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January 2020

Dear Coaches and Players,

Welcome to the 14th annual Mohegan Sun World Softball Coaches’ Convention. We are excited to have you

here. Our mission is to provide you with the very best in coaching education; and once again this year we have

secured top clinicians and designed a curriculum that addresses all levels of play and a range of coaching areas.

Here are a couple of convention notes for 2020:

- We are excited to return to Mohegan Sun’s state of the art Expo Center, where, in addition to our two main

Earth Ballroom meeting rooms, we've created two interactive learning areas - the Demo Infield presented by

Rapsodo and the On Deck Sports Batting Cage - which are located in the Exhibitor Zone.

- We have an event app that features the convention schedule, a list of exhibitors, a digital version of the event

handout and much more. Search Softball Coaches Convention in the app store. If you'd like to receive real-

time event updates and news, please allow us to push event notifications to your device of choice.

- Starting at 12:15pm, we are offering players and coaches the opportunity to meet and get photos with our

attending softball stars - Ally Carda, Lauren Chamberlain and A.J. Andrews - in the Exhibitor Zone. See the

event handout or app for details. Players have first priority for photos.

- We encourage you to take advantage of time early in your day to visit exhibitors, as some exhibitors have

flights to catch later in the day and the Exhibitor Zone closes at 3:30pm. We have dedicated exhibitor time

from 7:45 - 8:15AM, from 10:30 - 11:15am, and again during lunch (12:05 – 1:15pm).

We believe our convention is more than just a day of coaching and player instruction; it is a chance to bounce

ideas off your fellow coaches and players and learn from each other. Our presenters, exhibitors and clinic staff

will be available to you throughout the convention.

We thank all of our convention presenters for sharing their knowledge of and passion for the game. A special

thanks to our title sponsor, Mohegan Sun; and to our sponsors and exhibitors, whose support helps make this

event possible.

Enjoy your time here; and if you have any thoughts on how to improve next year’s Mohegan Sun World

Softball Coaches’ Convention, please let us know. Wishing much success in your upcoming season!

Yours in softball and coaching,


WORLD SOFTBALL EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday, January 11, 2020:

Session Times Location 2020 Presenter 2020 Topic

7:00am - 9:30am GENERAL EVENT REGISTRATION Convention Center Pre-Function Area

7:45am - 8:15am EXHIBITOR TIME

8:15am - 9:15am Break-Out #1 Patrick Murphy The Power of An Affirmation

Break-Out #2 Nancy Newell Purposeful Practice: How the Science of Skill Acquisition Can Unlock

Your Athletes and Transform the Way You Train

On Deck Sports Batting Cage

A.J. Andrews Slapping Demo

Infield Demo Area

Jennifer Hapanowicz and Olympian Pitcher Ally Carda with Youth

Pitching Demonstrators

Developing the Complete Pitcher: A Live Demo

9:30am - 10:30am Break-Out #1 Shonda Stanton Baserunning: The Next 60 Feet

Break-Out #2 Steve Trimper Walk Off Winning: A Game Plan for Leading Your Team to Success

On Deck Sports

Batting Cage & Infield Demo Area

Ally Carda, Lauren Chamberlain & A.J.

Andrews with Denise Davis & the Planet

Fastpitch Team

Pitching, Hitting & Throwing Contests with Prizes!

10:30am - 11:15am EXHIBITOR TIME

Infield Demo Area A.J. Andrews Outfield Play Demo

11:15am - 12:05pm Break-Out #1 Sue Enquist Top Defensive Drills that Demand Failure Recovery

Break-Out #2 Shonda Stanton Create to Compete: Maximizing Scoring Opportunities


Laura Valentino Catching Absolutes – A Live Demo

Infield Demo Area

Lauren Chamberlain, Jen Hapanowicz, Jen

Teague & Katie Bettencourt

Hitting Drills with Live Player Involvement

12:05pm - 1:15pm EXHIBITOR TIME/LUNCH BREAK

Program, topics and presenters are subject to change. Attendees must wear their event credentials at all times to access the event. No videotaping of event sessions is allowed.

