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MANDATORY
Coaches Meeting:
Thur, May 15, 2008 7:00 PM
Location TBD, CSU Pueblo
Click
HERE for Map
Download the Coaches Application here.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
Download the Code of Conduct here.
(Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
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Coaching
Links and Resources |
"The fewer rules a coach has,
the fewer rules there are for players to break." -- John
Madden
- A
STATE BY STATE Tournament Board Add/search
for tournament, scrimmage game requests, friendly games in
eteamz tournament database
- A
STATE BY STATE Team Announcement Board Add/search
for team openings, team tryouts, coach openings, tournament
openings, or even post your tournament results or
congratulatory notes on the eteamz team announcment board.
- Activefundraising.com
- Active Fundraising is your one-stop source for high-quality
fundraisers, sales tips and more! Choose from a wide array of
direct-sale products like candy bars and scratch cards. Or,
raise money through glossy order-taker brochures that sell
everything from tasty snacks to cool safety kits http://eteamz.active.com/company/fundraising/
- ACTIVEGIVING.COM
- The
ActiveGiving software program helps you collect donations
directly through your eteamz web site or any
web site on the Internet. Once the campaign web site is
formed, individual and team fundraisers create their own
secondary web pages to track their efforts.
- A
Softball Coaches Tool Kit - a comprehensive softball
coaches manual. An excellent resource for coaches at all
levels. Includes a CD with 145 easily customized
"Tools" such as Practice Plans, Drills,
Contests/Games, Outfield Clinic, Team Handbook. Softball Exam,
Assessments, Evaluations, Scouting, Motivation, Communication
and a Scorecard. Topics include Equipment, Uniforms and Team
Trips.
- American
Sport Education Program
- Athlonic
- Wheeler Dealer Automatic Soft Toss Machine - New Product
- Only soft-toss machine with adjustable speed and height
capabilities. Throws virtually any type of ball including
whiffle, tennis, and racquetballs. Holds 18 softballs or 27-28
baseballs. Corded and rechargeable battery versions available
(good for 12+ hour!!!). Call for more information and a free
video.
- B
& N Softball Page Devoted to Slow pitch Softball. We
will be updating our page with a new article every few weeks
or so, discussing topics that deal with slo-pitch softball.
Read about our bat reviews, the latest on Cryogenics, bat wall
thickness and info on bat alloys & discussions with top
experts in various fields.
- Baseballtips.com
Improve Your Game by Using Our Free Articles
- Catcher's
Corner This page is devoted solely to those special people
who run the game, catchers. Here you will find almost
everything you need to know about calling pitches, plus, a
section about how to call pitches in various game situations.
- Cindy
Bristow-Softball Excellence (Tallahassee,
FL) Coaching instructional information-packed site all written
by Cindy Bristow, former Director of Junior Olympic Softball
for ASA/USA Softball and current Professional coach of the
Georgia Pride. Books and manuals on every softball coaching
topic including strategy, coverages, signals, charts,
pitching, hitting fielding drills, practice organization and
sequential photos of elite pitchers.
- Coaching
Girls Softball (ages 8-10)
- Complete
Pitching Clinics & Softball Instruction
- Dealing
with Slumps
- Fastpitch
Coaching Tips
- Fastpitch
Drills and Tips by eteamz - FastPitch Softball Drills
broken down into Batting Pitching, Hitting, Catching,
Fielding, and Speed.
- Fastpitch
Pitching Instructional Videos (with
George's live action pitching film clips)
- The Rhythm & Balance Pitching Method
by George Jones "the St. Louis Pitching Coach Guru",
DEVELOPS the COMPLETE PITCHER which encompasses BALL MOVEMENT,
SPEED, LOCATION and MOUND CONFIDENCE. As you read
George's impressive background, you will see that this system
of Rhythm & Balance Pitching worked well for him and is
working for his students as well. Through the years, the
students that adhered to George's teaching received College
Scholarship offers and through these same years, the parents'
savings were in excess of $2,500,000.00! Over his
career, there have been 300+ girls that have received
scholarship offers. George is in the Indiana ASA Softball Hall
of Fame & has been a Professional Instructor for 26+
Years. Now his expertise is available on video. FREE PITCHING
ANALYSIS WITH VIDEO ORDER!
- Fastpitch
Drills
- Fastpitch
Tips and Drills
- Frozen
Ropes Training Center
- Higher
Ground Softball (Tifton, GA) Softball instructional
services & products, including videos. books, camps,
clinics, & training equipment. Founded in 1989 by Bobby
Simpson.
