Softball Coaching Tips:
Additional Resources

Fastpitch Softball Coaching was built to provide softball coaching tips to those seeking them. Understanding that no one website will be 100% complete, it is important to provide additional resources to ensure you find what you are looking for. We have looked across various resources and have come up with a pretty good selection of both books and videos to address those needs.

The first selection of softball coaching tips is focused on overall coaching philosophy and know how. This is primarily a selection of books. The focus here is on teaching the basics of fastpitch softball. There is also a guide on youth fitness to help develop an age appropriate program. Setting your coaching philosophy and understanding the basics of the game of fastpitch softball is the foundation from which everything else is build.

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Pitching and catching are keys to the game of fastpitch softball, and, as a result, many catching and pitching guides have been developed on training in these areas. This section largely contains videos. The pitching videos range from developmental skills in mastering the windmill technique to how to throw specific pitches, like the rise ball, drop ball and screwball. In addition, there are also guides on increasing speed. Having a competent catcher behind the plate is also extremely important. She is your team general. There is a selection of tools for properly teaching and training catchers.

Teaching proper hitting techniques are also a key requirement to create a successful team. Again primarily in video, there are a range of tools from teaching hitting to developing drills. In addition, there is a video on developing the short game: sacrifice bunt, drag bunting and slapping. The short game creates a lot of pressure on the defense and can be the key to getting that big win. Your players need to be confident that they have the skills necessary to execute, and these tools will help ensure that happens.

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Teaching good fielding techniques will also pay big dividends and so softball coaching tips and tools have been developed to help in this area. How do you teach the basics of throwing? How about fielding? Things that come so natural because you have done it for years, but how do you teach those basic fundamentals, right down to foot work that is essential in coaching youth softball? Situational play is also key to success. Where should your players throw the ball given where the runners are on base, how many outs, what’s the score? All of these things need to come naturally, and so teaching your players to react to the situation versus think about the situation may provide the second that is needed to record a crucial out.

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