I first came to know Elise a few years ago. She and her father considered coming east, from Nebraska, to work with me. Her father felt she could benefit from our training, but our schedules didn’t mesh well, so I agreed to try something unusual.
With Father’s Day approaching, Alex MacLean, Certified Instructor, shares a very personal story from which we all can learn. This one touched us in a special way. As she anticipates the coming holiday, we will let Alex take it from here:
This week, we present an inspiring story written by the mother of one of our pitchers in response to last week’s Weekly Blog on our website. Leslie Lenderman addressed it to me, but I share it with you—- When Haley came to you it was 4 days before her summer club tournaments started. She had …
When is a good time to make a change? We hear that question all of the time. When should we set aside time to make changes? My father-in-law likes to say, the best time to plant a fruit tree is ten years ago. The second-best time is right now. The sooner you plant, the sooner …
When you gain a reputation for helping injured kids return to the game, people bring you a lot of interesting issues. For instance, we see Pars stress fractures in the lower back of new pitchers way, way too much. We have fixed a bunch of these. There is absolutely no excuse for a kid getting …
Are you having fun? Do you get excited every time you put on the glove? If not, put the glove away and do something you enjoy. These days we see far too many kids who are not having fun.
In this Guest Blog, Oran Sears, Certified Instructor has some great points about the quality of your practices– I recently received an email from a young pitcher I had worked with some time ago. She said that she couldn’t understand the slump that she was in and that she was frustrated. In her words “I …
Before you read this, let me tell you about the author. Hope Johnson just graduated from Lynchburg College and finished her softball career with over 300 strikeouts. She truly is one of my favorite people ever. She has a sweet personality, the best attitude, and is fiercely competitive. Hope could have pitched at any level, …
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She was one of the better pitchers I ever trained. Her speed was great and her movement was even more impressive. Her high school softball coach made it clear she would never reach her potential when he said, “All you need to do is throw fastballs to the right spot”. He felt that other pitches …
Sometimes you have to pay careful attention to the warning signs. When 10-year-old Hannah Navarro began pitching lessons with our Certified Instructor, Nikki Thomas in Delaware, there were some challenges. Things went well in lessons, but when she entered games she tried a little too hard, that led to some bad habits, and she found …
Embrace change. Get excited about it. Always look for better ways to do things. That is the spirit with which we approach pitching. The best is yet to come. We have yet to discover all of the truths. Henry Ford was quoted as saying, “If I would have asked people what they wanted they would …
When 12-year-old Lauren Rea took the mound two weeks ago, it was the end of one long journey and the beginning of another. Just a short time ago simply walking to the mound would have been unthinkable for the Delaware resident.
Recently we worked with one of the country’s top high school pitchers. Her riseball had a lot of potential. The spin was right, but we knew the movement could be far better, so we spent a couple of days working on the other components of the pitch and then turned her loose. At that point …
Recently while working in Elkton, Maryland with one of our Certified Instructors, I noticed a sign on the wall of her facility that was priceless. We had to share. Here is what Shelly’s list said: How I know I am a pitcher…
One of my students and her father were really struggling with their relationship when it came to softball. These are two absolutely wonderful people, but in an effort to help her reach her dreams, he often tried too hard, took too much responsibility, felt some guilt, or pushed the wrong buttons. He only wanted the …
