Softball – Page 2 – Fastpitch Foundations

August 16, 2020 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Coaching, Psychology, Softball

Positive Reinforcement Strategies

Positive Reinforcement Strategies Fastpitch Foundations members have submitted many questions to us and we want you to know we are listening! Pat, Rich, and Mike took the time to host a round-table discussion to answer some of these questions. One of these questions was: What positive reinforcement methods do you use when coaching? We hope [...]

August 10, 2020 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Continuing Education, Learning, Softball

Does Anyone Know it All?

Does Anyone Know It All? One of our challenges at Fastpitch Foundations is “dealing with doubters”. Most anyone who comes to us for the first time will tend to be quite skeptical about what we are saying in describing this unique skill of pitching Fastpitch. This is very understandable! In fact, we are hoping that [...]

August 10, 2020 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Awareness, Coaching, Softball

What To Be Ready For

What To Be Ready For As you’re beginning your exploration of subjects that we are discussing involving Fastpitch Foundations, I’d like to give you a quick impression of the way in which we will be prioritizing the information. It will be with the intention of creating “building blocks of understanding” in such a way that [...]

February 4, 2020 | By Rich Balswick | In Awareness, Learning, Softball

Carving Away The Unneccessary

Carving Away The Unneccessary Carving Away the Unnecessary – and It Feels Good A few nights ago I was working with three of the pitchers on a 14U team at their team practice. Two of them have been students of mine since they were 10. The other was brand new to me. As I normally [...]

October 15, 2019 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Equipment, Softball, Video

Lights, Camera, Action!

Lights, Camera, Action As it isn't pitching specific, we thought that a blog post would be a great place to share some of this information. While going through our Course Catalog, we discovered that knowing how to shoot a quality video is much easier when you know the basics of video and lighting. How Video [...]

March 7, 2019 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Awareness, Softball, Spin

Developing Spin Awareness

Developing Spin Axis Awareness In today's post, I'd like to share with you all the importance of developing one of the most powerful tools a pitcher has: the eyes. Seems like a simple thought... but over the years, I have noticed that most girls spend their time fixated on the OUTCOME of a pitch, rather [...]