Carry the World Softball Coaches' Convention with you at all times! Our app has everything you need to enhance your convention experience,

including a full schedule, floor plan, presenter bios, and more!

Search “Softball Coaches Convention” in the App

Store and Google Play Store!


COMPLIMENTARY COFFEE FOR ATTENDEES & EXHBITORS: Complimentary coffee will be served beginning at 7:45AM in the GameChanger Booth in the Exhibitor Zone while supplies last.

WORLD SOFTBALL EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday, January 11, 2020 (Continued):

Session Times Location 2020 Presenter 2020 Topic

12:15pm - 1:00pm Exhibitor Zone Get Your Photo with Olympian Ally Carda

Exhibitor Zone Get Your Photo with Lauren Chamberlain

Exhibitor Zone Get Your Photo with A.J. Andrews

Break-Out #1 Kelly Rodman &

Denise Davis Modern Data and Today’s Game: A Discussion


Bat Demo

Infield Demo Area Product Demo

1:15pm - 2:15pm Break-Out #1 Patrick Murphy Infield Play

Break-Out #2 Sue Enquist Build Your Team Accountability Partner System (APS)


Denise Davis & Ally Carda

Live Pitching Demo with Video and Rapsodo Analytics

Infield Demo Area Laura Valentino Fundamentals of Throwing & Catching: An Interactive Demo

2:30pm - 3:20pm Break-Out #1 Patrick Murphy Thinking Outside the Box – Practice Plans for 2020

Break-Out #2 Jen Teague What’s Important Now: A Columbia Hitting Progression Through the

Year


Nancy Newell & Jen Hapanowicz

Preparing Your Body to Play: Effective Pre-Practice Routines – Live Demo

Infield Demo Area Shonda Stanton The Complete Infielder – Drills, Drills, Drills

3:30pm EXHIBITOR ZONE CLOSES

3:30pm - 4:20pm Break-Out #1 Sue Enquist 5/3/1 Drill Bundle: Footwork, Bat Speed, and Mental Toughness

Break-Out #2 Ben Freakley Mindset. How Training Mental Skills Can Help Athletes Commit,

Compete and Create Under Pressure

4:25pm - 5:15pm Break-Out #1 Laura Valentino Refining Diamonds: How to Develop a Game Changing Defense

Looking for lunch, a snack or a drink? The EXPO CENTER CONCESSION STAND is open during clinic hours and is located in the entry way to the Exhibitor Zone.


2020 Mohegan Sun World Softball Coaches' Convention

Exhibitor Booth Locations

Company Name 2020

Booth Company Name 2020

Booth 108 Performance 530 Marucci/Dynamic Team/G-Form 113

Adrenaline Fundraising 109 Metro Team Sports 124

ATM Sports 132 Miracle League of SECT 525

Ball For The Grandkids Inc 114 Mizuno 105 & 204

Bownet Sports 219 Navigo Sports Tour 112

Connecticut Sportsplex 111 NFP Sports 221

Cooperstown Bat Company 224 On Deck Sports On Deck Sports

Courier Car Rental 130 PearlWeave Safety Netting Corp. 118

deCervo 308 Perfect Swings USA 127

Diamond Sports 212 Planet Fastpitch 206 & 208

Dove Tail Bat 218 Pukka, Inc. 107

Easton Sports 311 & 313 Radar Pitching Trainer 537

Eating My Way Through Baseball 533 Rapsodo 319 & 418

Fastpitch Nation and New England USSSA Fastpitch

420 Rawlings 304, 305, 306 & 307

Feel Better LLC 119 Realplay Sports Video 125

Firecracker Sports 126 Rob Monte Art 134

FlightScope 213 SCORE Sports 321

Frank Herzog Photography 529 & 531 Snap! Raise 117 & 216

Frost Gear 223 & 226 StringKing 532

GameChanger 318 & 320 The Dirty South Bat Company 129, 131, 228 & 230

Get Set Marketing 136 The Graphic Edge 220

Gold Athletics 226 Tiger Grip 110

Insta Graphic Systems 211 Traveling Teams 322 & 324

ISlide USA 116 USA Elite Training 533 & 535

Jaypro Sports 323, 325, 422 & 425

USA Softball 527

JER53Y! 128 USSSA 210

JUGS Sports, Inc 429 & 528 Valle Shield/Training Gloves 310 & 312

KBK Sports The

Bullpen Wilson Sporting Goods 217 & 316

K-Motion 431 X-Grain Sportswear 104 & 106

LeagueApps 108 Zorian: America’s Baseball Brand 121

Lee County Sports Development 309 ZV Tee 310 & 412

We thank you in advance for supporting our convention exhibitors and encourage you to patronize them throughout the year. You can find an exhibitor listing with their website addresses on our app or on our website.

