Rawlings Youth Girls Fastpitch Softball League

Coaches

MANDATORY Coaches Meeting:

Thur, May 15, 2008 7:00 PM

Location TBD, CSU Pueblo

Download the Coaches Application here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)

Download the Code of Conduct here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)

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