Softball – Page 2 – Fastpitch Foundations

April 22, 2021 | By Patrick Moyer | In College Recruiting, Expectations, Softball

Recruiting: Setting Realistic Expectations

Get Started – Set your Expectations Before you seriously begin to invest time and money into your recruiting process you need to do an honest evaluation of your expected level of play. This evaluation usually is most productive when it involves your parents and your current coaches. Everyone wants to play at the highest level […]

April 6, 2021 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Coaching, Philosophy, Softball

When to Learn a New Pitch

When to Learn a New Pitch 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: When is a good time to add a [...]

March 29, 2021 | By Patrick Moyer | In Coaching, Softball, Strategy

“Get ‘Em Out”

"Get 'Em Out" This year marks my 18th year of coaching girls fastpitch softball, and a lot has changed in our sport. Players are bigger, faster, and stronger, and as a result we are seeing higher scoring games. Since moving the pitching rubber from 40 to 43 feet, our sport has become more about offense [...]

March 29, 2021 | By Patrick Moyer | In College Recruiting, Organization, Softball

Recruiting: When Should I Start?

Recruiting Preparations: When Should I Start? When Should I Start? New NCAA Legislation passed in 2018 prohibits all types of communication and contact between DI coaches and prospects before September 1 of the athlete’s junior year. DII Coaches can contact prospects a couple of months earlier starting June 15th following their sophomore year. DIII and [...]

March 23, 2021 | By Fastpitch Foundations | In Learning, Softball

Difficulties of Unlearning

Difficulties of Unlearning Join Mike & Rich as they discuss situations where they are forced to have their pitching students "unlearn" what they have been doing. Bad Habits are really hard to break, and this video session explores how they deal with this situation.

March 22, 2021 | By Rich Balswick | In Coaching, Fundamentals, Softball

Brush Trigger

Brush Trigger The dynamic and meaning of Brush Trigger cannot be emphasized enough; however, my primary reason for bringing this subject up is not to explain again what "brush trigger" is; but to talk about how subtle and invasive the "counterfeit" is in this foundational skill. Yesterday as I watched a 13 year old student, [...]