SESSION: Saturday, January 11, 2020, 8:15AM – 9:15AM: Break-Out #1

TOPIC: The Power of An Affirmation

PRESENTER: Patrick Murphy, Head Softball Coach, University of Alabama


1. What is an affirmation

2. Less is more … sometimes

3. The difference between an affirmation and a compliment

4. Determine if your athlete is an introvert or extrovert

5. Videos to help educate you and your team

a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8U04Jr0mqI GUMP (2 min) (NSFW)

b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCy8K68JP7g Boston Pops conductor with singer (5 min) SPARK POSSIBILITY!

c. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PIhGgtWTs Shakespeare in Love (2 min)

d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFnOj1iATM Field of Dreams … (3 min)

e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H50llsHm3k The Help (:30 secs)

f. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFEvHWD_NE&t=11s The Greatest Showman … OWN THE STAGE! (5 min) with a lesson plan as a bonus*

6. Team activity: Affirmation bags

7. Team activity: I got your back

8. Team activity: Positive to the Right

9. Team activity: Take the good with the bad

10. Team activity: The Glory Chair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8U04Jr0mqI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCy8K68JP7g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PIhGgtWTs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFFnOj1iATM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H50llsHm3k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFEvHWD_NE&t=11s


TOPIC: Purposeful Practice: How the Science of Skill Acquisition Can Unlock Your

Athletes and Transform the Way You Train

PRESENTER: Nancy Newell, Director of Sports Performance, The Strength House


How do we learn new skills?

A. Schmidt's Schema Theory

B. Fits and Posner Theory - cognitive, associative, automatic

C. Top Down versus Bottom Up Approach Bosch

Constraints Led Approach

A. Environment

B. Movement (task)

C. Organism

10,000 Hour rule? Does it transfer

A. Ericsson - study violin players

B. Not all practice is created equal

Do we want every rep to look the same?

A. Bernstein Approach - Blacksmith

B. Golfers - More variability in pro golfers than in amateur golfers - putting

C. Repetition with repetition

D. Repetition without repetition

Should we set up drills for high success rates?

A. 20% failure rate - if it’s too easy all the time lose attention/focus.

B. Sometimes not looking for failure. End your training on a high note peak end bias

Here's how I add variability in my setting

A. Differential learning - close, med, far distance

B. Time constraints turn and fire

C. Environmental Constraints - shotput toss to 18” box

D. Task Constraints/ End Point Orientation - zones

E. Fatigue: Jump circuits / MB Circuits * intention of the movement must still be achieved

Here’s how you can add variability in practice

A. Play Games - team is always pulling the ball - create game forces them to hit right side

B. Different bat sizes

C. Different stances - split-stance - narrow, med, wide

D. Situational hitting - enter the box with 2 strikes

E. Part to whole practice

F. Small Sided motor skills - shagging balls, coordination,

How do we know if we have too much variability?

A. If failure rates are above 20%

B. Coaches eye

C. Continue to get the wrong outcome

Signs of Best Coaches:

A. Lay the plans well before practice has begun

B. Prepare flow,

C. How set-up training environment

D. Time constraints

E. Let the drills do the talking

Maximize what you’re saying

A. Implicit vs Explicit

B. Internal vs external

C. Wulf. G


TOPIC: Baserunning: The Next 60 Feet

PRESENTER: Shonda Stanton, Head Softball Coach, Indiana University


INTRODUCTION:

✓ Mindset – Just outs / Lion vs. Gazelle

✓ Top 10 signs of a good baserunner

✓ 3 things to know when stealing bases

✓ 4 common areas of mistakes in baserunning

✓ Teaching, training, trusting

GOOD BASRUNNER:

