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Fly Ball Priorities Are a Must

One thing that needs to be worked on every season is fly ball priorities. These are important because they will help you: reduce “campfires” – those times when everyone goes for the ball, then stops and lets it drop allow your players to go hard for the ball without worry make more catches which in [...]

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Softball Drills: How to Work on Basic Throwing and Catching

I just read a very interesting blog post about putting emphasis on basic throwing and catching in your practices.  Now, I have to admit, while I have posts from this blog automatically e-mailed to me, I haven’t had much time to read them.  This one however, struck a chord with me. I, too, am often [...]

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I’m Afraid of the Ball

*************************************** QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS Our 21-Day Food Challenge starts tomorrow! Are you in?  Check back tomorrow for details. LAST DAY: Today is the last day to enter our 10 Commandments Contest!  Submit your entry at the Fastpitch World Forums ************************************** I’m afraid of the ball…Did I just say that? Well, not terrified of the ball like [...]

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