- Jeff's
Hitting Tips (Toronto, Canada) Jeff's Hitting Tips- The
Hitter's Checklist, Mental preparation and visualization,
Warm-up, Understanding current situations, Gripping the bat,
Stance, Your hitting trigger, The swing and follow-through,
Training your eyes, Proper footwork, Definine your role in
certain situations, Knowing your own swing - strengths and
weaknesses, Practice techniques, How to get out of a slump.
- NFCA
(National Fastpitch Coaches Assn)
- National
Fast Pitch Pitching Coach Registry (Modesto, California) A
site where a pitching coach can leave contact info so I can
refer parents looking for a coach in their part of the
country. A free service.
- National
Sports Clinics (Pittsburg, Kansas) Widely recognized as
the leader in quality coaches clinics in the United States, we
provide the opportunity to learn the finer points of fastpitch
softball from the most knowledgeable and experienced
clinicians in the world. We also offer a wide variety of
books, videos, JUGS equipment, pins, pin traders, visors and
much more.
- Nokona
Glove Care Great tips for measuring your hand for a good
fit, discusses glove size designations for types of play and
positions.
- Minnesota
Fastpitch Coaching Tips Tips for hitting, pitching,
catching, sliding, increasing speed, indoor drills, and more.
- Pitch a
Fit Fastpitch (Tidewater, Virginia) Pitch a Fit offers
instruction in pitching, hitting, fielding, throwing, and
overall fastpitch skills. We have conducted numerous camps and
clinics in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina,
and Maryland. Our overall goal is to provide the very best
fastpitch training to all levels of players.
- Pitching
Instructional Videos (with George's live action pitching film
clips)
- The Rhythm & Balance Pitching Method
by George Jones "the St. Louis Pitching Coach Guru",
DEVELOPS the COMPLETE PITCHER which encompasses BALL MOVEMENT,
SPEED, LOCATION and MOUND CONFIDENCE. As you read
George's impressive background, you will see that this system
of Rhythm & Balance Pitching worked well for him and is
working for his students as well. Through the years, the
students that adhered to George's teaching received College
Scholarship offers and through these same years, the parents'
savings were in excess of $2,500,000.00! Over his
career, there have been 300+ girls that have received
scholarship offers. George is in the Indiana ASA Softball Hall
of Fame & has been a Professional Instructor for 26+
Years. Now his expertise is available on video. FREE PITCHING
ANALYSIS WITH VIDEO ORDER!
- Positive
Coaching Alliance
- Practice
Drillls
- ProRank
Softball Coaching Resources
- Shortstroke
Trainer (Jamesville, NC) The Shortstroke Trainer is a
muscle-memory device that develops a short, compact path to
the ball. It prevents common problems such as wrapping,
sweeping, casting, and dropping the barrell. Visit our website
for a video clip and more info.
- Siek's
Psych Corner - This page is brought to you by Rick
Siekmann (Siek) who is a fellow softball maniac with a degree
in psychology and a special interest in sports psychology.
Siek has spent literally years searching for the competitive
edge it offers and would like to share sports psychology
perspectives with all of us.
- Smartsoftball.net
- Free instructional advice for coaches, pitchers and
instructors.
- Softball
Coach - Various coaching tips for Girls Fast Pitch
Softball. Tips on Hitting, Bunting, Fielding, Base Running,
Mental Focus/Discipline and College Preparation. We also have
a Message Board where you can post any questions or
tips/drills you wish, or you can just talk softball.
- Softball
Hitting Tips (Slopitch's Softball page) Select the right
size bat for increased bat speed and performance. This page
provides some important factors to consider when choosing your
bat.
- Softballcoach59.com
Softballcoach59.com is part of the Youth Sports Club. The
Youth Sports Club is the premier web site on the internet
which produces and distributes high quality instructional
softball videos and books for softball coaches and parents.
- Softball
Tips Page - tips on pitching, catching, sportsmanship and
more brought to you by 2 high school fastpitch players
- Speed
Training
- Speedy's
Softball Hut - A Fastpitch Softball Resource (USA) This
site is an archive of different plays to use on the field and
it is also a personal page for my softball team. It should
prove helpful to any fastpitch softball players (high school
level).
- SportsScience
- an interdisciplinary site for research on human physical
performance
- SportSpecific.com
- (Sioux City, IA) Softball training, drills, and tips for
fastpitch, slow-pitch, youth, men and women players and
coaches
- Super
Tips from Super Players
- Tee
Hitting
- Tips
to Improve Outfield Play Everyone knows the importance of
having outfielders with great speed, a good arm, and the
ability to make routine catches. But how much time is devoted
to the little things that make these skills possible? Your
players can benefit from spending a small portion of your
practice time on outfield preparation.
- Weight
Training for Sports (Slopitch's Softball page) Some great
info to print out and give to your athletes
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