Everyone knows you learn many life lessons through sports, including softball. Most people don’t think about these sports lessons it in terms of relationship pearls of wisdom.  But I assure you, there are many lessons you learn on the field that you can apply to relationships and vice versa.  There are things that you learn in real life that you can apply to the field.

Don’t believe me?  Keep reading…

There ARE fundamental concepts that successful softball players have in common with successful daters (or people who are successful in the area of relationships).  Here are a few…

5 Things Successful Softball Players and Successful Daters Have in Common

• both wait for the perfect pitch before they swing
• both know how to let bad pitches go
• both are good at reading signals
• both make their opponent earn each base they get
• both are excellent at quickly reading the situation then effectively executing the appropriate action

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***Make Better Throws***

Focus on having your defenders make throws that are easy for the receiver to catch. This includes:

• using a snap throw/flip instead of a full windup in close situations when players are already moving toward the target
• lessening side arm and encouraging players to throw more “over the top”
• making one-hops easy to receive
• avoid leading your “receiver” into the incoming runner
• get force out throws to the chest
• make tag throws low – do not make the receiver jump to catch that ball then have to apply a tag
• etc, etc, etc

One mistake players make when trying to throw softer is that they slllloooooooowwwww everything down. This often times results in an inaccurate throw and is not a habit you would want players to get into.  You don’t want them to get in the habit of slowing down to make a throw then when the pressure is on and they need to do things quickly they can’t handle it.  You want them to keep their quickness up and just use less windup.  With lots of momentum behind their throw they should be able to get rid of the ball very quickly with very little effort and keep it an easy catch for the person receiving the ball.

Bottom line is – the easier the catch for the person trying to make the put out, the more outs you’re likely to actually make.

Look for more on this at StacieMahoe.com next Monday.  I’ll post a short video tip about this topic then.