Who are some good pitching coaches, for softball, in the Tallahassee/Crawfordville area?
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george smith 814-774-8692
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try ft worth sports and recreation department.  OR if you're in Arlington, you might want to try UTA, cutier college c0-eds.  good luck.
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does this do it?\nwww.piaa.org/district11/handbook/xi handbook 0506/BASEBALL 0506.pdf
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Try www.fanball.com. I've used them in the past. They give pretty good advice and their commissioner package is the cheapest while still being pretty kick as.s.
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The best pitcher ay my school can throw high 80's
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Looks like he is coaching softball today that's all I could find on him.\n\n"For many of the members of the Phenix-Rusk team, it wasn't their first trip to nationals. Waite and Potter both played on Todd Wellborn's 10-U B team that won the national tournament in 2001. The two girls have been playing together for seven years."
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Ok I was a left-handed pitcher and just graduated after playing in college. The best source in baseball right now for pitching is Tom House. If you are really serious about becoming a good pitching coach you'd learn as much about him as possible -- buying one of his recent books is a great option. He is not only a former baseball pitcher / pitching coach, but also has a Phd in bio kinetics. He was Nolan Ryan's, Randy Johnson's, Curt Schilling's, etc. pitching coach. For quick refence I'll go over three things: mental aspect, mechanics, and drills. \n\n1. Mental aspect. Pitching is all mental. It is as much about confidence as anything. A good pitcher is not just talented physically but also understands a batter's stregnths and weaknesses and exploits them. He also follows these goals...\n\nA.Get ahead in the count (throw a first pitch strike)\nB.Get the first out of the inning (this takes away the opposing team's ability to play small-ball)\nC.When you get a hitter 0-2 change head or change feet. That means make them reach for a pitch off the plate or brush them back inside -- this choice will become more clear when you know the hitter.\nD. Never commit a cardinal sin of pitching (0-2 to 3-2 or even worse a walk, 0-2 hard contact -- they should never hit an 0-2 pitch hard if at all, lead-off walk)\nE. Pitch down in the zone and on the corners\nF. Have command of three pitches (i.e. fastball, breaking pitch, change-up)\nG. Know the how attributes of pitches rank (1. Location, 2. Movement, 3. Velocity -- don't try to overthrow the ball)\n\n2. Mechanics\n\nA. Have good posture and good balence (be over the center of gravity, pitch off your toes not your heels)\nB. Throw with equal and opposite (if front side is high back side is low)\nC. Stay in the box keep your front elbow between your shoulder and your hips at all times, don't pull it out of the that box on follow through -- it will move the release point)\nD. Keep your head still (1 inch of head movement moves release point 2 inches...something like that not positive)\nE. IMPORTANT Throw to your glove. Hold your front side glove out, push it closer to the plate, and aim it where you want the pitch to go. When you throw move your throwing arm to the mit. It is like a site on a gun. The front side (glove) is a muzzle, your arm is the bullet. Point the muzzle and direct the bullet to it. If you miss low push out farther with your front side. The farther you extend your front glove the closer you throw to the plate, which creates preceived velocity. A good drill for this is the Towel Drill.\nF. Step over the buck with your back foot when you follow through. \nG. When you throw a curveball you wrist should be at full pronation. When you throw the pitch you do a karate chop motion. Your fingers shoould be folded over the ball. \nH. When you throw a curveball hold it in your glove a second longer before you part your hands.\nI. Change-ups are thrown with full supination -- like a screwball. Drop your thumb to your hip -- set that angle and keep it, unless you do that the pitch will be ineffective and will hurt your arm. (a left handers thumb will be facing first base at release, a right hander will face third)\nJ. Pitches are more a matter of arm angle than grip. \n\n3. Drills \n\nA. Towel Drill -- Go through your motion with an 18-inch towel held with your middle finger 6 inches down. Mark off full extension and have a buddy hold out his glove there. Try to slap his glove with the towel. If you can, move your buddy back and try again. This will help extension and is also a good way to solidify mechanics without pitching a ball. \n\nB. Knees -- start each day throwing all your pitches from both knees (both knees on the ground). This should isolate the upper body and allow you to get a feel for your pitches and help solidify release point. \n\nC. Hat drill -- Take off your hat and put it about 15 feet in front of you. Have your buddy do the same. T
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I am originally from Perth and used to work in the golf industry.\n\nThe best coach I ever met over there was a guy by the name of Andrew Mowatt and he worked at Royal Fremantle Golf Club.  He was an amazing fellow, super positive and different, not like your average golf pro.  He cured my slice just by explaining to me the principles of why the ball was going right!\n\nLook him up, he's not expensive at all, and a really great coach!
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Go to this site and poke around a bit. Lots of good softball stuff there. There is also a tips and drills area, look for it, it should give you what you need.\n\nhttp://eteamz.active.com/fastpitch/boards/fastpitch/
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Softball.com. Whatever you do don't buy used. I would also reccomend really going to a store, that way you cant try them and find one that fits and works for you. Try Dicks Sporting Goods (pricey but well known) or Olympia Sports
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maybe you could check online or in the newspaper for any coaches in your area.
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There is in fact a palm pilot type of softball scorebook out on the market. The palm pilot will also keep track of the pitch counts for the pitcher. Try a sporting goods store like Chick's or Sport Chalet in your area.
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Here's some sites to look into:\nhttp://www.islandsoftball.com/\nhttp://openfieldsoftball.net/softballtournaments.htm\nhttp://softballtournaments.com/index/id/tourn_find/st/NY\nGood luck!
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I would call up a local high school (or maybe junior high) and ask to speak with the baseball coach or even the head of the athletic department.  I'm sure the coaches would know of local clinics.
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These ones are the best:http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/departments/sports/index.html?gclid=CJn6scaNi4UCFSGZSAodpUkozQ
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You can find a list at the National FastPitch Coaches Association website.  They are organized by division, so just click on each division and you'll see all the colleges listed:\n\nhttp://nfca.org/fastpitch/
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Fundementals, fundementals, fundementals. Work on the basics of throwing, catching and swinging the bat consistently. The more you can ingrain those basics in your team, the better they will do and the more success they will have as they move on to future levels of the game.\n\nThere are several coaching links through eteamz.com, including several message boards where you can communicate with other coaches and get ideas. But whatever you do, keep it fun. The odds are you don't have any future major leaguers on your roster, but you do have a good size group of young players who can develop a lifelong love of the game if you teach them while letting them have fun.