1. Does not miss signs

2. Takes Aggressive leads & runs hard always

3. Knows how & when to break up plays

4. Understands reads to advance

5. Knows her speed & when to take next 60

6. Goes 1st to 3rd on hit to OF

7. Knows the D (positioning)

8. Scores from 2B on any single to OF

9. Does not get doubled up on a line

10. Goes two outs two bases

TEACHING: ABSOLUTES

✓ An Attitude Big Rounds

✓ Ability to Score From 2B Always Track Ball

✓ Want the Next 60 Feet Turn Back, Get Down

✓ Freeze on a Line Bad Jump Wait 1Pitch

✓ Hesitate Stay Put Get on the Line

✓ Down or Round Never Retreat

✓ 2 Outs 2 Bases Shallow Stay Off

TRAINING: DETAILS

✓ SS & 2B Positioning

✓ Breaking Through Zone?

✓ P’s Arm / Which way turn?

✓ Catcher Goes to Knees

✓ Aggressive Throwing Catcher

✓ Take Next 60 After Emotion

✓ Always Look for Open Bags

✓ .05 = 2 Feet

✓ Tag Times

TRUSTING: SIGNS/SIGNALS

✓ Only Job to Stop Runner

✓ Freedom on Bases

✓ Checking OF

✓ Leads

✓ Language

✓ Dugout Intent

✓ Communicate Prior, Reinforce After

✓ Get Down Line at 3B

✓ Late Signs, No Indicator

✓ Have Players Coach in Practice

MINDSET:

✓ No stat for PRESSURE

✓ 75% rate

✓ Low risk = High Reward

✓ Lower risk by teaching skillset

3 THINGS TO KNOW WHEN STEALING:

1. Runner’s speed

2. Pitchers’ time to plate

3. Catcher’s Pop Time

P Time + C Time > Runner’s Time=Run

4 COMMON AREAS OF MISTAKES:

1. Set-Up

2. Leads

3. Running Form

4. The Slide

DRILL PACKAGE:

Fundamentals -

✓ Sliding Mat

✓ Leads

✓ Times / Agilities

✓ Circle Drill

✓ Partner Drills

✓ Varied Starts

✓ Crawl & Go

✓ Cone Dives

Steals / 1st & 3rds -

✓ Straight Steals to all Bases

✓ Good Delays

✓ Bad Delays

✓ Slip / Throw Behind

✓ After a Walk

✓ After Base Hit

✓ After Busted Play

✓ Backside Runner

Dry / Controlled / Game-Like Sets -

✓ Be Creative

✓ Any Game-Like Situation

1. Lead, dive back, down @2B

2. Pop up slide, advanced to 3B

3. Round 2B, dive back, advance

4. Start 2B, steal, read & react

✓ Front Toss Execution

✓ Controlled Reads Coach Fungo

✓ ODH (offense, defense, hitting)


TOPIC: Walk Off Winning: A Game Plan for Leading Your Team to Success

PRESENTER: Steve Trimper, Author, Walk Off Winning: A Game Plan for Leading Your Team

and Organization to Success


The Steps to Strong Organizational Culture - Establish Values - Accountability - Beliefs and goals - Strengthens leaders within the organization - Attitude: It is contagious - Real vs. Fake Energy - Positive thinking builds confidence - Image: The first 30 seconds - The Communicator wins - Adversity and failure….” What a gift!” - Responsibility: “Shoulda, woulda, coulda….” OWNERSHIP - Pressure vs. Preparation - “Sharpen your Axe, and keep stacking that wood!” - Practice the 5% rule - Leadership: Overused but important word in CULTURE - Dictator - Empowerment - Servant - Leaders lead the way - Are you a Brick? - Winning and losing mentality - Success…. How do we measure in a championship culture?

SESSION: Saturday, January 11, 2020, 11:15AM – 12:05PM: Break-Out #1

TOPIC: Top Defensive Drills that Demand Failure Recovery

PRESENTER: Sue Enquist, Legendary UCLA Head Coach & NFCA Hall of Famer


DEVELOP FOUNDATION

Clarity of goal. Efficiency in execution. Game Speed

Planning Tips

Layout-

People- Core 4

Co-Coaches

Competitive/Fun/Motivating

Check: Every player could teach each of our daily drills (they know the who, what, why and

how to execute and assess the drill.

