Softball Coaching Tools

These softball coaching tools will help the softball coach to develop an environment of growth and learning to the team. By getting involved in the game and allowing the players to be a part of the process, the coach creates a sense of ownership in the players. That feeling is going to empower the players to be more self directed and interested in the success of not only the team but the players on it. These concepts not only make the team environment more enjoyable but they also take some of the stress off the coaches as delegation is a key component.

Power of Coaching Softball
Softball Coaching Tools

Softball Coaching Ego

Softball is a sport that provides many opportunities for ecstatic happiness, extreme disappointment and everything in between whenever you step on the field.  The temptation, as with any sport, is to maximize the number of [Read More]

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Mental Preparation

Softball Coach Psychology

Softball coach psychology is a tool that is still under utilized by many coaches and athletes.  What is even more under utilized is mental training for coaches.  Our ability as leaders is dependent on our [Read More]

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Mental Preparation

Softball Coach Distractions

Softball coach distractions can have the same negative effect on a softball game as athlete distractions.   It is not something that most coaches consider when preparing for competition or during the game. Softball Coach Distractions [Read More]

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Softball Coaching Tools

Softball Burnout

Softball is becoming a year round sport.  Coaches register for tournaments all year and travel to neighboring communities and across countries and borders to make sure that their team gets the most training and the [Read More]

Mental Preparation

Softball Athlete Motivation

Highly motivated athletes are said to have a personality that reflects that motivation, much like an athlete that is not highly motivated.  A softball player for example who enjoys the challenge of tough opponents and [Read More]

Softball Anxiety
Softball Coaching Tools

Softball Anxiety

Much of anxiety in softball is generated by player perception and a feeling of lack of control.  For example, how she feels about her skills, and how she feels about what the coach thinks of [Read More]

8 great coaching tools, appreciate your softball team, Educate Softball Players, Demonstrate Softball Improvement, Delegate Softball Tasks, Communicate With Your Softball Team, Facilitate Team Success
Softball Coaching Tools

Participate in Softball Success

If you as the coach can participate in softball success with your the athletes in developing the path to success for your team, an environment of of inclusion and a connection to the process will [Read More]

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Softball Coaching Tools

Motivating Your Softball Team

Motivating Your Softball Team Today I am going to talk about motivating athletes to develop work ethic and self direction in managing their own improvement successes in softball. It is the best way to not [Read More]

8 great coaching tools, appreciate your softball team, Educate Softball Players, Demonstrate Softball Improvement, Delegate Softball Tasks, Communicate With Your Softball Team, Facilitate Team Success
Softball Coaching Tools

Motivating Softball Athletes

To motivate softball athletes is what most coaches strive to do. The question though is what is motivation and what is motivating softball athletes? There are as many ways to describe motivation as there are [Read More]

Modifying Softball Difficulty
Softball Coaching Tools

Modifying Softball Difficulty

Coaching softball players to success is often done through repetition of basic drills that are designed to lead to correct execution during competition.  But what if we did more than that, and were able to [Read More]