lbs, 15 reps @ 15 lbs
	9	Video Dumbbell Rear Lateral Raise	15 reps @ 12 lbs, 15 reps @ 12 lbs
	10	Video Dumbbell Biceps Curl	15 reps @ 25 lbs, 15 reps @ 25 lbs
	11	Video Dumbbell Seated Forearm Extension	15 reps @ 5 lbs, 15 reps @ 5 lbs
	12	Video Dumbbell Seated Forearm Flexion	15 reps @ 11 lbs, 15 reps @ 11 lbs
	13	Video Standing Toe Press	15 reps @ 105 lbs, 15 reps @ 105 lbs
	14	Seated Toe Press	15 reps @ 55 lbs, 15 reps @ 55 lbs
	15	Video Med Ball Side Throw (standing)	6 reps, 6 reps, 4 reps
	16	Video Cable High Pulley Torso Twists	20 reps @ 15 lbs, 15 reps @ 15 lbs
	17	Video Cable Low Pulley Torso Twists	20 reps @ 15 lbs, 15 reps @ 15 lbs
	18	Video Hanging Bent Knee Leg Raises	18 reps, 18 reps
	19	Video Cross Crunches	29 reps, 29 reps, 23 reps

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