An umpire’s strike zone should NEVER be used as an excuse of not performing well. Can you control the umpire’s zone? No. What can you control? Keeping your emotions in check to be able to...
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Understanding The Strike Zone – As a Hitter
A discrepancy that comes up in about 90% of all games is the umpire’s strike zone. Pitchers complain about it. Hitters shake their heads in the box about it. Coaches whine about it...
Mental Strength & Your Environment
What do you think is the most important part of being a mentally strong female softball player? (I’m going to skim the surface of a topic that people write entire books on…but...
It’s Possible…When You Have Passion
POSSIBLE • adj. able to be done; within the power or capacity of someone. When you believe anything is possible, you are usually right. When you set your mind to something and work hard at...
Mental Toughness vs Feeling Good to Play Good
What’s the difference between mental toughness and feeling good to play good? Are they one in the same or completely different? Mental toughness and feeling good to play good are...
Welcome
A big welcome to my new website! You definitely will see a different look with more interaction from me to you. I wanted to build a site to form a place where softball fans could come and...
Power Drive Photo Shoot
About three years ago I was searching pitching and pitching tools, and I stumbled across the Softball Power Drive. I spent some time on their website truly studying the tool and soon...
Personal Branding
What is your personal brand saying about you through social media? Definition: Personal branding is the process of developing a “mark” that is created around your personal name...
Confidence
CON . FI . DENCE : a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities I like definitions. Too many times we use a word and the true...
What does it mean to be competitive? Part 3 –...
(This month’s topic will be broken down into 3 parts) This month, I have sent out Part 1 and Part of this topic “Competing Against Other Teams” and “Competing For...