If not, this is my call to action (CTA)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

DEFINING THE FAILURE RECOVERY SYSTEM What is expected & what micro behaviors are mandatory-Nonnegotiable?

Drill regiment

What is your routine? - Collegiate model.

Pace and accountability

Check: Our team has a general failure recovery system and our players have designed their

own failure recovery system.


_______________________________________________________________________________________________

TOP DEFENSE DRILLS Video packages ACROSS THE NATION ONLINE LINK AVAILABLE with ALL THE VIDEOS _______________________________(in session info)

Drill Package #1

Fast Foundation

Drill Package #2

Lateral / Agility / Athleticism

Drill package #3

Transition / Arm Slots / Targets

Check: Every player could teach each of our daily drills (they know the who, what, why and

how to execute and assess the drill.


_______________________________________________________________________________________________

SESSION: Saturday, January 11, 2020, 11:15AM – 12:05PM: Break-Out #2

TOPIC: Create to Compete: Maximizing Scoring Opportunities

PRESENTER: Shonda Stanton, Head Softball Coach, Indiana University


GOAL: Run Production +1

MINDSET:

• Just Outs

• Lion Mode

• # of Ways to Score from 3B

CREATE SCORING

OPPORTUNITIES

• Baserunning

• Small Ball = Big Results

• Specialty Plays

• 1st & 3rds

ACTION PLAN

10 MINUTES A DAY

• After you stretch

• Checklist of skills

• Drill the fundamentals

• Progression (controlled to

live)

NOTES:

PRESSURE:

STEALS & READS:

• Any Dirt Ball

• Read Change

• Straight / Delay (75%)

• Slip or Throw Behind

• Positioning of D

BOBBLES & DIRT BALLS:

• Drop Ball Pitcher

• Catcher Fumbles

EXTRA BASES

• Mis-alignment on

Cuts/Relays

• Tendencies or Positioning

• Stretch It

BUNT EVERY DAY

• Within hitting work

• Bullpens

• Know your personnel

• Understand options

SMALL BALL

OPTIONS:

• BUNTS

(split, 2

handed, drop, push, bunt &

run, bunt for hit, sac, safety,

squeeze)

• SLAPS (regular, soft, power,

chopper, 2 bounces)

THROW OUT THE BOOK

• Don’t & Never

• Find what works for your

team

1ST & 3RDS

• RUNNER AT 1 - Straight steal

- Good delay

- Bad delay

• RUNNER AT 3 - Stay put

- Bait throw from C

- Bait cut from 2B

- Break on throw

MOTIVATED BY WHAT MEASURE

• Chart it

• Celebrate it

• Shwings

SESSION: Saturday, January 11, 2020, 12:15PM – 1:00PM: Break-Out #1

TOPIC: Modern Data and Today’s Game: A Discussion

PRESENTER: Kelly Rodman, Northeast Amateur Scout, New York Yankees

Denise Davis, Founder of Planet Fastpitch, Youth Pitching Expert


NOTES


TOPIC: Infield Play



1. Glove love – 12 inches or smaller in middle inf

2. Movement prep – We don’t take a pitch off! Ever! 1. Ready position – Posture drills – learn to move with your chest forward and down – not standing straight up A. PRE-PITCH: The split: right foot steps forward, hops outward in balanced position OR Right left hop: right step, left step, hop 2. Shuffle drill w/pre-pitch – land and go – push off on outside leg! 3. Forehand/backhand – chest stays down – glove on line with foot 4. Three shuffles forward/backward – fast and gain ground 5. Swivel drill – glove stays close to the ground 3. Throwing drills

1. Head high 2. Circle catch 3. Shuffle catch 4. Backwards/forwards catch 5. Three-person relay 6. Bull in the ring 7. QB throws 8. Instep and throw 9. Step, catch throw 10. Four corners w/two rules 11. Softball roulette

