Softball Coaching Tips: DP/Flex Strategies Explained

The dp/flex rule allows much more than many coaches realize. It can be a bit confusing and complicated, but if you take some time to at least get familiar with some of the uses, the ones that can help your team the most, it will give you options you never knew you had.

One document that came in handy for me was the dp/flex strategies printout available at nfhs.org (DOWNLOAD HERE). Like I said, at first it was a bit confusing, but actually writing out a lineup with names of players on your team may help you grasp the concepts and dp/flex strategies being shared. You may not understand all the different possible uses, but just choose one or two that you feel will help your team most and get familiar with how to implement the strategy and use it in a game situation.

Then…give it a shot in a real game or scrimmage and let me know how it goes!!!

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SP Tour – 3 Tips for Reducing Parent Conflict

This is the stop for Day 3 of the SoftballPerformance.com 10th Anniversary Tour!

Today’s stop features a free report softball coaches can use to help reduce problems with parents during the season.  Dealing with can become a huge distraction in your season and negatively affect the performance of your team.  Plus it’s just a bunch of stress you don’t need.  Unfortunately, I don’t have the magic cure to guarantee elimination of all parent issues, but this report has 3 useful and practical tips you can use to significantly reduce the likelihood of major parent problems.

3 Tips for Reducing Parent Conflict

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How to Follow College Softball on Twitter

About a year ago I noticed a lot more softball people on twitter. Along with that I also noticed quite a few College Athletic Departments using Twitter to keep people updating with what was going on with their sports teams.  This year I’m happy to see lots of College Softball Teams with their own dedicated twitter account.  This way I don’t have to read about all the sports news from a particular school and I can just stay up to date with and communicate with the softball teams themselves. Pretty cool stuff!

If you’re not on Twitter yet, it’s very easy to sign up.

  1. Go to Twitter.com
  2. Click on the sign up button.
  3. Follow the directions.

You can literally have your own twitter account within minutes!

Once you have your account, the easiest thing to do to find a lot of cool softball people to follow is go to My Page, then click on the “following link.”

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That will show you all the people I’m following, then you can simply go down the list and click on the “Follow” button for the people or teams you want to see updates from.

college softball teams on twitter

Oh yeah, and don’t forget to follow me too! ;)

Enjoy!

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