What to Expect at the Crystl Bustos Clinic in Hawaii

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Stacie Mahoe

The Hawaii Bustos Bash is just two weeks away! August 6th & 7th with a coaches/parent clinic on the 5th.

Please remember to share this information with anyone you think may be interested!

What to Expect at the Clinic

The Got Bustos? motto is: “See It, Feel It, Fix It”

This is something that Crystl and instructors take to heart. They let the players “see” what they are teaching, “feel” how their body should feel when doing the exercise and give the tools to “fix it” if they are not doing it correctly.

The Got Bustos? clinics started as “Weekend with Gold” back in 2005 with the help of Mary Ellen Bonner who is now our clinic coordinator. From that one clinic the response to Crystl and her method of teaching was tremendous, but more importantly reaching out to the players that weekend turned into Got Bustos? Sports Training, LLC.

Crystl’s goal has always been to give the players a lot of quality time and training with a limited number of players at a cost that is affordable. It’s always been quality, not quantity with Crystl. We set up our clinics with separate stations. We try to limit the stations to 4-6 players. Crystl and her instructors teach proper throwing and fielding mechanics, which all corresponds with hitting and the rest of the clinic Crystl instructs the players through her “Seven Steps of Hitting.”

Players of the same skill level are put together in stations. The clinics start out with Crystl and the instructors demonstrating a specific drill. The girls then return to their station to work on that drill with an instructor. As Crystl and/or Howard walk around they check to see if all the players understand that particular drill. If not she brings them back together and does another demo. Then back to their group. If there are still players who are struggling she will then put them individually with an instructor until they understand what she is teaching.

In each clinic Crystl always takes time at the end of the session to take pictures with each player (and she lets them wear her Olympic Medals in the picture) and autographs. I have never seen Crystl leave a session without making sure each player gets a picture and something signed. Sometimes that means she signs item after item for the same player.

Each player leaves a Got Bustos? clinic feeling not like they just had a workout with the best hitter on the planet but also made a new friend.

Education and training are both important to all of the Got Bustos? staff and Crystl takes time to talk to the players and explain what having good grades can mean. She also makes it known that she believes it takes a lot of hard work and you have to be willing to put in the time and effort in order to succeed.

Crystl’s motto is: “At the end of the day there is no one to blame but yourself for something you do or do not get”.

Crystl is working to help today’s young players, who will be our Olympic Softball Players should softball make it back to the Olympics, prepare to bring the Gold back to the USA!

Download the Crystl Bustos Hawaii Clinic Registration Form

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Stacie Mahoe

We’re making progress on hammering out the details and logistics of the clinic Crystl will be doing in Hawaii in August.

We now have the registration form ready for you to view, print, or save to your computer.

Get the Clinic Registration From HERE

Crystl will do a coach/parent clinic on Friday night (August 5th) then a 2-day player clinic which will include BOTH offense and defense on Saturday and Sunday (August 6th & 7th).

Cost for the coach/parent clinic is $40.

Cost for the 2-day player clinic is $99 (includes both days).

Hawaii Crystl Bustos Clinic Scheduled for August

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Stacie Mahoe

Mark your calendars! Crystl Bustos and Howard Carrier (Crystl’s hitting coach) are scheduled to be in Hawaii for a 2-day clinic in August.

The clinic is slated for August 6th and 7th at Kapolei High School.

Cost is $99 per player for BOTH days. Get softball hitting instruction from one of the BEST in the game!

General layout for this event will include hitting on Day 1 and fielding/defense on Day 2 (many don’t realize Crystl played SS for the National Team before).

Exact times will be announced soon. I will keep you posted here at All About Fastpitch when registration forms come out.

Crystl is also interested in doing a coaches clinic for $45 on Friday night. We don’t currently have a location set for this but will keep you posted as details unfold.

This is an event you don’t want to miss! Got Bustos is offering this first Hawaii clinic at a very special never-been-done-in-Hawaii-before discount. Hope to see you there.

Upcoming Hawaii Softball Clinics

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Stacie Mahoe

Mark your calendars! There are two great softball clinics coming to Hawaii in the next two months.

First is the Island Softball Experience which is a 2-day camp, October 16-17, featuring instruction from experienced softball coaches and former USA Olympic players. It will also include position specific training for pitching, hitting, base running, infield, outfield, slapping, catching and bunting. Cost is $200 if you register by the 1st of October. For more information or to download a flyer/registration packet, go to Wahine Sports Network.