4. Fielding fundamentals – either way you field, CHIN DOWN AT CATCH! 1. Back flat, butt up, knees bent, feet parallel

2. Funnel 3. Push through – go get it on the shortest hop

3. 4 HOPS: Long hops, medium hops (catch it deep or step back and move with it and make it long), in-between short (reach out and make it short or step up and pick it) make either one long or one short; short hops, forehands, backhands,

4. High hops – make everything a short hop – come and get it, pick it up, wait on it … 5. Run throughs 6. GB on knees 7. 3-ball drill on knees 8. Slow medium fast runners – 3-ball drill 9. Tag drills – three cones 1-2-3 10. Flip practice 5. Ground ball footwork, mechanics w/rolling softballs

1. Heel up, chin down – front, forehand, backhand

2. Field, heel up, chin down, two shuffles

3. Field, heel up, chin down, two shuffles, throw

6. DP feeds and pivots 1. SS feeds A. At you B. Backhand C. Forehand D. Up the middle E. Come and get it 2. SS pivots A. From 2B B. From Inside the field 3. 2B feeds A. At you B. Backhand C. Back door D. Jump pivot E. Come and get it 4. 2B pivots A. Left on, left off B. Left on, come Across


TOPIC: Build Your Team Accountability Partner System (APS)



FOUNDATION-PROJECT 2020

Setting the standards for a new accountability system

The WHY this is important

Identify/assess your current system or lack thereof

Implement the system-Not YOU? Who?

Develop the system through assistants / mentors (top players)

Review and revamp for the next season

Check: We have a Partner Accountability System (APS) and it is sustaining itself..

If not, this is my call to action (CTA)_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

DEVELOP YOUR CUSTOMIZED APS PROGRAM Complete your assessments and weekly check-up forms/monthly

ONLINE LINK AVAILABLE with ALL WORKSHEETS _______________________________(in session info)

Criteria System Checklist

BLAME GAME activity

Individual & Team Activities

Check: We allocate time during our practice / chalk talks to identify and develop a

partnership accountability system where it is intentional each week.

If not, this is my call to action (CTA) ) _____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

Free resources ONLINE LINK AVAILABLE with ALL WORKSHEETS _______________________________(in session info)

ONESoftball.com / @ONESoftball

Jeff Janssen: JanssenSportsLeadership.com @janssenLeader

Check: I have all the resources I need.

If not, this is my call to action (CTA) ) _____________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________


TOPIC: Thinking Outside the Box - Practice Plans for 2020



CONNECTION VS CONTROL COLLABORATION IS A KEY WITH GENZ! IMAGES OVER SPEECHES

I. Goal of every practice: make it tougher than the game! Make your athletes think on the run each day and games

will be easy for them! Growth mindset = wins!

1. Set goals each day, each week and each month

2. Set team goals and ask for individual goals often prior to the beginning of each practice

II. Have a plan and stick with it ... but be able to adjust on the fly (weather, class, injuries) (handouts)

1. 10 a.m. daily meetings

2. Goal of staff: no discussions of what to do next (to me, it looks disorganized)

3. Distribute to managers to see responsibilities/set-ups

4. Post in the clubhouse for team to see

5. Change your practice up daily -- be creative! Hitting only day/defense only day/baserunning day

6. No standing around -- give everyone a duty to keep involved

7. When scrimmaging, use situations often -- runner at 1st, runner at 2nd, runner at 3rd, etc

III. Make sure each player realizes her importance to the team and its success (expectation mtgs)

IV. You are going to be good at what you emphasize ... HLC, WIN, WIT

1. Work on things that are going to happen a lot

2. Keep it simple -- fundamentals

V. You take the ultimate responsibility of everything your program: was it a good practice? a poor one?

VI. Practice objectives -- see handout

VII. Speed up your practices

1. Music situations

2. Situations w/runners

3. Short bases

4. Ground balls w/baseballs

5. Anything timed -- put a stopwatch on it!

6. Teach anticipation -- what can you expect with this much knowledge of the situation

7. Use pitching machines (hack attack) to get hitters ready for speed in game

8. Random vs. Block

VIII. Competitions/lesson plans for GENZ

1. Survive and Advance Day (handout) 2. 8-team tournament (handout) 3. Cage Match! 4. The Greatest Showman

VIII. Review, review, review: spend small amounts of time each day to review many defensive situations.


TOPIC: What's Important Now: A Columbia Hitting Progression Through the Year

PRESENTER: Jen Teague, Head Softball Coach, Columbia University


1. Philosophy – Things to consider a. Who ARE YOU?

b. What do you WANT to be?

c. Needs of Players

d. Plan of Attack!