Next we have the Bill Hillhouse Pitching Clinic which will be November 20th (Saturday). The location has not been set yet, but the format will be as follows:

9:00-10:30am – Pitching Clinic session required for all non-returnees

10:45-11:45 – Private Lesson (max 2 pitchers)

12:00-1:00 – Private Lesson (max 2 pitchers)

1:30-2:30 – Private Lesson (max 2 pitchers)

2:45-3:45 – Private Lesson (max 2 pitchers)

4:00-5:00 – Private Lesson (max 2 pitchers)

How much does it cost?

Pitching Clinic Session – $30/pitcher

Private Lesson Sessions – $45/pitcher

Important Information: ALL pitchers must provide their own catcher. You CANNOT attend a Private Lesson Session if you have never been to a Bill Hillhouse Clinic in the past. All new clinic pitchers MUST attend the Pitching Clinic Session at 9:00am. If you have been to a clinic before, you do not have to go to the 9:00am session. You can just choose a private lesson time slot and sign up for that session only. For more information or to reserve a spot, contact me at staciemahoe [at] gmail.com.

Even Jerks Have Something to Offer

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Stacie Mahoe

I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was quite busy with the Bill Hillhouse pitching clinic and as usual, it always amazes me how people can come to a clinic (not just this one) and be so close minded to what’s being presented. Now it’s true that you may have just been told/taught one thing for so many years that anything to the contrary can seem almost unbelievable. So I do have to consider that point. But if you’re going to a clinic, you really do have to go in with at least a little bit of an open mind or with at least a small intent to learn something new…Especially when the people/person putting on the clinic can show you and demonstrate to you how much sense what they are saying makes.

It’s just very interesting to see how some people, even after seeing with their own eyes why and how something works, will still insist upon questioning and resisting the information.

I’m not saying you will always agree 100% with what a clinician or instructor is saying. Just remember, if you can pick up ONE thing, just one that can help you or your player(s) down the road, then it’s worth it.

It’s like one dad at the clinic was saying…even if the coach/instructor/clinician is a jerk (not exactly his choice of
words, but you get the idea – and this was in no way a reference to Bill), if there is ONE thing that you can take away from the experience, then it was still a worthwhile experience. Take that one thing, be thankful for it, and run with it!

On that note, I hope you have a wonderful week!
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P.S. – If you’d like more information on Bill Hillhouse, want to
pick up one of his DVDs, or would like information on how you can
bring him to your area, check out his website at
http://www.HouseOfPitching.com.

Please note that I do not get any kind of “kickback” or commission
or referral fee from Bill by sending you over to his site. I just
think his stuff is awesome and find him very easy to work with. So
if you’re looking for pitching help or guidance, there’s a lot of
good stuff at http://www.HouseOfPitching.com. If nothing else, sign
up for the f.r.e.e newsletter, read all the f.r.e.e articles, and
take a look at the f.r.e.e video clips available there.

What I Learned at Softball Camp

Posted on June 22, 2009 by Stacie Mahoe

So last week, I was at the University of Hawaii watching my daughters (and a number of other young softball players) go through the summer softball camp.

There was something cute and very interesting I saw happen on the very first day.

Five players were just arriving at a hitting station where they were going to be hitting into a net. The players were about 8-9 years old so, to make things fun, the coach running the drill asked, “Who wants to go first?”

Guess what happened?

Four of the players immediately raised their hands.

That left one player who didn’t raise her hand.

So which one of the four hand-raising players did the coach pick?

NONE

The player that got to go first in this drill was the “other one”-the one that didn’t raise her hand. Why?

Because when the coach asked the question and all the other girls stood there and raised their hand, this player stepped right into the drill and got ready to hit. She didn’t bother to raise her hand to “say” she wanted to go first. She took action and went first.

There are times, when you KNOW what you want, that it’s better to shut your mouth, stop talking about it, and just do it!

So are you just talking about what you want to do and what you want to accomplish?

Or are you out there DOING what you want to do?

This week, make the choice to start DOING. Every day, do something to get you closer to your goals. Don’t have goals? Time to set some! Need help? I can walk you through it step by step right here.

Core Power Training – Clinic Pictures

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Stacie Mahoe

I have a whole bunch of cool pictures, but for now I’ll just share a few. The girls had fun AND got a great workout to improve their game!

So here are just a couple of Core Power Training pictures from the Hawaii Clinic this weekend.

core power for softball training picture

core power for softball jump squat

core power for softball stations

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