2. Plan of Attack a. Break it Down (Off Season)

i. Lower Half

ii. Hands & Upper Half

iii. Bringing it together

b. Prep for Battle (Pre-Season)

i. Fewer Break Down Drills

ii. More Timing & Power Drills

iii. BP & Live

iv. Situational Work

c. Battle: Connection & Finish (Season)

i. Clean up hitting with small tweaks

ii. BP

iii. Practice – competitions

iv. Prep for opponent

3. Closing Thoughts a. NO Cookie cutter hitters! b. Meet the needs! c. Have the talk! d. What works year to year? e. No perfect solution f. Always a hole in the swing g. Use Video and Technology when you can – but remember…


TOPIC: 5/3/1 Drill Bundle: Footwork, Bat Speed, and Mental Toughness



5 VIDEOS BY POSITION FOR FOOT SPEED Simplify key concepts re: Ground Force, hip hinge, shin angle

Video links package provided at presentation

A. Pitchers- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

B. Catchers- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

C. Infielders- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

D. Outfielders- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

3 VIDEOS DEMONSTRATING HOW TO INCREASE BAT SPEED Simplify the key concepts re: Kinetic chain, rotational acceleration, barrel release

A. Drill #1- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

B. Drill #1- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

C. Drill #1- Assessment Criteria

________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Key Takeaway: _________________________________________________________________________________

ONE SET OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS ACTIVITIES Three critical skills champions possess on game day. Forms/Links given at presentation

A. In Game Mindset checklist: Building the inventory

B. In Game Defense Failure Recovery System: In game protocols

C. In Game-At bat self-talk cues-Building hitter’s windows


TOPIC: Mindset. How Training Mental Skills Can Help Athletes Commit, Compete and Create

under Pressure

PRESENTER: Ben Freakley, Toronto Blue Jays Mental Performance Coach

& Ready.Set.Resilient Founder


“Focus!” “Concentrate!” “Calm down!” “Relax!” These phrases can be heard echoing

across sports fields everywhere. This talk is designed to help coaches help their players

learn and practice the mental skills that will positively impact the practice and performance

environment.

• Moore (2009) Mindfulness Acceptance and Commitment in sport.

• Rethinking confidence – “Confidence is fragile”

• Performance A.B.C’s

• Self Talk – Task Relevant Cueing

• What happens to the body and mind in the pressure – performance relationship


TOPIC: Refining Diamonds: How to Develop a Game Changing Defense

PRESENTER: Laura Valentino, Head Softball Coach, University of Connecticut


*Taking Pride in your Defense, it is a LOST Art!

*Defense must be a PRIORITY in a game of inches!

*Must touch ALL 4 bases to be most successful!

HOME PLATE: FUNDAMENTALS “Excellence is in the details.”

• Speed and Direction – share your philosophy with your players! • 970s

• Drills to reinforce fundamentals: # Groundball, TB Drop, Between Bases, Flips and Feeds, Dream Team

1st BASE: SYSTEM “We are only as strong as we are united.”

• Bunt Defense and Coverages

• Cuts and Relays

• Team Fly Balls/ Team Communication

• 1st and 3rds/ Special Situations

• Sequence & Pressure Situations

• Rips and Reps

2ND BASE: STOP THE BLEEDING “Sometimes momentum is the only difference b/w winning and losing.”

• Consequences and Competition

• Setting Player and Team Goals in Practice = Ownership

• Mental Approach

3RD BASE: BODY LANGUAGE = ENERGY “Nothing great was every achieved without enthusiasm.”

• Verbal: meaningful vs non-meaningful

• Non-verbal: On field, in between pitches, in between innings, dugout

• Confidence and Preparation

• Momentum


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